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Littérature française : les origines, le Moyen Age et la Renaissance
This course will enable the students to delve into the origins, Middle Ages, and Renaissance of French literature, tracing its evolution amidst socio-political and cultural shifts.
Brief introduction to Greek tragedy, its themes, principles and the works of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides, Arrival of Christianity; the Crusades; Socio-political & cultural condition of France in the Middle Ages; the major ‘cycles’ of poetic and prose works
The major ‘cycles’ of poetic and prose works (contn,)
Study of excerpts from “Chanson de Roland”
Villon
Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Ronsard and La Pleiade;
Study of complete text of the poem “La ballade des pendus”(Villon)
Study of complete texts of 2 of the poems : “France, mere des arts..”, “Heureux qui comme Ulysse..”(Du Bellay), “A Cassandre” and “Il faut laisser maisons..” (Ronsard)
Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance”
Excerpts from “Gargantua” (Rabelais)
Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance”
Study of two essays by Montaigne
1. Chanson de Roland
2. La ballade des pendus - Villon
3. France, mere des arts
4. Heureux qui comme Ulysse - Du Bellay
5. A Cassandre
Il faut laisser maisons - Ronsard
Suggested Readings:
1. An anthology of French poetry, Oxford
2. History of French literature :Cazamian
3. Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Mich
4. Histoire de la littérature française, Lanson
5. Histoire de la litterature française, Castex et Surer
e-Resources
1. https://archive.org/details/histoiredelali1895lansuoft ……
2. https://kupdf.net/download/les-grandes-etapes_5a65c55fe2b6f52410ffe321_pdf
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Littérature française : les origines, le Moyen Age et la Renaissance (Theory) |
CO13: Develop an understanding of the evolution of literary forms and movements CO14: Interpret the literary age, the representative authors and their individual style CO15: Research, analyse the socio-political conditions behind each literary phase & its iconic authors CO16: Critique the key themes in representative texts of the period CO17: Appreciate & evaluate the essence of texts on their intrinsic merit as well as with reference to other texts/authors CO18: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching : Interactive lectures; Reading assignments
Learning activities for the students : Self-learning assignments |
-Oral tests/examinations; -Written tests/examination |
