Modern French Authors: dramatic texts
[ROM1526]
[30h + 15h] 4.5 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
This two-yearly course is taught in 2008-2009, 2010-2011,...
Teacher(s):
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
Moreover, by the end of the tutorials, students should be able to :
interpret dramatic works which belong to the French language heritage (from the 17th till the 21st century) ;
study the effects of construction of the represented reality (particularly on the basis of the notion of literary genres) ;
replace these texts within a historical perspective ;
analyse the aesthetic dimension of the works studied.
This teaching will thus prepare them to the personal choices which the writing of a licence thesis requires.
Main themes
The tutorials, taking the form of an interactive seminar, bring together a limited number of students (maximum of 20). Together, they examine the linguistic, stylistic, and aethetic dimensions of a certain number of works. Students are lead to elaborate, individually or in groups, a critical discourse about a work. Oral discussions are stimulated by the reading of critical commentaries elaborated by specialists of the litarery genres or authors. A place is kept for specific pedagogical initiatives.
Content and teaching methods
Examples of authors or genres which can be examined : Corneille, Racine, Molière, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, the Romantic Drama, Claudel, Camus, Ionesco, Beckett, Duras, etc.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Evaluation : written exam. For the tutorials, the assessment is both continuous and final. The evaluation covers tutorial participation, personal interventions and a personal work (analysis of a dramatic work not covered in class).
Course materials : reading folder.