Science fiction
| Title | Φανταστική λογοτεχνία / Science fiction |
| Title in French | Littérature fantastique |
| Code | ΚΕ-ΛΟΓ-15 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | French Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280006417 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600269541
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600269541
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11085
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- French (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
• Exercise in the study of fantastic texts (French representatives with brief references to other European writers)
• Ability to recognize the characteristics of the fantastic element (themes, structures, heroes, language, style, spatio-temporal indicators, etc.)
• Understanding of theoretical principles of Fantastic Literature
• Application of the theory to fantastic texts (analysis and justification)
• Oral presentation (exposé) of a theme with a variety of media
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
We examine the general meaning of the term fantastic in the literary domain, defining it as the set of works whose characters and content do not belong to the area of reality, but to that of the supernatural or metaphysics. We study how the real or conditional principles of the physical sciences are used by the writer, in a simple and popularized way, to animate the reader's imagination, so that supernatural, metaphysical, possible or probable situations are created, which do not that examine the problems of the individual, his dreams, his hopes, diachronically, situating him in space and time.
1. Definition of the fantasy element in literature
2. Introduction to the Fantasy Literature in Europe: Origins and Authors
3. Techniques for analyzing the fantasy narrative
4. Applications of Analysis Techniques to Fantasy Stories
5. The Discourse in the Text of Fantastic Literature
6. Themes of Fantastic Literature
7. The Heroes of Fantastic Literature
8. The notion of space in Fantastic Literature
9. The "School of Strange" in Belgian Fiction Literature
10. Fantasy Literature and other art forms
11. Studying a topic: death
12. Study a topic: nature
13. Study a topic: woman
Keywords
fantasy literature, tale, narrative techniques, art
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Powerpoint presentation, audio-visual material
E-learning
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Laboratory Work | 28 | 1.1 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Project | 40 | 1.6 | |||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 160 | 6.4 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course is examined by a written test at the end of the semester combined with oral presentation (exposé).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
A. Bibliographie sur le fantastique
BALTRUŠAITIS Jurgis, Le Moyen Age fantastique. Antiquités et exotismes dans l’art gothique, Paris, 1955 ; rééd. Spadem, Paris, 1981 ; Champs – Flammarion,1993
-------------------------------, Rêves et prodiges. Le Gothique fantastique, Paris, Armand Colin, 1960
BARCHILLON Jacques, Le Conte merveilleux français de 1690 à 1790, Paris, Champion, 1975
BARCLAY G. S. J., Anatomy of Horror: The Master of Occult Fiction, Londres, 1978
BARONIAN Jean-Baptiste, Esquisses sur les métamorphoses d’un genre littéraire, Lausanne, L’Age d’homme S. A., 1977
BELLEMIN-NOËL Jean, Vers l’inconscient du texte, Paris, P.U.F., coll. : « Quadrige », 1996
BESSIÈRE Irène, Le Récit fantastique : la poétique de l’incertain, Paris, Larousse, coll. : « thèmes et textes », 1974
BOZZETTO R., Territoires des fantastiques — Des romans gothiques aux romans d'horreur moderne, Publications de l'Université de Provence, 1998
-----------------, Le fantastique dans tous ses états, Publications de l’Université de Provence, coll. : « Regards sur le fantastique », 2001
CAILLOIS Roger, Au cœur du fantastique, Paris, Gallimard, 1965
FINNE Jacques, La littérature fantastique. Essai sur l’organisation surnaturelle, Bruxelles, Ed. Université de Bruxelles, 1981
HELLENS F., Le fantastique réel, Bruxelles, Amiens, Sodi, 1967
JACKSON Rosemary, Fantasy, the literature of subversion, London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1981; New York, Methuen & Co.
KILLEN A. M., Le roman terrifiant ou Roman noir, de Walpole à Ann Radcliffe, et son influence sur la littérature française jusqu’en 1840, thèse soutenue en Sorbonne, 1920 ; réédition Champion, 1967 ; Slatkine, 1984
LE BRUN Annie, Les Châteaux de la subversion (1982), Paris, Gallimard, coll. : « Folio Essais », 1986
LOVECRAFT H. P., Supernatural Horror in Literature, New York, Ed. de Minuit, 1962 ; tr. de l’anglais par Bernard Da Costa, Epouvante et surnaturel en littérature, Editeur Christian Bourgois, 10/18, 1969
LYSØE Eric, Les Kermesses de l’étrange ou Le Conte fantastique en Belgique du romantisme au symbolisme, Paris, Nizet, 1993
MABILLE Pierre, Le Miroir du merveilleux, Paris, Ed. de Minuit, 1962
MALRIEU Joël, Le Fantastique, Paris, Hachette (Contours littéraires), 1992
PONNEAU Gwenhaël, La Folie dans la littérature fantastique, Paris, P.U.F., coll. : « Ecriture », 1997
STEIMETZ Jean-Luc , La littérature fantastique, coll. Que sais-je ?, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 2008
TODOROV Tzvetan, Introduction à la littérature fantastique, Paris, Seuil, coll. : « Points / Essais », 1970
VAX Louis, La Séduction de l'étrange. Etude sur la littérature fantastique, Paris, P.U.F. / Quadrige, 1964
B. Anthologies de la littérature fantastique
BARONIAN Jean-Baptiste, La Belgique fantastique : avant et après Jean Ray : anthologie, Bruxelles, J. Antoine, 1983
CAILLOIS Roger, Anthologie du fantastique, Paris, Gallimard, 1966
CASTEX P.-G., Le Conte fantastique en France de Nodier à Maupassant, Paris, J. Corti, 1951
LYSØE Eric, Littératures fantastiques. Belgique, terre de l’étrange, Bruxelles, Labor, 2003
ΠΑΝΩΡΙΟΣ Μάκης, Το ελληνικό φανταστικό διήγημα, τ. 1-6, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Αίολος, 1987-2012
Last Update
27-02-2020
