Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to explain the main features of 19th-21st century French literature and to situate the works of this period historically.

Goals

The course aims to provide students with:

- the historical and critical knowledge needed to understand the texts of this period in their context of production;

- the historical and critical knowledge needed to situate a literary work historically.

Content

Study of the history of French literature from Romanticism to the first decades of the 21st century. In this first-year course, the emphasis is on the chronological frameworks and constant features that determine each century, or each period, of history, rather than on the examination of a particular work, genre, current or author.

Table of contents

A table of contents will be available on Webcampus.

Exercices

Not applicable.

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra

Assessment method

Written examination

Sources, references and any support material

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

French