Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to critically contrast different literary representations of Brittany, and show an awareness to the relevance of the theoretical frameworks explored.

Aims
This module examines France as a set of diverse cultural/linguistic identities. It questions the hegemony of the French language, and the notion of a literary canon, and introduces the theoretical framework of post-colonialism. More specifically the module focuses on contrasting examples of literature that seek to represent, explain, describe or chronicle a 'region' of France. Lectures will provide the necessary historical (and literary-historical) background, and seminars (level 2 and level 3 students will be taught separately) will concentrate on the close analysis of 'representations' of Brittany. It will provide level 2 students with an introduction to the work of some canonical writers, and will consolidate level 3 students' knowledge of the same.