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Texts and Authors of French Literature

The aim of this course is to consolidate the basic approach to literary texts, with a view to research. The aim is to encourage personal reflection on the best possible method of literary analysis, and above all to practice analysis.

Registration dates 25 June 2025 22 September 2025
Course dates 22 September 2025 19 December 2025
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Texts and Authors of French Literature

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should be able to…

  • Define the notions of sacred and mystical, and understand their implications across time periods.
  • Identify and discern the major currents of spirituality throughout history.
  • Analyze the relationships between writing and spirituality in the 16th century.
  • Extend the analysis of the relationships between writing and spirituality to other periods.
  • Produce an explanation of a linear text of spiritual poetry and a text of spirituality.
  • Produce a slideshow on the relationships between writing and spirituality in the period studied in the dissertation.

 

Course content

  • Introductory Course
  • Scripture and the Experience of the Sacred
  • Scripture and the Mystical Experience
  • Fathers of the Church
  • Spirituality: The Middle Ages
  • The Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
  • 16th Century Mystics
  • 16th Century Literary Religion
  • 19th Century Literary Religion
  • 20th Century Literary Religion
  • Submission of Assignments

Please check with your home university for credit recognition.