Università Roma Tre

The course will focus on: “The Plague in Literature”.

It will tackle this topic through the analysis of three texts: “La Peste” (1947) by Albert Camus, “Le théâtre et la peste” (1938) by Antonin Artaud and “Les pestiférés” (1977, posthumous) by Marcel Pagnol.

1) Albert Camus, “La Peste”, Paris, Gallimard, 1947 (or any other paperback French edition)

2) Pierre-Louis Rey, “Camus: l’homme révolté”, Paris, Gallimard, 2006, 95 p. (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

3) Alessia Berardi, “«La Peste» d’Albert Camus: une analyse de la société coloniale algérienne à travers le prisme de l’épidémie”, «Il Tolomeo», n° 22, 2020, pp. 187-202 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

4) Antonin Artaud, “Le théâtre et la peste”, in “Le Théâtre et son double”, Paris, Gallimard, 1838, pp. 21-47 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

5) Marcel Pagnol, “Les pestiférés”, in “Le Temps des amours”, Paris, Éditions de Fallois, 2004, pp. 139-194 (available from Moodle platform or copy shop Appunti, via Chiabrera 174)

Grammar Texts (optional):
1) Michèle Boulares, Jean-Louis Frerot, “Grammaire progressive du français” (niveau avancé), Paris, Clé International, 2012
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2) Dominique Berger, Anne Charlotte Signoret, Nerina Spicacci, “Savoir-dire, savoir-faire” (niveaux B1/B2), Bologna, Zanichelli 2008
3) Françoise Bidaud, Marie-Christine Grange, “Manuel de français intermédiaire. Corso di lingua francese (B1/B1+)”, Milano, Hoepli, 2017

Camus’s novel and grammar texts are available from: Feltrinelli Bookstore, Via V. E. Orlando, 78/81 Roma.