Litterature francaise : 19e siecle

Paper Code: 
FRN 224
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

   In this paper we shall closely study extracts or complete text of  classics generally accepted as  representative of the major phases /movements  of the rich literature of the 19th century. The ages/movements covered are :        romanticism, parnasse, realism, naturalism, symbolism).

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Intoductory lecture on the century, the movements  and the authors to be studied; La bouteille a la mer”(Vigny), “LaConscience”(Hugo),

 

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Intoductory lectures on the century, the movements  and the authors to be studied; extcerpts from “Hernani”(Hugo)

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 

“L’Art”(Gautier),

“Le collier”(Maupassant)

“Harmonie du soir” (Baudelaire)

 

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

“Voyelles”,

 “Le bateau ivre” (Rimbaud),

 

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Le cygne (Mallarme)

“Art poetique”  (Verlaine),

 

 

References: 

     (Apart from the  prescribed literary texts ) :

  • Histoire de la litterature francaise, Lanson
  • Manuel des etudes litteraires Francaises : Castex et Surer, Hachette 
  • An anthology of French poetry, Oxford
  • History of French literature : Cazamian
  • Litterature francaise : Lagarde et Michel

 

Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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