The Genre of Fairy Tales in French Literature
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
• deepening theoretical knowledge of the history of French literature and the development of literary genres;
• acquiring specific knowledge related to the particular literary genre of the fairy tale in French literature, clarification of the cultural and literary specificities of this genre.
Competencies:
• acquiring competence in the comparative approach to the analysis of literary texts;
• acquiring competence in the analysis of literary texts in an intercultural context (comparison of different versions of one motif in non-national literatures);
• orientation in specific professional issues, i.e. in the intertextual and intercultural level of the development of the fairy tale genre in French literature.
Skills:
• consolidation of skills in narrative and thematic analysis of a literary text;
• ability to work critically with the instrument of secondary scientific literature for the purpose of independent professional treatment of the issue;
• consolidation of highly professional language skills in oral and written expression.
Indicative content
- Characteristics of a fairy tale. Folk and author’s tale.
- The development of fairy tales as a literary genre in French literature.
- Folklore motifs in a fairy tale.
- Oriental fairy tale.
- Parodic fairy tale.
- Philosophical tale.
- Fairy tale as an intercultural phenomenon (Perrault, Brothers Grimm, Andersen, Dobšinský).
Support literature
Required:
1. FRANÇOIS, Cyrille. Les voix des contes. Stratégies narratives et projets discursifs des contes de Perrault, Grimm et Andersen. Clermont-Ferrand: U. B. Blaise Pascal, 2017. 541 pp. ISBN 978-2-84516-754-4.
2. HEIDMANN, Ute – ADAM, Jean-Michel. Textualité et intertextualité des contes. Perrault, Apulée, La Fontaine, Lhéritier… Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2010. 402 pp. ISBN 978-2-8124-0132-9.
3. JAQUELIN, Evelyne – FERRIER, Béatrice (éds.). Voix et voies du conte. Les mutations d’un genre. Artois: Artois Presses Université, 2019. 272 pp. ISBN 978-2-84832-354-1.
4. PERRIN, Jean-François. L’Orientale allégorie. Le conte oriental au XVIIIe siècle en France (1704-1774). Paris: Champion, 2015. 310 pp. ISBN 978-2-7453-2956-1.
Optional:
1. DEFRANCE, Anne – PERRIN, Jean-François (éds.). Le conte en ses paroles. La figuration de l’oralité dans le conte merveilleux du Classicisme aux Lumières. Paris: Desjonquères, 2007. 504 pp. ISBN 978-2-84321-091-4.
2. ESCOLA, Marc. Contes de Charles Perrault. Paris: Gallimard, 2005. 235 pp. ISBN 978-2-0703-0497-4.
4. FRÉMEAUX, France-Marie. L’univers des contes de fées. Paris: Ellipses / Édition Marketing, 2006. 160 pp. ISBN 978-2-7298-3091-5.
5. JOMAND-BAUDRY, Régine – PERRIN, Jean-François (éds.). Le conte merveilleux au XVIIIe siècle. Une poétique expérimentale. Paris: Kimé, 2002. 434 pp. ISBN 978-2-8417-4272-1.
6. ROBERT, Raymonde. Le conte de fées littéraire en France de la fin du XVIIe à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. 2e édition. Paris: Champion, 2002. 558 pp. ISBN 978-2-7453-0544-2.
7. SERMAIN, Jean-Paul. Le conte de fées du classicisme aux Lumières. Paris: Desjonquères, 2005. 288 pp. ISBN 978-2-84321-295-6.
8. https://journals.openedition.org/feeries/
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%
Student workload
Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
French
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 04.05.2022