Module Identifier FR10710  
Module Title SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN MODERN FRANCE  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Mr Emyr Jones  
Semester Semester 1  
Pre-Requisite A-level French or equivalent  
Co-Requisite  
Course delivery Lecture   15 lectures / seminars / tutorials  
Assessment Continuous assessment     30%  
  Exam   2 Hours   70%  

Brief description


This course aims to introduce some aspects of Modern French society since the 1930s. Particular topics studied will be: the Popular Front; The Occupation, the Resistance and the Liberation; De Gaulle; The Left in France to the Present Day.

Learning outcomes


On completion of this module, students will be conversant with some of the important aspects of twentieth-century French history.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Larkin, M. (1988) France since the Popular Front. Oxford