Comparative French Literature

According to the Dublin descriptors, students must acquire 1) the critical competences necessary for an analytical and comparative approach to the literary currents and realia. (2 Comparative analysis exercises to apply methods and theories)

3) Students must be able to create hypertext and cultural links among writers, literary and artistic genres of the modern French and Francophone world. 4) Encourage exposés along with oral and written presentations to develop communication skills and to 5) stimulate the learning of authors and works in a critical and conscious manner using the most advanced research techniques

Lectures

Seminars, ateliers

Ongoing verification

Workshops

A 3 ECTS Arts and writing in the Nineteenth century : Museums and Collections

In–depth analysis of the historical, cultural and artistic-literary movements of the XIX and XX a  in a comparative perspective.

Texts:

Philippe Hamon, Imageries, Littératures et Images au XIX siècle, Paris, Corti, 2007 (ch. 2-3-4-9 ; pp. 80)

Théophile Gautier en Italie, (edited by Giovanna Bellati), Roma Aracne, 2001 ; (pp. 113-172)

Gaston Bachelard, Poétique de l’espace, any edition (Ch. 1-3-9, pp.75)

Dominique Poulot, Une histoire des musées de France (XVIII-XX siècles, Paris, La Découverte, 2008) (pp. 196)

Cettina Rizzo, I musei nella scrittura di Théophile Gautier: jeux de miroirs tra critica d’arte e creatività letteraria, Milano, Biblion edizioni, 2022, prima parte introduttiva (pp. 4-70)

 

(Dossier with a selection of texts and documents)

 

B  3 ECTS Caricature between text and architecture

Champfleury, Le Violon de faïence, (the digital edition is available at www.gallica.fr) (pp. 170)

Duranty, Le pays des arts, ch. 3,  (the digital edition is available at www.gallica.fr) (pp. 35)

Paul Bourget, La seconde mort de  Broggi-Mezzastris, (the digital edition is available at www.gallica.fr) (pp. 30)

Dominique Pety, Les Goncourt et la collection, Genève, Droz, 2003

 (Introduction, 23 pp.)

 

(Dossier with a selection of texts and documents on Studium)

 

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.