Ateneo - UPO

Histoire littéraire du pétrarquisme.
L’exemple français.

The course is structured according to the following axes of study and reflection. First part:
1) Historical and historiographical framework.
2) History of French Literature, with a focus on the main theoretical and aesthetic debates;
3) The birth and evolution of French Petrarchism;
4) Study of authors and their plays;
5) Framing of the works.
6) Critical and comparative elaboration of the contents.
In the second part of the course (seminar) students will be an active part in textual analysis.

- Balsamo, Jean, Rencontres des Muses. Italianisme et anti-italianisme dans les lettres françaises, Genève, Slatkine, 1992.
- Balsamo, Jean, « Les poètes français et les Anthologies lyriques italiennes ». Italique. Poésie italienne de la Renaissance [Genève], n°5, 2002, p. 9-32.
- Duperray, Eve, « L’or des mots ». Une lecture du mythe littéraire de Vaucluse, des origines au XXe siècle. Histoire du pétrarquisme en France, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 1997.
- Dynamiques d’une expansion culturelle. Pétrarque en Europe, dir. Pierre Blanc, Paris, Champion, 2001.
- Fliege, Daniel, L’Évangélisme poétique. La codification de la poésie spirituelle de Marguerite de Navarre et de Vittoria Colonna. Thèse de doctorat, sous la direction de Marc Föcking et Olivier Millet, Hamburg Universität-Sorbonne Université, 2019.
- Gendre, André, « Vade-mecum sur le pétrarquisme français », Versants, VII, 1985, p. 37-65.
- Les Poètes français de la Renaissance et Pétrarque, dir. Jean Balsamo, Genève, Droz, 2004.
- L’Unique change de scène. Ecritures spirituelles et discours amoureux (XIIe-XVIIe siècle), dir. Véronique Ferrer, Barbara Marczuk et Jean-René Valette, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2016.
- Nardone, Jean-Luc, Pétrarque et le pétrarquisme, Paris, PUF, « Que sais-je ? », 1998.
- Nardone, Jean-Luc, Pétrarque et la poésie européenne. Anthologie pétrarquiste, Grenoble, Jérôme Millon, 2021.
- Pétrarque et le pétrarquisme, dir. Maria-Christina Panzera et Johannes Bartuschat, Cahiers d’études italiennes, 4/2006.
- Pétrarquismes européens (XVIe-XVIIe siècles), Numéro spécial de la revue Littérales, dir. Véronique Ferrer, Presses universitaires de Nanterre, 50, 2023, 283 pages.
- Rieu, Josiane, « Le langage pétrarquiste de la poésie religieuse », Les Langages de la foi aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles en Europe, dir. Véronique Ferrer et Barbara Marczuk, Presses universitaires de Cracovie, Studia Litteraria, 2012, n° 7, p. 69-84.
- Vianey, Joseph, Le pétrarquisme en France au XVIe siècle, Montpellier, Coulet, 1909.

The course aims to enable students at least to know some aspects of French literature related to the birth and evolution of the French Petrarchism. A more advanced objective is to be able to identify common elements and differences between authors, texts and thematic paths.

The main objectives concern
1) Knowledge of the history of literature, according to the main events;
2) Knowledge of the authors and the historical and cultural context in which he worked.
3) Reading, framing, critical elaboration from the texts.

- Good/excellent knowledge of French language. The course will be held in French.
- Knowledge of the most relevant problems and issues in French culture and literature.

- Continuous interaction during the lessons.
- Reading, contextualization and analysis of texts;
- Methodological application in a critical and historiographic perspective.
- A part of the course will take place in seminar mode.

The students will be continuously encouraged to reflect, under the guidance of the teacher, on aesthetic and textual issues, also with independent analysis exercises.

In addition to continuous interaction through direct student participation, the examination will consist of:
1) in a question on the main themes of French literature. The student will have to demonstrate that he/she is familiar with the fundamental problems and issues of literature and can identify how it has evolved over the centuries.
2) in a question on the authors and their works. The student will have to know the themes and the cultural and literary paths that have developed in France concerning the Petrarchism and will have to be able to elaborate a discourse on the main authors analyzed during the course, setting them in the literary and historiographical context of reference.
3) Evaluation of the seminar work that the student will develop in the second part of the course. It will consist of a guided analysis of some texts, in order to demonstrate their effective reading and comprehension. The student will have to demonstrate the ability to place the chosen texts in their historical/literary context and to identify the peculiar themes of the authors in each text analyzed.

In order to obtain a pass, the student must demonstrate a solid knowledge of French literature. They will have to know the authors and the fundamental themes, in relation to the literary genre of reference, and will have to demonstrate that they have read the texts and understood their particular characteristics in relation to the century to which they belong.
In order to achieve excellence, students will have to be able to independently elaborate comparisons between the authors studied and to develop a coherent critical discourse that takes into account the evolution of French literature and of the Petrarchism. They must also demonstrate that they have read the texts in depth and are able to make connections between the authors and between the texts, highlighting common elements and differences.

The analysis of the texts will start from a framework of the literary genre of reference. It will then highlight the main themes linked to French Petrarchism. Particular attention will be paid to the historical and literary context.
The program is structured in the following way:
- First and second week: Historical background and contextualization of the major literary movements;
- third week-sixth week: the French Petrarchism; detailed presentation of the authors, reading of some texts; detailed and in-depth framing of the works.
- Seventh-eighth week: Seminar in which students will elaborate and present some textual and literary analyses.

To achieve the basic skills, the following are required:

1) Knowledge:
- General knowledge of the history of French literature.
- Knowledge of the problems and fundamental questions linked to the Petrarchism.
- Specific knowledge of authors and their works.

2) Competences:
- To know how to frame the most important themes, authors and issues related to French literature in the context of the Petrarchism
- Ability to synthesize (framing of the texts, identification of specific themes, comparisons between the texts analyzed during the course).

3) Transversal skills:
- To be able to explain with clarity of argument the topics dealt with.
- To be able to present the authors and place them in their historical/literary context.
- To be able to read and analyze the texts, grasping the most important themes and arguments.
For the achievement of a more advanced level, the student should demonstrate to:
- Be able to make connections between authors and between themes within the same historical/cultural context.
- To be able to elaborate autonomously a thematic path that can be developed in chronological order.
- To be able to understand and re-elaborate the most important themes of French literature in relation to Petrarchism.
To be able to read the texts in a critical perspective, developing comparisons and being able to identify points of contact and difference between the various authors.