Seminar : Literary History

Teacher(s)

Guiderdoni Agnès;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Literary history and previous knowledge of different ways to analyse literary texts.

Main themes

The seminar will deepen localized issues. Depending on subjects and issues, texts from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century French literature will be selected.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	It is thus presented as an introduction to personal research and preparation for the thesis in its various phases (analysis, problem setting, writing) from the point of view of literary history.

Content

For 2022-2023, the course will be devoted to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes which formally took place in France between the very end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. We will study how the polemical discourses constituting this Querelle sketch a certain conception of literature, and more specifically, of French literature. Our investigation will not be limited to the texts written and published during the period itself, but will extend to the present day, where academic research is still animated, albeit differently, by this Querelle.

Teaching methods

After a few introductory sessions in the form of lectures, each student will choose a text from the Querelle and prepare an oral presentation at home for the class.

Evaluation methods

Written work to be prepared individually at home, based on the oral presentation.

Online resources

Moodle

Bibliography

Textes du corpus à analyser:
La Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, précédé d'un essai de Marc Fumaroli. Textes compilés par Anne-Marie Lecocq, Paris, Folio Classique, 2001

Faculty or entity

ELAL