Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of French Language and Literature
- Code
- BBI-FFI17-410F:30
- Title
- Literature Specialization:Specialization on Literature: 18th Century French Novel
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- fr
- Learning outcomes
- A) Knowledge Aware of other important novels of 18th century French literature. Gets to know other important French authors of the 18th century. B) Skills Able to easily understand and analyze 18th century texts with their specific vocabulary and stylistic features. Able to place 18th century texts within the framework of the history of French literature, genre and ideas, and to evaluate their characteristics in the light of the works of previous and future ages. C) Attitudes Interested in the literature of the country (France) associated with the language he/she chose to study. Wishes to be acquainted with this literature as thoroughly as possible. D) Autonomy and responsibility Seeks to acquire knowledge beyond the obligatory texts of the seminar, to get to know other works of the authors as well as the works of other authors. When interpreting texts in the history of ideas, he/she treats the sensitivity of a bygone era, which is reflected in his literary works and often differs from ours, with appropriate empathy and objectivity. At the same time, he/she uses the lessons of these works that are still valid today in shaping his own thinking and views.
- Course content
- Marivaux : Le Paysan parvenu Crébillon : Les Égarements du cœur et de l’esprit Prévost : Histoire d’une Grecque moderne Diderot : La Religieuse Sade : Les Infortunes de la vertu
- Assessment method
- Final grade based on two dissertations (textual analysis) and active participation during seminars.
- Bibliography
- BARGUILLET, Françoise : Le roman au XVIIIe siecle, Paris, PUF, 1981. COULET, Henri : Le roman jusqu’a la Révolution, t. I, Paris, Armand Colin, 1967. DELON, Michel – MALANDAIN, Pierre : Littérature française du XVIIIe siecle, Paris, PUF, 1996. DELON, Michel (dir.) : Dictionnaire européen des Lumieres, Paris, PUF, 1997. LAGARDE, André – MICHARD, Laurent : XVIIIe siecle, Paris, Bordas, 1985. MAÁR Judit (szerk.) : A francia irodalom története, Budapest, ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 2011, p. 327-440. SERMAIN, Jean-Paul : Le roman jusqu’a la Révolution française, Paris, PUF, 2011.