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FRANCOPHONE STUDIES AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Riccardo RAIMONDO

Course Structure

The teaching will take place exclusively in person. Students will be introduced to the study of the French language through the analysis and translation of documents in the original language (journalistic articles, videos, essays, European Union documents, etc.). The academic teaching will be supplemented by additional language practice sessions, thanks to the support of linguistic experts.

Required Prerequisites

The course is conducted entirely in French. An entry level of approximately A2/B1 is recommended. It is also recommended to attend the intensive French language courses offered free of charge by the University Language Center (CLA) starting from September 1st, as well as the French Language Practice Courses "Lettorati" offered by the DSPS.

Detailed Course Content

The objective of this course is to enhance students' linguistic and metalinguistic competencies in the French language while simultaneously broadening their understanding of Francophone cultures through political and intercultural lenses (target: Basic Operational Proficiency, approx. B2+/C1). The course is designed to facilitate an extensive exploration of linguistic variation and communication strategies across the Francophone sphere, employing Semiotic Discourse Analysis as the foundational theoretical framework for scholarly enquiry. Through the adoption of student-centred teaching methodologies across seminars, lectures, and workshops, the course aims to enable students to develop a critical analysis of diverse media (e.g. newspapers, political discourses, websites and social media, television, cinema, radio). This multidisciplinary approach endeavours to equip students with the analytical tools necessary to navigate and interpret the complexities of Francophone linguistic and cultural landscapes.


PROSPECTIVE TEACHING PROGRAM

MODULE 1: Introduction to Francophone Studies

MODULE 2: Introduction to Political and Institutional Discourse Analysis

MODULE 3: Semiotics of Media

MODULE 4: Collaborative Analysis of Media and Communication Strategies

MODULE 5: Simulation of Political and Intercultural Debate


SUPPLEMENTARY TEACHING

The academic course will be enhanced by optional language practice sessions, supported by language instructors.

Textbook Information

TEXTBOOK

  • Rachele Raus, FESP: le français pour les étudiants de sciences politiques. Il francese per i corsi di laurea politologici e internazionalistici, Napoli, Edizioni Simone, 2017.
  • Christian Le Bart, Le discours politique, Paris, PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1998.
Excerpts, articles, chapters, and essays will be provided during the course sessions. For optional further reading, please refer to the following volumes:
  • Dario Battistella, Jérémie Cornut, Elie Baranets (dir.), Théorie des relations internationales (6e édition), Paris, SciencesPo, 2019.
  • Michel Bourse, Halime Yücel, Communication interculturelle: mode d'emploi, Paris, l'Harmattan, 2019.
  • Marcel Bromberg et Rodolphe Ghiglione, Discours politique et télévision : La vérité de l'heure, Paris, PUF, 1998.
  • Éliane Cloose, Français du monde du travail: approche spécifique de l'économie et du monde des affaires, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2014.
  • Anna-Marie Houdebine-Gravaud, L’imaginaire linguistique, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2002.
  • Jean-René Ladmiral et Edmond Marc Lipiansky, La communication interculturelle, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2015.
  • Mokhtar Lakehal, Le grand livre de la politique, géopolitique et relations internationales : 4000 termes définis, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2014.
  • Mokhtar Lakehal, Dictionnaire de science politique: Les 1500 termes politiques et diplomatiques pour rédiger, comprendre et répondre au discours politique, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2009 (4e éd.).
  • Julien Longhi et Georges-Élia Sarfati (dir.), Les discours institutionnels en confrontations : contribution à l'analyse des discours institutionnels et politiques, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2014.
  • Alain Mabanckou et Abdourahman Ali Waberi, Dictionnaire enjoué des cultures africaines, Paris, Fayard, 2019.
  • Olivier Nay, Lexique de science politique : vie et institutions politiques, Paris, Dalloz, 2014 (3e éd.).
  • Olivier Nay, Dictionnaire de la pensée politique : idées, doctrines et philosophes, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.

Suggested Grammars

  • Françoise Bidaud, Traduire en français aujourd’hui. Consolider ses connaissances en grammaire en traduisant, Novara, UTET, 2019 (ou autres éditions).
  • Nicolas Laurent Bénédicte Delaunay (éd.), Bescherelle, La grammaire pour tous, Paris, Hatier, 2012 (ou autres éditions).
  • Françoise Bidaud, Grammaire du Français pour italophones, Turin, UTET, 2021 (ou autres éditions).
  • Y. Delatour, D. Jennepin, M. Léon-Dufour, B. Teyssier, Nouvelle grammaire du français (Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne), Paris, Hachette, 2004 (ou autres éditions).

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Analysis in French of a dossier consisting of ten texts selected by the student (to be submitted to the teacher ten days before the exam).

To be eligible for the oral exam, students must certify their language proficiency by either obtaining the qualification (achieved by passing a test at the end of the course), presenting a certification from an accredited institution (e.g., DELF-DALF) or a Francophone university, or providing proof of a study/work period in a Francophone country.