| CODE | FRE2042 |
| TITLE | Theorie littéraire/Literary Theory |
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course |
| MQF LEVEL | 5 |
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 |
| DEPARTMENT | French |
| DESCRIPTION | What is a literary work? What binds an author to his work? What is a classical work? What constitutes a narrative? What is intertextuality, the paratext and the reader-response theories? What is the function of literature? These are a few of the questions which this study-unit will try to answer through the reading of a rich corpus of theoretical and critical texts ranging from Aristotle, Plato, Bakhtine, Lukács, Blanchot, Barthes, Genette or Todorov, to the most recent works of Antoine Compagnon, Pierre Bayard and Jean-Marie Schaeffer. Qu’est-ce qu’une œuvre littéraire ? Qu’est-ce qu’un auteur ? Qu’est-ce que l’intertextualité, le paratexte ou les théories de la réception ? Quelles sont les fonctions de la littérature ? Qu’en est-il de la théorie littéraire aujourd’hui ? Ce sont là quelques-unes des questions auxquelles on s’appliquera à répondre dans ce cours en s’appuyant sur un riche corpus de textes théoriques et critiques incluant Bakhtine, Lukács, Blanchot, Barthes, Genette ou Todorov jusqu’aux travaux les plus récents de Dominique Maingueneau, d’Antoine Compagnon, de Pierre Bayard et de Jean-Marie Schaeffer. Le cours traitera de la théorie littéraire en donnant une importance particulière aux apports de la science du langage. Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce the schools of thought relating to literary theory; - To address some of the questions at the heart of the reflections of literary theoreticians; - To familiarise students with the theories relating to the main literary genres; - To introduce them to the functions and problems of contemporary literary theory. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - to distinguish between the principal schools of literary theory; - to make use of precise theoretical knowledge in order to comment and analyze a literary text; - to comment from a theoretical point of view; - to present arguments on some major works in literary theory. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate critical thinking skills by evaluating and recognizing a theoretical school of thought and making a critical analysis of theoretical texts; - by identifying major thinkers in the field of literary theory, students will demonstrate linguistic skills in the analysis of a literary text; - apply the principles underpinning the use of literary theory in the evaluation of a literary text; - assess to which extent a literary theory contributes to the evaluation of a literary text. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - TOURSEL, Nadine, VASSEVIERE, Jacques, Littérature : textes théoriques et critiques. Plus de cent textes d’écrivains et de critiques classés et commentés, Paris, Nathan, 2003, «Littérature fac.» - DELACROIX Maurice and Fernand HALLYN, Méthodes du texte : Introduction aux études littéraires, Paris, Duculot, 1987. - MONTALBETTI, Christine La Fiction, Paris, GF-Flammarion, «Corpus/Lettres», 2001. Supplementary Readings: - AUERBACH, Erich, Mimesis. La représentation de la réalité dans la littérature occidentale, Paris, Gallimard, 1977, «Tel». - ARISTOTE, Poétique, trad. Dupont-Roc/Lallot, Paris, Seuil, «Poétique», 1980. - JAUSS, Hans Robert, Pour une esthétique de la réception, Paris, Gallimard, 1990, «Tel». - BAKHTINE, Mikhail, Esthétique et théorie du roman, Paris, Gallimard, 1987, «Tel». - COMPAGNON, Antoine, Le Démon de la théorie, Paris, Seuil, «Points essais», 2001. - SCHAEFFER, Jean-Marie, Pourquoi la fiction?, Paris, Seuil, «Poétique»1999. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: Grade C or better at Matsec Advanced Level in French |
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture |
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