Search | Previous : 116-235/335 | Next : 116-243/343
Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : French

116-242/342 The Rise of the Individual: Art and Literature in France and Italy From 1820 To 1930

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Ms Sylvia Sagona

Prerequisite/s:

A pass in Post-VCE first-year subjects or a pass in elementary stream second-year subjects in the French Section or in the Italian Section.

Contact:

Three one-hour lectures or seminars a week.

Content:

The subject traces the theme of crises in the individual and in society in 19th and early 20th century literature and art in Italy and France. Emphasis will be placed on the influence of one culture on another and on how each society interpreted the movements of Romanticism, Realism and Surrealism.

Assessment:

Written assignment of 3000 words (English) (50 %); 1 x 500 word résumé in French/Italian (10 %); 1 x 10 minute oral in French/Italian (20 %); 1 x 20 minute class presentation in French/Italian (20 %).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Zola E, L'Assommoir, Penguin 1970.
  • Flaubert G, Madame Bovary, Penguin 1970.
  • Malraux A, La Voie Royale, Livre de Poche 1930 (French students only).
  • Verga G, La cavalleria rusticana, New English Library 1962.
  • Svevo I, Zeno, Penguin 1982.
  • Foscolo U, Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis, Rizzoli 1948 (Italian students only).
Search | Previous : 116-235/335 | Next : 116-243/343
Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : French 
Status:                   OFFICIAL 1997
Last Modified:            Wednesday March 12 3:36 pm
SGML to HTML Conversion:  Information Technology Services
Authorised by:            Academic Registrar
Email Enquiries:          Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Copyright © University of Melbourne 1997.