HISTORY OF FRENCH CULTURE

The teaching of the History of French Culture is part of the international literary-cultural and political curriculum of the course of study of Languages, Civilization and Language Sciences, in line with the aims of the course of study and the learning area of Literature and Cultures.

1. Knowledge and ability to understand: knowledge of the broad outlines of French history and the socio-cultural and historical-political dynamics affecting the production of certain cultural phenomena and materials; ability to understand texts and iconographic and audiovisual materials examined, both in terms of content and their socio-cultural, literary and artistic implications.
2. Applied knowledge and understanding skills: applying the acquired knowledge to the contextualisation of textual and iconographic materials in the historical-cultural, literary and political framework in which they were produced.
3. Autonomy of judgement: to formulate hypotheses of analysis; to know how to isolate cultural specificities by detailing their components and relating them to the context, also international; to be able to formulate a personal evaluation and comment on the cultural specificities that emerged during the study.
4. Communication skills: to understand the presentation of an academic discourse; to know how to present a studied problem in a clear and coherent way, to know how to argue in a coherent and effective way.
5. Learning skills: to recognise the type of text or material and to formulate hypotheses for analysis; to be able to relate what has been read or studied, to argue in a coherent and appropriate manner; to learn to establish appropriate links between the facts and materials examined and the ideas and context in which they are expressed.

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In order for this teaching to be followed in the best possible way, a good knowledge, at least passive, of the French language (listening comprehension and written comprehension) is required.

Following an itinerary through some of the symbolic sites of Paris, the course will present some of the symbols embodying the main republican values as well as the main French cultural and heritage institutions (academies, museums, libraries, historical monuments, theatres). A historical overview (origin and meaning of the symbols, birth, history and purpose of the main institutions) will be complemented by an investigation into the evolution of policies for the promotion and enhancement of certain aspects of French cultural heritage. Each reality examined will be contextualised historically and set in a broad cultural context. The materials examined will range from texts, including literary texts, to images, audio/video documents and digital resources.

- Aurélien Fayet, L’histoire de France. Une synthèse de référence, Editions Eyrolles, 2019 (disponibile in libreria, anche online).

- Cesare de Seta, Ritratti di città: dal Rinascimento al secolo XVIII, Torino, Einaudi, 2011, pp. 255-265 e pp. 302-309 (disponibile nelle biblioteche del polo veneziano ).

- Bernard Richard, Les emblèmes de la république, CNRS Editions, 2012: capitoli IV (Liberté, égalité, fraternité, devise de la république française) e XII (Le Panthéon, lieu de culte républicain). (Disponibile nella biblioteca Bali)

Siti di riferimento:
https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Thematiques/Musees/Les-musees-en-France/Les-musees-de-France
http://expositions.bnf.fr/presse/index.htm
http://classes.bnf.fr/laicite/
https://www.bnf.fr/fr/histoire-de-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france

Interview in which you will be asked to briefly illustrate (preferably in French) a topic that will be the subject of an in-depth examination chosen by the student. This will be followed by questions relating to the programme and the supporting readings indicated.

Frontal lectures, integrated with some moments of interaction and discussion on texts/documents analyzed. Short presentations of travaux pratiques by students are also expected. The lessons will be in Italian, with specific content and texts examined in French.
The lessons will be mainly in Italian, with specific contents and texts examined in French.
Teaching materials will be made available during the course on the Moodle platform.

Italian

Students who are unable to attend lessons regularly are required to contact the teacher before the beginning of the course.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development