Learning objectives
The Course aims at giving a panorama of the different conceptions of autofiction in the contemporary French and Francophone novel, through the analysis of two works by Charif Majdalani.
At the end of the Course, students will be able to:
- recognize the different types of autofictions;
- describe their main characteristics;
- apply these characteristics to the analysis of the two works by Ch. Majdalani.
Prerequisites
French Level: B2/C1
Course unit content
The Course will analyse two works by the Lebanese francophone writer Charif Majdalani, focusing in particular the kind of his auto-fictional style and its characteristics.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Charif Majdalani, "Beyrouth 2020. Journal d'un effondrement, Arles, Actes Sud, 2020;
Charif Majdalani, "Mille Origines", Paris, Bayard, 2023;
Isabelle Grell, "L'Autofiction", Paris, Armand Colin, 2014;
Vincent Colonna, "Autofiction & autres mythomanies littéraires", Paris, Editions Tristam, 2004;
Phillippe Gasparini, "Autofiction: une aventure du langage", Paris, Seuil, 2008;
Sébastien Ubier, "Littératures intimes: les expressions du moi, de l'autobiographie à l'autofiction, Paris, Armand Colin, 2003.
Teaching methods
Didactic methods will include traditional lessons and other didactic activities organised with the auxilium of new technologies.
Assessment methods and criteria
The competences acquired during the Course will be tested through an Oral Examination, that will take place as follows:
- reading in a correct French of a passage chosen by the Teacher;
- correct translation of the passage in Italian;
- correct analysis of the passage in Italian, referring to the main characteristics of French Theatre in its evolution from the 16th to the early 20th century. The works, the slides and videos, as well as all the material given by the Teacher during her Course, or being researched during it, are part of the Programme and will be asked during the Oral Examination.
Students who will be present at the Oral Examination without the entire text of every novel in French and without the material assigned and available on Elly.Dusic website, WILL NOT BE ADMISSED TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
A sufficient note (between 18/30 and 23/30) will be attributed to students having demonstrated to be able to read in a correct French, translate in a correct Italian, and analyse any passage chosen by the Teacher among the novels presented in the Course.
A note between 24/30 and 27/30 will be given to students who will demonstrate to have a good knowledge of the differents contents of the Course (reading, translating and analyzing any text chosen by the Professor), expressed in a fluent and correct French, as well in a personal and critical way.
Students who will demonstrate to possess a complete knowledge of every contents of the Course, expressed in a personal and critical way and without any error from the phonetic and the expressive point of view, will obtain a note between 28/30 and 30/30.
The novels, the slides and videos, as well as the material given by the Teacher during her Course, or being researched during it, are part of the Programme and will be asked during the Oral Examination.
Students who will be present at the Oral Examination in French without the entire text of every novel in French and without the material assigned and available on Elly.Dusic website, WILL NOT BE ADMISSED TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
Other information
Other biographical indications will be given during the Course.
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