The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

In accordance with the periodization adopted in our French literature courses (first year: from 1850 to today; second year: Eighteenth century and first half of the Nineteenth century; third year: Six-teenth and Seventeenth centuries), this course introduces to French literature from 1850 to today, with in-depth analysis of some aspects, authors and works, in order to develop critical competences concerning various literary genres.
As for the course that pertains to the De-partement of Cultures and Civilizations (Laurea in Lettere), the historical insights and critical perspectives offered by this course in the field of French literary cul-ture are useful tools for the comparative study of Italian literature in the European context.
At the end of the course, students shall therefore acquire overall knowledge of the history of French literature from 1850 to today (main literary movements, authors and works), along with critical compe-tences and the capacity of applying them to the comparative analysis of texts be-longing to different literary genres (poetry, narrative prose, essay, and theatre).

This course is divided in two parts be-cause students attending the course that pertains to the Department of Cultures and Civilizations (Lettere) achieve 6 cred-its (part 1 of the course), whereas stu-dents attending courses that pertain to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Lingue e letterature straniere, Lingue e culture per l’editoria) achieve 9 credits (part 1 and 2 of the course, the second part, which deals with contemporary literature, being conceived as the completion of the first).