| CODE | FRE2041 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Genres litteraires/Literary Genres | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | French | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit deals with research in stylistics, particularly literary genres, poetics and rhetorics (mainly Aristotle’s Poetics). It makes a comprehensive survey of the specificities of past and contemporary literary genres, including genres of ‘paraliteratures’. Each literary genre will be illustrated by a canonic example. Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce students to the importance of poetics (conventions of genres, or theories of form) in a stylistic analysis; - To present the main literary genres and their evolution through History; - To familiarise students with an analysis of discourse; - To develop students' ability to understand a literary text; - To present examples of literary genres. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognize the main literary genres of a given prose or poetic text and to formulate in detail its characteristics; - Describe the characteristics of an author’s style; - Identify a literary genre. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Carry out an in-depth semiotic analysis of a literary text; - Critically apply the theoretical knowledge learned in class to nonliterary discourse. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - DUPRIEZ, Bernard. Gradus: Les procédés littéraires, 10/18, 2003. - GENETTE, Gérard et al., Théorie des genres, Seuil, "Points", 1986. - SCHÆFFER, Jean-Marie. Qu'est-ce qu'un genre littéraire ? Seuil, 1989. Supplementary Readings: - Aristote, Poétique. Belles Lettres, 1932. - Combe, Dominique, LesGenres littéraires, Hachette, 1992. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: Grade C or better at Matsec Advanced Level in French | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anabel Apap Dominique Jean Lanni |
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