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.

Les enjeux culturels de la langue française à travers les siècles.

The course will explore the concept of language as a fundamental expression of cultural heritage and will address, from a historical perspective, the evolution of the French language, its diffusion, its role as a cultural vehicle and the policies centred on it and implemented in France over the centuries. Some of the declinations of the language-culture relationship over time will be illustrated, from the Renaissance to the Grand Siècle, from the civilisation of the Enlightenment to the recent past.

Aurelio Principato, Breve storia della lingua francese, Carocci, 2000, oppure Mireille Huchon, Histoire de la langue française, "Le Livre de poche", 2002.
Les langues de France : un patrimoine méconnu, une réalité vivante, "Repères", 2008, https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Thematiques/Langue-francaise-et-langues-de-France/Nos-missions/Promouvoir-les-langues-de-France/Reperes-2008-les-langues-de-France-un-patrimoine-meconnu-une-realite-vivante
Further materials will be made available on the Moodle teaching platform during the course.
Sitography:
Académie française, https://www.academie-francaise.fr
Bibliothèque nationale de France, dossier Langue française et langues de France: https://www.bnf.fr/fr/langue-francaise-et-langues-de-france
Politiques de la culture, https://chmcc.hypotheses.org
Francophonie et rayonnement culturel, https://www.vie-publique.fr/eclairage/274026-francophonie-et-rayonnement-culturel

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.

The course is in blended mode, i.e. composed of classroom lessons and a part of activities to be carried out in asynchronous mode, starting from the materials deposited in Moodle (podcasts, ppts with commentary, worksheets, texts, short videos, quizzes), according to indications that will be provided from time to time. Both these modalities constitute an integral and indispensable part of the course
Lessons will be mainly face-to-face and in Italian. The texts analysed will be mainly in French. There will be moments of guided individual reflection (mainly during asynchronous activities in the blended mode) and interaction in the classroom (short exposés) and at a distance (participation in the shared forum and other activities on Moodle). The schedule of lessons in asynchronous mode will be communicated at the beginning of the semester and will be available on the Moodle platform.
All the teaching materials (texts and in-depth studies) uploaded during the course on the Moodle platform will constitute a subject of study and knowledge of them will be tested in the exam.
The performance of the activities in asynchronous mode (on Moodle) is an integral part of the course and will be evaluated for the exam grade. Failure to complete at least 75% of these activities will result in a reduction in the final exam grade

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 "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development