Università Roma Tre

The course is offered to all students.

It will focus on: “The absurd and history”.

The course will tackle these topics through the analysis of two novels: Albert Camus, “L’Étranger” (1942) and Kamel Daoud, “Mersault, contre-enquête” (2013).

1) Albert Camus, “L’Étranger”, Paris, Gallimard, coll. Folio, 1942 (or any other paperback French edition)

2) Kamel Daoud, “Mersault, contre-enquête”, Arles, Actes Sud, 2014 (paperback edition)

3) Kamel Daoud, “Mes indépendances. Chroniques 2010-2016”, Arles, Actes Sud, 2017 (available from copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174: study 4 articles of your choosing)

4) “Il romanzo francese del Novecento”, Sandra Teroni, ed., Bari, Laterza, 2008, pp. 62-95 (available from copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

5) “Les Constitutions de la France depuis 1789”, présentation par Jacques Godechot, édition corrigée et mise à jour par Hervé Faupin, Paris, Flammarion, coll. GF, 2006, chapters XIII, XIV, XV (available from copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

Camus's and Daoud's texts are available from: Feltrinelli International Bookstore, Via V. E. Orlando, 84/86 00185 Roma.