FRENCH LITERATURE
cod. 1009707

Academic year 2024/25
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Simonetta Anna VALENTI
Academic discipline
Letteratura francese (L-LIN/03)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Learning objectives

The Course aims at giving the students the main competences concerning the intertextual praxis and strategies, through the analysis of the three works examined.
At the end of the Course, the student will be able to:
- recognise the different strategies typical of intertextuality, in reference to the works examined;
- explain their meanings, in reference to the historical and cultural context in which they have been used;
- illustrate the different writers' poetics, in reference to the use of intertextual practices.

Prerequisites

French Level C1

Course unit content

The Course aims at studying the main intertextual strategies, through the analysis of three works.
In this sense, will be examined and explained the main intertextual types and genres, in reference to the works that are part of the Program, in order to clarify their meanings, even in a historical perspective.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Sophocle, "Antigone" in "Theatre complet", Traduction et présentation par Robert Pignarre, Paris, Garnier Flammarion, 1964;
Jean Anouilh, "Antigone", Paris, La Table Ronde, 2008;
Sorj Chalandon, "Le Quatrième Mur", Paris, Grasset, 2013;
Sophie Rabeau, "L'intertextualité", Paris, Garnier Flammarion, 2002;
Nathalie Piégas-Gros, "Introduction à l'intertextualité", Paris, Dunod, 1996.

Teaching methods

The Course will be taught in French and lessons will be alternated with other didactic activities, in order to facilitate the confrontation and the discussion, as well as the developement of the students' critical sense .

Assessment methods and criteria

Students' competence will be verified through an Oral Examination in French.
Students that have not the three works examined could not be questioned in the Oral Examination.

Other information

Other bibliographical suggestions will be given during the Course.