French Society, Culture and Literature I
Study Cycle: 1
Lectures: 60
Seminars: 0
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 6
Lecturer(s): izr. prof. dr. Gacoin-Marks Florence Lucienne, izr. prof. dr. Vaupot Sonia
The course is divided into two units:
a) French Society and Culture
b) French Literature
French society and culture:
Students learn about intercultural differences and similarities. Discussing themes and problems of modern French society and culture: traditions, education; an overview of geography; religion; media; history of French; arts. Students are made aware of frequent translation problems, especially culture-specific terms.
French literature:
An overview of French literature from its beginnings until the 19th century. Students learn about the literary and historical categories of French literature and are able to place it within the context of European literature. They learn about the basic periods in French literature, as well as literary movements, authors, and their works.
Vaupot, Sonia. 2012. Introduction a la civilisation française. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. COBISS.SI-ID - 264065024
Castex, Pierre-Georges ; Surer, Paul. Histoire de la littérature française. Hachette, 1988. COBISS.SI-ID - 10664290
D’ormesson, Jean. Une autre histoire de la littérature française. Librio : Paris, COBISS.SI-ID – 13633845
For their home reading students have to select at least 7 works from the reading list provided by the lecturer.