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French 2 Literature and Culture (ELCF08012)

Subject

European Languages and Cultures - French

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting Students MUST have passed: French 1A (ELCF08005) OR French 1B (ELCF08006) (or equivalents) at grade B or above. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This course focuses on the study of French texts from the 12th to the 19th century. Texts are related to their literary and cultural background, with a lecture on each period giving cultural context for each text studied.

Course Description

This course invites students to travel back through time by introducing them to a wide range of literary texts from the middle ages to the nineteenth century. Texts for study are chosen from a variety of genres, from the medieval lai to the theatre and poetry and include works by some of France's most celebrated authors as well as lesser known ones. Students will familiarize themselves with the intellectual, historical and cultural contexts in which the set texts belong and will analyse in depth the major aesthetic developments in French literature since the Middle Ages. The overarching theme of the course is 'France and the other' and topics addressed in lectures and tutorials will include: women's position in literature and society through the centuries, gender representations in French fiction, the problem of evil, conflicts between the happiness of the individual and the good of society and colonial and post-colonial philosophy and politics. There will be two types of lectures: those focusing on the prescribed texts, and background lectures.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Visiting Students MUST also take: French 2 Language (ELCF08013)

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