Module Identifier FR24020  
Module Title REVOLT AND REVOLUTION IN TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Andrew Hussey  
Semester Semester 2  
Course delivery Lecture   10 lectures (2 on each author; an introductory lecture and a concluding lecture)  
  Seminars / Tutorials   4 seminars, 2 discussion groups  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours   60%  
  Continuous assessment   Based on two essays of 1500-2000 words   40%  
  Resit assessment   One two-hour examination if continuous assessment submitted One three-hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted    

Learning outcomes
Students will be expected to be able to situate literary themes and ideas in a social context. Close reading of the texts will also develop literary critical skills.

Brief description
The module will examine the distinction between individual revolt and the notion of social revolution in a variety of films and texts. It will introduce students to key themes in twentieth-century French writing.

Reading Lists
Books
** Supplementary Text
Philippe Almeras. (1992) Les Idees de Celine.
Nicholas Hewitt. (1087) The Golden Age of Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Oswald-Wolff
Edmund White. (1993) Genet.
Jean-Paul Sartre. (1954) Reflexions sur la question juive.
** Essential Reading
Louis-Ferdinand Celine. (1932) Voyage au bout de la nuit.
Jean-Paul Sartre. (1947) Les Mains Sales.
Jean Genet. (1947) Les Bonnes.
Michel Houellebecq. (1995) L'extension du domaine de la lutte.