FRENCH LITERATURE I
LETTERATURA FRANCESE I
Rousseau's Happiness
Felicità di Rousseau
| A.Y. | Credits |
|---|---|
| 2020/2021 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
|---|---|---|
| Piero Toffano | Monday and Thursday after lesson |
| Teaching in foreign languages |
|---|
|
Course with optional materials in a foreign language
French
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
| Date | Time | Classroom / Location |
|---|
| Date | Time | Classroom / Location |
|---|
Learning Objectives
The course will give the knowledge of two works of one of the most important writers of French Eighteen Century, and information about his ideological, historical and literary context. It will give instruments for the analysis of literary texts and their comprehension in the history of ideas.
Program
After an introduction of Rousseau's life and works, and of his place in the French Enlightment, passages from Confessions and Reveries will be read and expounded, with particular attention to happiness and its realization.
Teaching Material
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, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Course books
J.-J. Rousseau, Les Confessions and Les Reveries du promemeur solitaire (any french unabridged edition).
G. Iotti (editor), La civiltà letteraria francese de Settecento, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009.
T. Todorov, Frele bonheur. Essai sur Rousseau, Hachette, Paris 1985.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
The books for attending students, and:
J. Starobinski, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, La Transparence et l'obstacle, Gallimard, Paris 1971.
G. May, Rousseau, Seuil, Paris 1985.
| « back | Last update: 10/07/2020 |
