CODE 65304 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 3 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/03 LANGUAGE French TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER Annual TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW PARCOURS DANS LE ROMAN FRANÇAIS AU XXe SIECLE 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 programme includes three integral readings: M. Proust, Du côté de chez Swann; A. Camus, La Peste; M. Chaillou, 1945. The documents will be available on aulaweb. Students who do not attend will choose two manuals from those proposed in the bibliography and read the three works mentioned above. 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 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. 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 PREREQUISITES Adequate knowledge of the French language and of the history of literature until 1900. Attitude to the subject, curiosity and desire to learn. 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 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. 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 M. Chaillou et sa définition d’ « extrême contemporain ». 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 three integral readings: M. Proust, Du côté de chez Swann; A. Camus, La Peste; M. Chaillou, 1945. GROUP WORKS for the analysis of the three 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 three integral readings: M. Proust, Du côté de chez Swann; A. Camus, La Peste; M. Chaillou, 1945. For 9 CFU : "Littérature et musique" (18 ore - 3 CFU - secondo semestre – Prof.ssa Gaboriaud): The course explores the connections between music and literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, both in the press and in the French novel. It aims to understand to what extent writers, from the 19th century to the present day, have given space to music in their works, what literary expressions of melomania exist, and how music has influenced literature. Course topics: L'Ottocento e la mistica dell'arte : Hugo, Sand, Stendhal, Balzac La musica nel romanzo moderno : Proust, Romain Rolland, Gide Jazz e letteratura : Boris Vian Musiche attuali e trattamento letterario delle margini: Virginie Despentes LCM3 students who choose the “Literature and Culture” option for 9 credits will be offered individual assignments to complete during the second-semester classes. These assignments can earn up to 2 bonus points, which will be added to the final exam grade with Prof.ssa Rolla. 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 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD CHIARA ROLLA Ricevimento: By appointment in my office or on Microsoft Teams. MARIE GABORIAUD Ricevimento: Appointments can be made by mail. Office address : Dipartimento di lingue, piazza santa Sabina, 5° flour, room III.049. LESSONS LESSONS START Lessons Start : I Semester Class timetable 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 from those scheduled and will have some 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. FURTHER INFORMATION Students who have regularly filed a certification of disability, DSA or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the contact person Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it) and the lecturer [or teacher] 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.
