Analysis of the literary text

obligatory courses

Five blocks of increasing complexity and difficulty. Starting point - three questions to ask the text: Who speaks? About what? What means, when composing them? (Qui parle? De quoi? Comment?) Then: how do they interact to form a message. The above refers to the text as a statement. The final stage of the analysis will be filled with an attempt to confront the content of the statement (énoncé) with its context (situation d’énonciation). The search for new meanings - also as a result of confrontation with other texts (intertextes) - will be the last stage of the work.

Classroom

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with various methods of literary analysis and showing the importance of theoretical reflection on literary phenomena.

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with various methods of literary analysis and showing the importance of theoretical reflection on literary phenomena. Courses will thus have practical character: a / reading and analysis of literary texts (poetry and short fragments of narrative and dramatic works) and various types of discourses (eg preface); b / on each course a separate issue or set of issues will be discussed (eg composition, argumentation, metaphor, alliteration, focalization, description, introduction writing, etc.); c / during the semester Students will also have the opportunity to prepare many micro-analyzes as well as work in groups over given texts (short stories), over which they will be able to work throughout the semester. The discussion around these texts at the end of the semester will be a form of balance of acquired skills and one of the forms of exam.

The list of literary works for analysis will be presented at the beginning of the courses.

Bibliography:

Bourneuf, Ouellet, L’univers du roman, PUF, 1975

Fromilhague C., Sancier A., Introduction à l’analyse stylistique, Bordas, 1991

Adam, Le texte narratif: précis d’analyse textuelle, Nathan, 1985

Deloffre, Le vers français, SEDES, 1984

Genette G., Figures II, Seuil, 1969

Genette G., Figures III, Seuil, 1972

Girard, Ouellet, Rigault, L’Univers du théâtre, PUF, 1978

Grammont, Petit traité de versification française, A. Colin, 1965

Joubert J.-L., La Poésie (Formes et fonctions), A. Colin, 1988

Larthomas P., Le langage dramatique, A. Colin, 1972

Reuter Y., Introduction à l’analyse du roman, Bordas, 1990

Todorov T., Qu’est-ce que le structuralisme? 2. Poétique, Seuil, 1968

Ubersfeld A., Lire le théâtre, Seuil, 1971

Dictionaries:

Bergez, Géraud, Robrieux, Vocabulaire de l’analyse littéraire

Ducrot, Todorov, Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage, Seuil, 1972

Dupriez B., Les procédés littéraires (Gradus), UGE, 1980

Mazaleyrat, Molinié, Vocabulaire de la stylistique, PUF, 1989

Morier H., Dictionnaire de poétique et de rhétorique, PUF, 1998.

Upon completion of the course Students will know and understand:

- in an advanced degree the place and importance of the humanities, in particular literary studies and linguistics, in the system of sciences and their subject and methodological specificity (K_W01)

- in an advanced level, the main processes occurring in language and literature in the countries of the French speaking cultural area (K_W03)

- in an advanced level grammatical, orthographic, lexical, semantic, phonological and stylistic issues in French (K_W08)

At the end of the course Students will be able to:

- acquire knowledge and develop skills independently, using various sources (K_U09)

- work in a group, also in a multicultural context (K_U10)

After the end of the course Students are able to:

- critically evaluate their own knowledge and skills (K_K01)

- observe basic rules of professional ethics and rules concerning protection of intellectual property and copyright (K_K06)

Active attendance at classes, participation in discussions, passing 3/4 of the total number of micro-analyses performed independently at home, participation in group work (text analysis) and presentation of analysis results at the end of the semester..Number of allowed absences: 3.

The form and criteria of the item may be changed depending on the current epidemic risk situation. Equivalent credit conditions will be determined in accordance with the guidelines in force at the University of Warsaw, in consultation with the participants.

Not applicable.