FRENCH LITERATURE 2

The teaching of French Literature 2 module 1 is part of the French course of Lingue e letterature europee, americane e postcoloniali (including the Master en études françaises et francophones). It allows students to acquire an advanced knowledge of the history and some aspects of French literature as well as a mastery of theoretical-critical methodologies, in line with the aims of the course of study and the learning area.
Given the change in French Literature 2 , the individual objectives refer to both years of the course, but in progress; the fullness of their achievement is therefore expected at the end of the second year.

1. Knowledge and understanding:
a. knowledge of notions of literature theory and narratology, as well as some instruments of stylistic and rhetorical investigation;
b. knowledge of the historical-literary field : literary genres of the French Renaissance and the Baroque period, with particular regard to the poetics of the novella and novel and the different interactions between French literary production and Italian models;
c. basic knowledge of book history and publishing processes in the Renaissance and Baroque periods;
d. basic knowledge of the criteria for a critical edition of literary texts;
e.ability to understand a literary text in moyen français/classical French.

2. Applied knowledge and understanding:
a. ability to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired to the works and texts dealt with during the course ;
b. ability to analyse and compare texts and to elaborate conceptual summaries;
c. ability to place a text and a literary phenomenon in their production and reception context;
c. ability to consult bibliographic directories and set up a bibliographic search.

3. Autonomy of judgement:
a. ability to exercise critical judgement;
b. capacity to formulate hypotheses and autonomous judgements argued in a coherent and effective manner.

4. Communication skills
a. developing the ability to understand literary texts (including ancient ones) and critical essays in the French language;
b. development of communication skills for coherent, clear, terminologically accurate and effective communication, both in oral class interaction on course topics and in academic written discourse (the elaboration of a "tesina").

5. Ability to learn: ability to infer, relate data, synthesize, organise coherent and autonomous analysis of a text and/or literary process.

Knowledge of the general lines of the history of French literature of the 16th century. Since the course is given in French, and also in view of the exam, a C1 level of French language (written and oral) is required.

Rewrites of myth from the Renaissance to the classical age.

Myth has always exerted an extraordinary fascination on the literary and artistic imagination. By mobilizing the notions of source, model, intertext, imitation and adaptation, this course proposes to follow the transmission of a few mythical nuclei and their integration into literary expression, from the Renaissance to the Classical Age, in France. What is the place of the gods of Antiquity, of the myth of the Golden Age and of mythological figures such as Narcissus, Ulysses, Helen, Andromache, Dido, etc. in literary invention and writing? Through what means did the authors and readers of the time appropriate mythical material? By what means and for what purposes do they transpose and adapt them, offering a renewed vision of the mythical universe? From mythography to the updating of myth, through the study of some particularly significant cases, we will try to follow the metamorphoses of a cultural heritage that never ceases to feed literary and figurative expression.
In addition, part of the course will be devoted to examining the ways in which readers of today can access literary works from the First Modern period, and the issues involved in using digital tools to disseminate and promote them. An introduction to the uses of digital technology for publishing and exploring literary texts from the First Modern period in the context of university teaching is planned, in the form of active participation in a collaborative project on the pedagogical uses of digital technology in the mediation of tragic narratives from the First Modern period ('Tragiques Inventions' project). Students will be guided in the creation of digital resources based on the content covered in class; these resources will be added to the project website (see https://eman-archives.org/tragiques-inventions/ ). Supervision and support seminars, with the assistance of a tutor specialising in digital humanities, are planned.

Literary history and cultural frame of reference:
- Histoire de la littérature française, sous la direction de Daniel Couty, Bordas, 2004 (les parties concernant le XVIe siècle et le XVIIe siècle) oppure/ou L. Sozzi, Storia europea della letteratura francese, vol. I, Einaudi, "PBE", 2013.

Primary sources of critical bibliographical references :
Pierre Grimal, Dictionnaire de la mythologie grecque et romaine, Paris, PUF, 1982.
Guy Demerson, La mythologie classique dans l'oeuvre lyrique de la Pléiade, Genève, Droz, 1972.
Nathalie Dauvois, Le traitement du mythe chez Ronsard : un exemple, Narcisse, Bulletin de l'Association d'étude sur l'humanisme, la réforme et la renaissance, n. 16, 1983, pp. 41-51.
Philip Ford, Protée à la Renaissance : interprétations allégoriques, in Protée en trompe-l'œil: genèse et survivances d'un mythe, d'Homère à Bouchardon [online], Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2010,<http://books.openedition.org/pur/38867> ;
Alain Génetiot, La Fontaine et la lyre d’Orphée, Le Fablier. Revue des Amis de Jean de La Fontaine, n. 14, 2002, https://www.persee.fr/doc/lefab_0996-6560_2002_num_14_1_1078
Pierre de Ronsard, Les Amours, éd. Françoise Joukovsky, coll. Poésie/Gallimard.
Les contes amoureux par Madame Jeanne Flore, éd. G. A. Pérouse, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1980 o éd. R. Reynolds-Cornell, Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne, 2005.
Jean de La Fontaine, Les amours de Psyché et de Cupidon; Le songe de Vaux (quelques extraits)
Clarifications and additions regarding primary sources and critical texts will be provided in class; some texts under analysis will also be made available directly on the moodle platform

The examination interview, held in French, will focus on the topics dealt with during the course and will aim to verify the acquired knowledge (contents of the module, notions of literary theory and narration, knowledge and contextualization of the works read), the ability to understand and analyze the texts studied drawing inspiration for an independent critical reflection and validly argued, the communicative skills.
In order to favour the autonomy in the individual examination and to start the written production in view of the thesis, it will be required the writing of a paper of about 15 pages, in French, to be delivered at least 8 days before the examination. In agreement with the teacher, students may choose a subject relating to the course programme. The teacher will introduce the students to the bibliographic research and to the setting up of a work plan; the paper will be evaluated on the basis of the coherence in the articulation of the work and the discourse, of the relevance of the observations, of the correctness in the exposition, of the capacity of application of the acquired critical instruments, of the capacity of expressing a judgment based on valid elements.
The final evaluation will be based on the outcome of the oral test, the evaluation of the paper and the participation in the interactive online forum.

Lectures, textual analysis seminars, conferences. The teaching activity will be conducted in French.
All didactic materials (texts and in-depth studies) uploaded during the course on the Moodle platform will constitute a subject of study and their knowledge will be verified during the examination.

If you are unable to attend the entire course, please contact the teacher before the start of the lessons to define the supporting material for exam preparation.

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