Le polar, crime fiction, is the most popular literary form in France. In this free course, you will discover the origins and development of French crime fiction, along with its current status, before reflecting on whether it is simply mass entertainment or, rather, genuine literature of quality. You will discover some important authors and work on extracts from some well-known crime novels. You will analyse the language of le polar and explore the translation of French crime fiction into other languages. Watch the following trailer in which the course author gives an overview of the course.TranscriptThis OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L332 French Studies 3: language and culture of the French-speaking worldMost of the material in this course is in French. The language level is Advanced, equivalent to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages.
Overview
Syllabus
- 1 Contexte historique et cuturel
- Activité 1 Histoire du polar français
- Activité 2 Développement d’un genre littéraire
- 2 Littérature populaire ou littérature de qualité ?
- Activité 3 Littérature populaire ou littérature à part entière ?
- 3 La langue des polars
- Activité 4 Léo Malet et Nestor Burma, le roman noir français
- Figures de style
- Activité 5 Jean-Claude Izzo et le commissaire Fabio Montale : le français parlé, un registre familier
- Le français parlé familier
- Activité 6 Pratique
- 4 Le polar français contemporain
- Activité 7 Le polar français en traduction
- Activité 8 Le polar français et son public non-francophone
- Activité 9 Les défis de la traduction
- 5 Qu’avez-vous retenu ?
