LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will know the general lines of the history of French literary culture in the XXth century, with particular regard to the evolution of the narrative genre.  They will be able to read and understand texts in French and, by the use of narratological methods and tools, to interpret the works of the main authors, contextualizing them in the culture and historical period of reference.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities (lectures and online activities) and individual study will enable the student to:

- have solid knowledge on the general lines of twentieth century French cultural and literary history;

- have solid knowledge of the evolution of the narrative genre during the XXth century ; 

- read and understand complex texts;

- contextualizing literary productions in culture and in the historical period of reference.

- know how to use the methods and basic tools of the narratological analysis;

- use basic analytical methods and tools to interpret the works of the main authors.

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching will take place online with a weekly meeting in synchronous mode (lessons on Teams), and with the provision of content and materials on the Aulaweb platform. Group and flipped classroom activities are planned.

Students who participate in the lessons, online activities and group work may receive a bonus of up to two points on their final exam grade.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course aims to follow the evolution and development of the novel in France in the XXth century.  It deals with the main authors and currents through the analysis of anthological passages, read and commented during the course, taken from the most significant works.

The 3 CFU extension (18 hours in the first semester) will focus on the French novel extrême contemporain. Unabridged reading to be chosen from: M. Chaillou, 1945; P. Senges, Environs et mesures; C. Gailly, Be-bop.

CONTENTS

PROGRAM FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS

PARCOURS DANS LE ROMAN FRANÇAIS AU XXe SIECLE : auteurs et mouvements principaux affrontés :

• Le roman à la fin du XIXe siècle : le Naturalisme et la Décadence
• La première génération : M. Proust, A. Gide
• Le roman entre les deux guerres mondiales : G. Bernanos, A. Malraux, L.F. Céline
• Le roman surréaliste
• Le roman après la deuxième guerre mondiale :
  • Les tendances existentialistes : J.-P. Sartre, A. Camus
  • Le Nouveau Roman : A. Robbe-Grillet, M. Butor, N. Sarraute 
  • L’OuLiPo : G. Perec, R. Queneau
• Le roman à partir des années 1980.

ANTHOLOGICAL READINGS: the texts that will be read and analyzed during the lessons will be published on the aulaweb and will constitute exam material for the attending students. The final list of readings will be published on aulaweb at the end of the course.

INTEGRAL READINGS: For 6 CFU : the programme includes at least four integral readings. For 9 CFU : one more to be chosen among : M. Chaillou, 1945; P. Senges, Environs et mesures; C. Gailly, Be-bop. 

GROUP WORKS for the analysis of the integral readings and for the content of the course will take place during the entire duration of the course for attending students. How to participate and the contents will be illustrated in class and will be on aulaweb.

PROGRAM FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

History of 20th Century French literature with a particular regard to the evolution of the novel. Students who do not attend will choose two manuals from those proposed in the bibliography and read the three works mentioned below.
INTEGRAL READINGS: The programme includes at least four integral readings.  For 9 CFU : one more to be chosen among M. Chaillou, 1945; P. Senges, Environs et mesures; C. Gailly, Be-bop. 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All documents used during the lessons and other teaching materials will be available on aul@web.

The books listed below are suggested as support texts for the attending students; one manuel from each list is mandatory for not attending students. The manuals must be used in relation to the subject of the course: PARCOURS DANS LE ROMAN FRANÇAIS AU XXe SIECLE 

Manuali di Storia della letteratura francese

• Histoire de la France littéraire, Tome 3, « Modernités XIXe et XXe siècles », Paris, PUF, 2006
• Histoire de la littérature française, Tome 8 – « De Zola à Apollinaire » et tome 9 « Du Surréalisme à l'empire de la critique », Paris, GF Flammarion.

Manuali di Storia e di analisi del genere narrativo

• B. Blanckeman, Le roman depuis la Révolution française, PUF 2011
• M. Raimond, Le roman depuis la Révolution, Paris, A. Colin
• P. Chartier, Introduction aux grandes théories du roman, Paris, Bordas, 2003
• Y. Reuter, Introduction à l’analyse du roman, Paris, Dunod, 1996
• V. Jouve, La poétique du roman, Paris, Sedes, 1999