FJ0B712 Quebec literature and identity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 11:40–13:15 C31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course presents the main aspects of the Quebec identity in the context of the French Canadian and Quebec literature. This course has a theoretical and a historical part. The lecture is completed by the presentation of several eminent authors.
Syllabus
  • The lecture and the discussion form of teaching will be employed, combining selected theoretical and literary texts. The stress will be put on: 1. Identity and identitt patterns. Exclusion, Inclusion, Mediation. 2. Institutionalization of national literature: French-Canadian and English-Canadian context. 3. Identity patterns in hte historical context. 4. Image of the English and the English-Canadians in Quebec literature. 5. Image of France Quebec literature. 6. Image of the USA Quebec literature. 7. Immigrant literature in the Quebec context. 8. First nations in Quebec literature.
Literature
  • Kyloušek, Kolinská, Prajznerová, Pospíšil, Voldřichová Beránková, Horák, My, oni. já. Hledání identity v kanadské literatuře a filmu, Brno, Host, 2009, ISBN 978-80-7294-306-7
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr, Jeffrey Alan VANDERZIEL, Kateřina PRAJZNEROVÁ and Petr VURM. Identity through Art, Thougth and the Imaginary in the Canadian Space - Art, pensée et imaginaire identitaire de l'espace canadien. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 184 pp. FF-33/080-02/58. ISBN 978-80-210-4798-3. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Dějiny francouzsko-kanadské a quebecké literatury (History of French Canadian and Quebec Literature). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2005, 534 pp. 1. ISBN 80-7294-140-2. info
  • MAILHOT, Laurent. La littérature québécoise :depuis ses origines : essai. Montréal: Typo, 1997, 445 s. ISBN 2-89295-129-1. info
  • Littérature québécoise :des origines a nos jours : textes et méthode. Edited by Claude Cassista - Heinz Weinmann - Roger Chamberland. Ville LaSalle: Hurtubise HMH, 1996, x, 349 s. ISBN 2-89428-078-5. info
  • Le Québécois et sa littérature. Edited by René Dionne. Sherbrooke: Éditions Naaman, 1984, 462 s. ISBN 2-89040-299-1. info
  • Anthologie de la littérature québécoise. Edited by Gilles Marcotte. Montréal: Hexagone, 1994, xi, 813 s. ISBN 2-89006-432-8. info
  • Anthologie de la littérature québécoise. Edited by Gilles Marcotte. Montréal: Hexagone, 1994, 960 s. ISBN 2-89006-433-6. info
  • Panorama de la littérature québécoise contemporaine. Edited by Réginald Hamel. Montréal: Guérin, 1997, ix, 822 s. ISBN 2-7601-4606-5. info
  • La vie littéraire au Québec.[la voix française des nouveaux sujets britanniques]. Edited by Aurélien Boivin - Maurice Lemire. Sainte-Foy (Canada): Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1991, xviii, 498. ISBN 2-7637-7259-5. info
  • La vie littéraire au Québec : le projet national des Canadiens. II, 1806-1839. Edited by Maurice Lemire, Edited by Aurélien Boivin. Sainte-Foy (Canada): Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1992, xviii, 587. ISBN 2-7637-7282-X. info
  • La vie littéraire au Québec."un peuple sans histoire ni littérature". Edited by Marie-Andrée Beaudet - Maurice Lemire - Denis Saint-Jacques. Sainte-Foy: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1996, xxii, 671. ISBN 2-7637-7405-9. info
  • La vie littéraire au Québec : [le projet national des Canadiens]. IV, 1870-1894, "je me souviens". Edited by Maurice Lemire - Denis Saint-Jacques, Edited by Marie-Andrée Beaudet. Sainte-Foy: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1999, xxi, 669 s. ISBN 2-7637-7637-X. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Hledání Ameriky. Antologie současného quebeckého románu (1980-2000) (In Search of America. Anthology of the Contemporary Quebec Novel (1980-2000)). Antonová, B., Janda, L., Kunešová, M., Vurm, P. 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2003, 269 pp. sine. ISBN 80-7294-081-3. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Entre la négation de l'histoire et l'histoire parallele (Remarques sur le roman historique tcheque apres 1968) (Between the negation of the history and the parallel history (Remarks on the Czech historical novel after 1968)). In La litterature face a l'histoire. Discours historique et fiction dans les littératures est-européennes. 1st ed. Paris, Budapest, Torino: Centre d'etudes de l'Europe Mediane, 2005, p. 201-217. ISBN 2-7475-8042-3. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Une modernité québécoise. Le cas de Jacques Ferron (A Quebec Modernity. The Case of Jacques Ferron). Etudes Romanes de Brno. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2003, vol. 52, No 1, p. 109-125. ISSN 0231-7532. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Discours politique et discours esthétique de la littérature québécoise des années 1960. Le cas de Miron, Ferron, Godbout, Aquin (Political and aesthetic discourse in hte Quebec literature of 60's. The case of Miron, Ferron, Godbout, Aquin). In Canadiensia I. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Philologica 83. 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2004, p. 9-16. ISBN 80-244-0829-5. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Figures et images identitaires dans Les Grands Soleils et La Tete du Roi de Jacques Ferron (Figures, Characters and Imagery in the Jacques Ferron's plays Les Grands Soleils and La Tete du Roi). In Codifications et symboles des cultures nationales. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003, p. 141-154. ISBN 80-210-3159-X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors. Seminar: Application of the acquired theoretical knowledge on authentic texts. In the form of a presentation the students show their capability to connect their theoretical knowledge while working with a concrete text.
Assessment methods
Exam in form of a paper (15 pages): analysis of a Quebec author's work from the point of view of identity.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001.
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