Information Package / Course Catalogue
Literary Genres and Themes I
Course Code: FDE419
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: French
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To analyse the literary movements such as Humanism, Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism in French Literature and their precursors.

Course Content

Examining French literary movements, their founders, precursors, writers and their works.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Mehmet BAKİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to express literary genres and themes
2.To be able to express literary movements
3.To be able to express Classicism, Romanticism and Realism
4.To be able to express Naturalism, Parnassianism, Symbolism
5.To be able to express Cubism, Expressionism, Dadaism
6.To be able to express Surrealism, Existentialism, The New Novel
Recommended or Required Reading
1.G. Lanson, Histoire de la Littérature Française, Hachette, Paris, 1970
2.Lagarde et Michard, La Littérature Française du Moyen Age au XX. Siècle, Bordas, Paris, 1984
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Literary genres and themes
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 2 - Theoretical
Chansons de geste
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 3 - Theoretical
Classicism
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 4 - Theoretical
Boileau: L’art poétique
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 5 - Theoretical
Romanticism
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 6 - Theoretical
Victor Hugo
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 7 - Theoretical
Victor Hugo
Week 8 - Theoretical
Lamartine, Alfred de Vigny, Alfred de Musset
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 9 - Theoretical
Stendhal, Flaubert, Maupassant
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 10 - Theoretical
Realism
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 11 - Theoretical
Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 12 - Theoretical
Stendhal: Le Rouge et Le Noir
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 13 - Theoretical
Naturalism
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 14 - Theoretical
Emile Zola: Nana
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1426
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)51
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes