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

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Available as 116-342 at 3rd-year level.

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Prerequisites

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.

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Subject Description

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. Students who complete this subject should: be able to recognise and interpret the themes of the major literary and artistic movements in France and Italy from 1820-1930; in the area of literature, be able to carry out detailed textual analysis (explication de texte); in the field of fine arts, be capable of pictorial analysis; be able to confidently express these ideas orally in either French or Italian.

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).