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

4) “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 Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

5) Maurice Blanchot, "Le mythe de Sisyphe", "Le roman de l'étranger", in "Faux pas", Paris, Gallimard, 1943 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

6) Jean-Paul Sartre, "Explication de 'L'Étranger'", in "Situations I", Paris, Gallimard, 1947 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

7) Edward W. Said, “Camus et l’expérience impériale française”, in Culture et impérialisme, Paris, Fayard, 2000, pp. 248-268 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

8) Frantz Fanon, "Les damnés de la terre", Paris, La Découverte, 2002 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

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