COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · LFR219
French Literature I (20th Century)
Compulsory · French Open to Erasmus+ exchange students
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System Relation of Proficiency ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
Engin BEZCİ
enginbezci@hotmail.com
enginbezci@hotmail.com
Content
Objective
-This course aims to examine the history of 20th-century French literature.
Course Content
-20th-century French literature
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge of the literary movements, key writers and major works that shaped the century.
2. Thematic reading, literary and textual analysis
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures, methods of textual analysis
References
Les Nourritures terrestres/ André Gide
Les Champs magnétiques / Breton et Soupault
La Condition humaine/André Malraux
La Nausée/ Sartre
La Mort heureuse/ Camus
Huis clos/Sartre
Pour un Nouveau Roman/ Alain Robbe-Grillet
La Jalousie/ Alain Robbe-Grillet
La Modification/Michel Butor
Ubu roi/Alfred Jarry
Fin de partie/Beckett
La Cantatrice chauve/Ionesco
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | General introduction: Society and literature in the 20th century and the collapse of values: the question of humanity |
| 2 | ‘The death of God’ and of humanity in interwar literature, from a literature of joy to a literature of anguish: *Les Nourriture terrestres* / André Gide |
| 3 | From Dada to Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Manifestos, *Les Champs magnétiques* / Breton and *Nadja* / Breton (Excerpts) |
| 4 | Surrealist Poetry / Love and Images of Women in Surrealism: *L’Amour fou* / Breton, *Poésie ininterrompue* / Eluard (Excerpts) |
| 5 | The Evolution of the French Novel: The 1930s Novel in Search of Lost Meaning and ‘The Human Condition’ as a Generic Term |
| 6 | From Pascal to Malraux, or How to Read *The Human Condition*? |
| 7 | Analysis of Malraux’s *The Human Condition* |
| 8 | Mid-term exam |
| 9 | The 1930s Novel in Search of Lost Meaning: The Catholic Novel |
| 10 | Existentialist Novels and Plays: Sartrean Existentialism: *Huis clos* |
| 11 | The Nouveau Roman: ‘Pour un nouveau roman', ‘Jalousie’ by Alain Robbe-Grillet |
| 12 | The Theatre of the Absurd / Fin de partie / Beckett |
| 13 | The Theatre of the Absurd / La Cantatrice chauve / Ionesco |
| 14 | French literature after 1950 |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 40 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquire competence in written French C1 | X | ||||
| 2 | Acquisition of speaking proficiency in French at level C1 | X | ||||
| 3 | Being able to translate from French to Turkish at all levels of language. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to translate from Turkish to French at all levels of language. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to analyze texts of various kinds and levels. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to make cross-cultural studies. | X | ||||
| 7 | To teach French literature. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to descriptions of languages starting with the contemporary linguistic theories. | |||||
| 9 | Being able to teach French as a foreign language. | |||||
| 10 | Having acquired the Spanish language and literature. | |||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yıl Sonu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hazırlık Yıl Sonu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hazırlık Bütünleme | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 124 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 4.96 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 5 | ||