OVERVIEW

The course aims to cover the evolution and development of 20th-21st century French literature in relation to the development of photographic representation. Always starting from the insertion of the authors and works within the historical and cultural context that forms their background, it addresses the figures, currents and main artistic and literary movements through the analysis of anthological excerpts, read and commented in class, taken from the most significant works. The programme includes at least four integral readings (6CFU) or five integral readings (9CFU).

AIMS AND CONTENT

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 participation in the proposed training activities (frontal lessons and online activities, flipped classroom and task-based learning) and individual study will enable the student to:

- have a solid knowledge of the general lines of French cultural and literary history of the 20th and 21st centuries, with particular regard to intermediary relations;
- read, understand and analyse complex narrative and poetic texts of the 20th and 21st centuries;
- know how to use the basic methods and tools of narratological and stylistic analysis to interpret the works of the main authors;
- contextualising literary productions in the culture and historical period of reference
- develop group work strategies

The course aims to contribute to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda:

• Goal 4. Provide quality, equitable and inclusive education and learning opportunities for all
• Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures during which multimedia tools and aids will also be used. Self-assessment, flipped classroom and task-based learning activities are planned. The performance of these activities will be assessed and may be worth up to a maximum of two extra points in the final grade.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

PROGRAMME FOR FREQUENT STUDENTS (frequency monitored - at least 75% attendance)    

LITTÉRATURE ET PHOTOGRAPHIE AU XX-XXIe SIÈCLE : main authors and movements confronted:

• Introduction Belle Epoque
• Photography and Literature
• Poésie et Photographie
• Cubism Littéraire
• Surréalisme 
• Roman première moitié du XXe siècle 
• Evolution de la photographie
• Le Nouveau Roman et la photo
• Le roman contemporain et la photo

During the 3 CFU extension (18 hours in the second semester) a number of case studies on specific photo-textual devices will be tackled. 

GROUP WORKSHOPS on the works read in full and on the contents of the course will take place throughout the duration of the course for attending students. A photo-text creation workshop will also be organised. Participation procedures and contents will be explained in class and will be available on the aulaweb.

PROGRAMME FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

Non-attending students must obtain the teaching materials on aulaweb and study a literature textbook and a text on the relationship between literature and photography in the bibliography.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All documents used during the lectures and other teaching materials will be available on Aulaweb.

Students must read four complete works (6CFU) or five (9CFU), the list will be avaiable on the course aulaweb.

The texts indicated below are suggested as support texts for attending students; non-attending students must compulsorily choose 2 textbooks: one from the History of French Literature and one from the Relations between Literature and Photography. The textbooks indicated must be used in relation to the subject of the course: Littérature et photographie au XXe-XXIe siècle: 

History of French Literature textbooks

• 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.

Handbooks on the relationship between literature and photography

• Albertazzi, Silvia, Letteratura e fotografia, Carocci, 2017
• Ceserani, Remo, L’occhio della Medusa. Fotografia e letteratura, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, «Nuova cultura», 2011
• Méaux, Danièle (éd.), Livre de photographies et de mots, « lire & voir 1 », Caen, Lettres Modernes, Minard, 2009
• Montier, Jean-Pierre (dir.), Transactions photolittéraires, dir Jean-Pierre Montier, Rennes PUR, coll. « Interférences », 2015

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ELISA BRICCO (President)

CHIARA ROLLA

MARIE GABORIAUD (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2024

Class schedule

FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE III

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will consist of an oral examination in French on the contents of the course, through questions formulated by the Commission.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For attending students:

The candidate must choose an anthological extract unknown and will have 60 minutes to prepare it. Following the presentation of the contents of the text, at least one question will be asked to the candidate concerning the readings. In the assessment of the exam will be taken into account, as well as the knowledge of the program to be performed (topics covered in class, reading and analysis of texts proposed during lessons, materials made available on the platform aulaweb and readings of the full texts), also of the exhibition capacity and accuracy in the use of the specific language of the discipline.

For non-attending students:

The candidate must demonstrate: to know the history of twentieth century French literature; to know the evolution of the novelin French literature during  the twentieth century ; to have carried out the readings of complete works and to be able to expose the contents, the literary and generic characteristics, the authorial and stylistic specificities. In the assessment of the exam will take into account, as well as the knowledge of the program to be carried out, also the exhibition capacity and accuracy in the use of the specific language of the discipline.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with a certified DSA, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on teaching and examination methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.

Class Schedule Tuesday 17-19 aula 4 Balbi 5, Wednesday 9-11 aula 4 Balbi 5, Friday 14-16 aula 1 AdP