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Romanticism, Realism, Modernism
Course code: FREN1105.
Course unit value: 0.5.
These seminars provide an overview of the development of narrative prose in France during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and a detailed analysis of four works emblematic of this development and the three main movements that characterise it.
Assessment: one unseen two-hour written exam (100%)
Tutor: Dr Benjamin Bâcle
Preparatory reading and set texts:
- Benjamin Constant, Adolphe, included in Adolphe, Le Cahier rouge, Cécile, Paris, Folio, Collection Folio classiques, 2005. Originally published in 1816.
- Gustave Flaubert, 'Un Coeur simple', included in Trois Contes, Paris,Gallimard, Collection Folio classiques, 1999. Originally published in 1877.
- André Gide, Les Faux monnayeurs, Paris, Gallimard, Collection Folio, 2001. Originally published in 1925.
- Nathalie Sarraute, Les Fruits d’or, Paris, Gallimard, Collection Folio, 1973. Originally published in 1963.
