Information Package / Course Catalogue
Literary Genres and Themes II
Course Code: FDE420
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 Parnassianism, Symbolism, Cubisme, Dadaism, Surrealism and the New Novel and Theatre 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 use Literary genres and themes
2.To be able to express literary movements
3.To be able to comprehend Classicism, Romanticism and Realism
4.To be able to comprehend Naturalism, Parnassianism, Symbolism
5.To be able to identify 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
Baudelaire: Les fleurs du mal
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 2 - Theoretical
Mallarmé: Poésies
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 3 - Theoretical
Symbolism
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 4 - Theoretical
Verlaine; Rimbaud: Le bateau ivre
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cubism and Expressionism
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 6 - Theoretical
Dadaism and Tzara
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 7 - Theoretical
M. Butor: La modification
Week 8 - Theoretical
Surrealism
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 9 - Theoretical
Louis Aragon: Anicet, Paysan de Paris
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 10 - Theoretical
A. Adamov: Théatre 1
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 11 - Theoretical
Existentialsim
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 12 - Theoretical
J. P. Sartre: La putain respectueuse
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 13 - Theoretical
The New Novel
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Week 14 - Theoretical
Marcel Proust: Du côté de chez Swann
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Course Materials
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
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
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026