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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
3rd foreign language
activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-FIL/04
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002946

Coordinator

Rosanna Gorris

Credits

9

Language

French fr

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/03 - FRENCH LITERATURE

Period

Semester 1  dal Oct 2, 2017 al Jan 20, 2018.

Learning outcomes

Fictions du diable : la démonomanie aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles

The course aims to present the French Literature of the 16th and the 17th Centuries and the artistic and philosophical culture of those historical periods. Moreover, the professor intends to provide students with the theoretical and methodological tools for the literary and linguistic analysis of the proposed texts. The lessons will be held in French, with the purpose of improving the students’ linguistic level as well. The courses will consist in lectures and seminars. Remedial courses will be organised as soon.

Program

"Fictions du diable : la démonomanie aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles"

The course will introduce students to several authors and genres from the French literature of the 16th and 17th century. Our starting point will be the theme of sorcery and "démonomanie".
- Jacques Grévin as a translator, poet and tragedian
- Montaigne's essay "Des boiteux" (Essais III, 11)
- the Wier-Bodin controversy about the "Démonomanie"
- sorcery and theatre: Pierre le Loyer

Texts

MONTAIGNE, Des boiteux, in Essais, édition par Emmanuel Naya, Delphine Reguig-Naya et Alexandre Tarrête, Paris, Gallimard, “Folio Classiques”, 3 volumes

Jean BODIN, De la démonomanie des sorciers, éd. critique par Virginie Krause, Christian Martin et Eric McPhail, Genève, Droz, 2016

Jacques GREVIN (traducteur), CINQ LIVRES DE L'IMPOSTURE ET TROMPERIE DES DIABLES: DES ENCHANTEMENTS & SORCELLERIES. Pris du Latin de Iean Vier, medecin du Duc de Cleves, & faits François, A PARIS, Chez Iaques du Puys, demourant en la Rue Sainct Iean de Latran, à l'enseigne de la Samaritaine, M. D. LXVII, AVEC PRIVILEGE DU ROY (ex. numérisé sur Gallica)

Pierre Le LOYER, Le Muet insensé in La Comédie à l'époque d'Henri II, "Théâtre français de la Renaissance", II série, vol. VII, éd. par Anna Bettoni et Dino Gentili, Florence, Olschki, 2015, pp. 1-163.

Romans, Nouvelles et Histoires tragiques (anthologie réunie par Rosanna Gorris Camos)


Critical texts

Marianne Closson, L’imaginaire démoniaque en France (1550-1650). Genèse de la littérature fantastique, Genève, Droz, 2000

Dictionnaire de Michel de Montaigne, Ph. Desan dir., Paris, Champion, 2004
Articles : Démons – Démonologie, Bodin, Del Rio, Imagination, Lancre, Maldonat, Sorcellerie

Fictions du diable, ouvrage dirigé par Françoise Lavocat, Pierre Kapitaniak et Marianne Closson, Genève, Droz, 2007

Roger TEYSSOU, Jean Wier. Des Dieux, des démons, des sorcières, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2016

Michaela Valente, Bodin in Italia. La Démonomanie des sorciers e le vicende della sua traduzione, con un saggio introduttivo di D. Quaglioni, Firenze, Centro Editoriale Toscano, 1999

Cesare VASOLI, "Riflessioni su De la Démonomanie des sorciers di Jean Bodin", in La magia nell'Europa moderna. Tra antica sapienza e filosofia naturale, Atti del Convegno (Firenze, 2-4 ottobre 2003), a cura di Fabrizio Meroi con la collaborazione di Elisabetta Scapparone, Firenze, Olschki, 2007, pp. 307-343

Voyager avec le diable. Voyages réels, voyages imaginaires et discours démonologiques (XVe-XVIIe siècles), Paris, PUPS, 2008


Per la storia della letteratura francese del Rinascimento :

Per la storia della letteratura francese del Cinquecento verrà organizzato un seminario di introduzione al Teatro del Rinascimento e dell’età classica e agli altri generi oggetto del corso :

F. LESTRINGANT, J. RIEU, A. TARRÊTE, Littérature française du XVIe siècle, Paris, PUF, 2000.

oppure:

R. CRESCENZO, Histoire de la littérature française du XVIe siècle, “Unichamp”, Paris, Champion, 2001.

oppure :

F. LESTRINGANT - M. ZINK dir. , Histoire de la France Littéraire, Naissances, Renaissances, Moyen Age-XVIe siècle, Paris, PUF, 2006, capp. 3 e 4 (la parte concernente il Rinascimento).

Antologia Il Cinquecento, a cura di Anna Bettoni e Bruna Conconi, Milano, LED, 1996 (10 autori a scelta).

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Jacques Grévin Cinq livres de l'imposture et tromperie des diables Iaques du Puys 1567
Jean Bodin De la démonomanie des sorciers Droz 2016
Montaigne Essais Gallimard 2009
R. Crescenzo Histoire de la littérature française du XVIe siècle Champion 2001
Pierre Le Loyer Le muet insensé Olschki 2015 In La Comédie à l'époque d'Henri II, "Théâtre français de la Renaissance", II série, vol. VII, éd. par Anna Bettoni et Dino Gentili, Florence, Olschki, 2015, pp. 1-163.

Examination Methods

Oral exam, in French, based on the texts analysed during the course.
The program, bibliography and exams are the same for all students, including non-attendants.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Teaching materials e documents