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Teacher
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MAGNO LUIGI
(syllabus)
French Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries
This program aims to outline a journey through French literature and culture from the 17th to the 18th century, highlighting the transformations that mark the evolution of classicism toward Enlightenment modernity. The first part of the course focuses on tragedy and its ethical and political function within monarchical France, with particular attention to the codified forms of classical theatre and the vision of social and moral order they convey. This is followed by an exploration of the emergence of the modern novel, seen as a space for psychological investigation and social critique, where new forms of subjectivity appear and tensions arise between the individual and collective norms. The second part of the course is devoted to 18th-century philosophical literature: tales, dialogues, and short texts in which narrative fiction is interwoven with moral reflection, criticism of prejudice, religious fanaticism, and power structures. Overall, the program offers a coherent itinerary aimed at identifying the major historical and conceptual turning points of French literature under the ancien régime, emphasizing its role in the construction of European modernity.
(reference books)
Literary History
- Federico Corradi, Introduzione al Seicento francese e al Classicismo, Roma, Nuova cultura.
- Francesco Fiorentino, Il teatro francese del Seicento, Roma - Bari, Laterza.
- Gianni Iotti, La civiltà letteraria francese del Settecento, Roma - Bari, Laterza.
Texts
- Racine, Ifigenia, a cura di Flavia Mariotti, Venezia, Marsilio.
- Madame de Lafayette, La Princesse de Clèves, Paris, Flammarion.
- Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes, sous la direction de Frédéric Deloffre, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique.
- Diderot, Supplément au voyage de Bougainville, édition de Michel Delon, Paris, Gallimard, Folio classique.
Essays
- Paul Hazard, La Crise de la conscience européenne (1680-1715), Paris, LGF, Le livre de poche.
- Linda Gil, Violaine Géraud, Fabienne Boissieras, Voltaire: Zadig, Candide, L'Ingénu, Nauilly, Atlande pp. 1-155; oppure Maria Laura Lanzillo, Voltaire. La politica della tolleranza, Roma-Bari, Laterza.
- Michel Delon, Le Savoir-vivre libertin, Paris, Hachette; oppure Colas Duflo, Diderot. Du matérialisme à la politique, Paris, CNRS.
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