La fabrique du texte: French-language literature of the 20th and 21st centuries

lfra1103  2025-2026  Louvain-la-Neuve

La fabrique du texte: French-language literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
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5.00 credits
22.5 h + 10.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Main themes
  1. By analysing some of the major works of the period, the course introduces students to the major trends and tendencies in French-language literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. 
  2. The course is organised chronologically, providing historical reference points (continuities, filiations, mutations, ruptures) and relating literature to artistic, cultural, political, social and economic contexts. 
  3. How writers of the period were mobilised by the reflection on the making of the text: the course identifies the causes and issues of this reflexivity; and above all, it shows, through analyses of the works, how to approach this formal dimension. In so doing, the course prepares students for subsequent in-depth courses. 
Bibliography
Une bibliographie est fournie via la plateforme moodle.
Teaching materials
  • Labouret (Denis), Histoire de la littérature française des XXe et XXIe siècles, Paris, Dunod, 2018 (1e éd 2013)
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Minor in French Studies (only available for reenrolment and ELAL Bachelor transitional programmes)

Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English

Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures

Minor in Literary Studies (only available for reenrolment)

Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General

Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General

Minor in Literary Studies