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 the city of Paris, the course will propose a reflection on the important transformations that affected the French capital and in particular the places of artistic and literary creation and the transmission of knowledge in the aftermath of the French Revolution. In addition to certain places linked to state institutions, such as museums and national libraries, examples will be presented of places that, outside the institutional circuits, were protagonists of important cultural evolutions and participated in the advent of artistic-literary 'modernity', such as the newspaper editorial office, the publishing house or the artist's studio.

Documents of various kinds (journalistic and literary texts, illustrations, works of art) will be analysed during the course and will form part of the examination programme.

- Aurélien Fayet, L’Histoire de France, Une synthèse de référence, Eyrolles pratiques, 2019, Capitoli 6 e 7 OPPURE Michelle Fayet. Aurélien Fayet, Le Grand livre de l’histoire de France, Eyrolles 2014, Parte V e VI (entrambi disponibili biblioteca BALI)

- Christophe Charles, Paris capitales des XIXe siècles, Seuil, 2021, Chapitres 1, 6, 8, 12, 14 et 15. (disponibile biblioteca BALI)

- Pascale Casanova, Paris, Méridien de Grenweech de la littérature, dans Capitales culturelles, capitales symboliques : Paris et les expériences européennes, 18.-20. Siècles, sous la direction de Christophe Charle et Daniel Roche, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2002 (disponibile biblioteca BAUM e online)

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.

Lectures in Italian during which documents in French will be analysed. Moments of interaction and discussion with students will be planned and encouraged.

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If you are unable to attend the course in its entirety, please contact the lecturer shortly before the start of class to arrange support materials for exam preparation.

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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