Littérature Française : les origines, le Moyen Age et la Renaissance

Paper Code: 
24DFRN702
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students to delve into the evolution of French literature, exploring literary forms and movements, analyzing the styles of representative authors within their socio-political context.

 

18.00
Unit I: 
Greek Tragedy & Themes of Poems & Prose works

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

 

18.00
Unit II: 
Poems & Prose works & Chanson de Roland

The major ‘cycles’ of poetic and prose works (continued) Study of excerpts from “Chanson de Roland”

 

18.00
Unit III: 
Renaissance & Literary texts

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)

 

18.00
Unit IV: 
Renaissance & Gargantua

Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Excerpts from “Gargantua” (Rabelais)

 

18.00
Unit V: 
Renaissance & Montaigne

Socio-political & cultural condition prevailing in France before and during the “Renaissance” Study of two essays by Montaigne

 

Essential Readings: 
  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
  6. Il faut laisser maisons - Ronsard

 

References: 
  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

 

  1. https://archive.org/details/histoiredelali1895lansuoft ……
  2. https://kupdf.net/download/les-grandes-etapes_5a65c55fe2b6f52410ffe321_pdf

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

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24DFRN702

 

 

 

 

 

Littérature Française : les origines, le Moyen Age et la Renaissance (Theory)

CO91: Develop an understanding of the evolution of literary forms and movements

CO92: Interpret the literary age, the representative authors and their individual style CO93: Research, analyse the

socio- political conditions behind each literary phase & its iconic authors

CO94: Critique the key themes in representative texts of the period

CO95: Appreciate & evaluate the essence of texts on their intrinsic

merit as well as with reference to other texts/authors

CO96: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive lectures Demonstrations

 

Learning activities for the students: Reading                         & Listening exercises

Oral tests/examinations Assessments on role playing

 

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