LITTERATURE FRANCAISE – L’AGE DES LUMIERES

Paper Code: 
DFRN 803
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 

Intoductory lectures on the century, the movement and the author; Candide : chapters I – VI

12.00
Unit II: 

Candide : chapters VII – XII

12.00
Unit III: 

Candide : chapters XIII – XVIII

12.00
Unit IV: 

Candide : chapters XIX – XXIV

12.00
Unit V: 

Candide : chapters XV – XXX

References: 

1)   Candide : Voltaire. Flammarion/Didier/Hatier

2)   Histoire de la litterature francaise, Lanson

3)   Manuel des etudes litteraires Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette

4)   An anthology of French poetry, Oxford

5)   History of French literature : Cazamian

Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course Outcomes

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO99: Examine & deduce the socio-politico-economic leading up to the age of Enlightenment
CO100: Show the conflict of ideas & illustrate the role of philosophers in shaping history & literature
CO101: Interpret the literary age, the representative authors and their individual style
CO102: Critique the key themes in representative texts of the period
CO103: Appreciate & evaluate the essence of texts on their intrinsic merit as well as with reference to other texts/authors

 

 

Interactive lectures Demonstrations

Reading & Listening exercises Assignments

Effective questions

 

 

 

Class tests

Assessments on the basis of simulated role playing

 

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