More than questions of a general nature, the attack on the offices of the satirical weekly journal Charlie Hebdo, the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015, the massacre in Nice on July 14, 2016, have raised questions specifically regarding the structures that dominate French society and its integration model.  Beginning with the events of January 7 2014, this course will analyse intercultural relations within French society and specifically in relation to the pact of laity, a legal principle that regulates public services and relationships between citizens, but also causes frequent and serious ideological conflict.

The life and death of Charlie Hebdo
Immigration and Islam
Laity: at law
Laity: points of view
Laity in the school system
Laity in business
France after Charlie
France and Italy compared

Understanding and comprehension: The student will have a solid understanding of French historical contexts and cultural products, gained through the use of critically, historiographically and methodologically current advanced level texts.
Ability to apply understanding and comprehension: The student will be able to use the necessary tools and will know how to apply methodologies learned to analyse literary texts as well as non-literary texts and documents.
Autonomous evaluation: The student will possess the linguistic, critical and interpretive skills necessary to create autonomous analyses and judgements on broad cultural themes connected to the literary and linguistic areas treated in the course.
Communications abilities: The student will be able to communicate in Italian and in French on general informational topics and on specific topics related to their specific area of study that requires the use of complex syntactic structures.
Learning skills: The student will develop those learning abilities necessary to update and consolidate their knowledge. 

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures, student reports.

Attendance

Minimum attendance 70%.

Course books

A complete bibliography will be supplied during the course.

Assessment

Oral exam conducted in French.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Attendance

Autonomous study.

Non-attending students are required to contact the professor over the course of the second semester.