Learning Outcomes
• Training to the study of short texts of the French literature
• Improvement of the reading and writing comprehension and expression
• Familiarization with the basic terminology/jargon of literary analysis
• Basic/partial study of the French literary history
• Autonomous understanding and interpretation of different literary texts
• Capacity to distinguish different types of texts as well as stylistic characteristics
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course is an initiation to the analysis of literary texts and it focuses on the ways and methods of their approch. During the semester, different types of texts will be approached (theater, novel, poetry, fairy-tales) from different historical periods and currents, in order to intoduce the students to the literary analysis and narrative procedures.
Additional bibliography for study
1)Fr. Dangon - J.Roques-Brières - Fr.Weiss, Lire en Français, Hatier, Paris, 1985
2)Yves Reuter, L'analyse du récit, Collection 128, Armand Colin, Paris, 2009
3)Michel Jarrety, Lexique des termes littéraires,"Le Livre de Poche",librairie générale française,2001
4)Yves Reuter, Introduction à l'analyse du roman, Armand Colin, 2010
5)D.Ducros,Lecture et analyse du poème,Armand Colin,1996