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French Literature & Art Syllabus

The French syllabus document outlines the topics and sections covered in a French exam. Section A of Paper I focuses on trends in French literature such as Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism, as well as art movements including Impressionism. It also addresses the Fifth French Republic under leaders like De Gaulle and Mitterrand. Section B of Paper I and Section A of Paper II cover additional literary and artistic trends as well as works from authors such as Moliere, Hugo, Baudelaire, and Camus. Section B of Paper II requires an in-depth analysis of contemporary Francophone works from Africa and poetry.

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French Literature & Art Syllabus

The French syllabus document outlines the topics and sections covered in a French exam. Section A of Paper I focuses on trends in French literature such as Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism, as well as art movements including Impressionism. It also addresses the Fifth French Republic under leaders like De Gaulle and Mitterrand. Section B of Paper I and Section A of Paper II cover additional literary and artistic trends as well as works from authors such as Moliere, Hugo, Baudelaire, and Camus. Section B of Paper II requires an in-depth analysis of contemporary Francophone works from Africa and poetry.

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French Syllabus

Paper-I

Answers must be written in French except in the careof question requiring translation from French to
English.

Section-A

1. Main trends in French Literature

a) Classicism

b) Rommanticism

c) Realism

2. Art in France

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a) Romanticism

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b) Realism

c) Impressionism
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3. The Vth Republic
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(a) De Gaulle and the Vth Republique
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(b) May 1968

(c) Pompidou
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(d) Giscard d' Estaing


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(e) Mitterrand
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(f) Chirac
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4. Translation : French to English (2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each).


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Section-B
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a) Symbolism

b) Surrealism
c) Theatre of the Absurd

2. Art in French

a) Surrealism

b) Cubism

c) Abstract Painting

3. The Vth Republic

a) Parts politiques en France

b) Place et rôle du Président de la Ve Republique

c) Le gouvernement

d) Le Parlement

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e) Le Senat

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4. Translation : English to French 2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each.

Paper-II
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Answers must be written in French.
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Section-A
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This paper will require an in-depth reading of the following texts and the questions will be designed to
test the candidate's critical ability.
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1. XVIIth Century
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a) Corneille : Le Cid
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b) Racine : Andromaque
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c) Moliere : L'Avare
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2. XVIIIth Century
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Beaumarchais : Le Mariage de Figaro


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3. XIXth Century

a) Lamartine : Le lac Le Vallon


b) Victor Hugo : La Conscience. Elle Avait Pris Ce Pli.....

Demain, Dés L' Aube

c) Victor Hugo : Hernani

d) Musset : Souvenir. La Nuit de Decembre

e) Marimee : Colomba

f) Balzac : Eugenie Grandet

g) Flaubert : Madame Bovary

h) Baudelaire : L'Invitation au Voyage, Recueillement. L'Albatros.

i) Rimbaud : Le Dormeur du Val

j) Verlaine : Chanson d'Automne, Mon Reve Familier, II Pleure Dans mon Coeur...

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4. XXth Century

a) Appolinaire : Nuit Rhenane, Le Pont Mirabeau


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b) Jacques Prevert : Pour Faire Le Portrait d'Un Oiseau, Barbara.
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c) Paul Eluard : Liberte


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d) Paul Valery : Les Pas, La Fileuse

e) Andre Gide : La Symphonie pastorale


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f) Camus:L'Etranger

g) Sartre:Les Mains Sales


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h) Lonesco:Rhinoceros
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Francophonie:
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a)Gerard Besette:Le Libraire


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b)Ananda Devi:Le Voile de Draupadi


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c)Cheikh Hamidou :L'Aventure

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d)Abdellatif Laabi:Poemes en prose

1.L'Arbre a poemes (L'Etreinte du Monde)

2.Les Reves viennent mourir sur la page (L'Etreinte du Monde)

5. Essay of general nature on a contemporary theme.

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