FJIIA105 French Literature I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 G12
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course shows different approaches to the category of time in literary texts.
Syllabus
  • The course combines theoretical approach with analysis of concrete texts. Main problems treated: 1. Time in physical, bilogical and psychological meaning. Time in different cultures. 2. Expressing time: linguistic means, verbal tenses, adverbs, nouns, deixis, "temps du discours" and "temps du récit" in French(Benveniste, Genette, Maingueneau. 3. Time and narrator: Diderot, Balzac, Gide, Céline. 4. Time and space in the mythe and in the novel: Lévi-Strauss, Tournier. 5. Representing time: Proust. 6. Subjectivity and the representation of time: Le Clézio. 7. Time on stage: Ionesco, Beckett.
Literature
  • Maingueneau, Dominique. Elements de linguistique pour le texte littéraire. Paris. Bordas 1990
  • Benveniste, Emile. Problees de linguistique générale, Paris. Galliimard 1996
  • BERGSON, Henri. Durée et simultanéité : a propos de la théorie d'Einstein. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1922, viii, 245. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Znak, struktura, vyprávění. Výbor z prací francouzského strukturalismu (Sign, structure and narration). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2002, 324 pp. Strukturalistická knihovna 10. ISBN 80-7294-016-3. info
  • BENVENISTE, Émile. Dvanáct esejů o jazyce. Translated by Miroslav Pravda - Jan Šabršula. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970, 227 s. URL info
  • Maingueneau, Dominique. La pragmatique pour le discours littéraire. Paris. Bordas 1990
  • BERGSON, Henri. Čas a svoboda : o bezprostředních datech vědomí. Translated by Boris Jakovenko. Praha: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, 1994, 134 s. ISBN 80-7007-065-X. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Temps, formes verbales et narration (Tense, verbal forms and narration). In Opera Romanica. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita, 2001, p. 181-193. ISBN 80-7040-504-X. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Les temps de J.-M.G. Le Clézio. (Tenses in J.--M. G. Le Clézio.). Etudes Romanes de Brno. Brno.: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity Brno, 1994, XLIII, No 14, p. 19-34. ISSN 0231-7532. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Mythe, roman et temporalité. (Myth, Novel and Temporality.). Etudes Romanes de Brno. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity Brno, 1995, XLIV, No 15, p. 7-14. ISSN 0231-7532. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Heterocosmica. Fikce a možné světy (Heterocosmica. Fiction and Possible Worlds). Vydání české první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2003, 311 pp. ISBN 80-246-0735-2. info
  • Kubíček, Tomáš, Vypravěč, Brno, Host 2007
  • Červenka, Miroslav, Fikční světy lyriky, Litomyšl, Paseka 2003
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
Seminar paper - analysis of selected literary work in terms of temporality and narrative categories.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Lze zapisovat až po úspěšném složení souborné nebo bakalářské zkoušky.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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