| Module Identifier |
FR30910 |
| Module Title |
DRAMA OF THE 17TH CENTURY IN FRANCE |
| Academic Year |
2001/2002 |
| Co-ordinator |
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| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 3 French. |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 15 lectures / seminars / tutorials |
| Assessment |
Continuous assessment | One essay of 1500 - 2000 words | 30% |
| |
Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Brief description
An analysis, emphasising theatricality and theatrical tradition, of key works by the major dramatists of the period.
Lectures will be given on unstarred texts only. Continuous assessment will be set on the starred texts only, which will not be lectured on. There will be seminars on all texts. Examination questions will be set on all texts.
Learning outcomes
As outcomes of their studies, students will have acquired a knowledge of the changes in conventions from Baroque to Classicism in French 17th-century drama, and be acquainted with the greatest dramatists in these two fields. They will also be more deeply aware, after close textual study, of the resources of language, and of some of the ways in which it can be manipulated.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
* Corneille, P.
L'Illusion comique. Livre de Poche
Moliere.
Le Misanthrope. Livre de Poche
* Moliere.
L'Ecole des femmes. Classiques Larousse
Corneille, P.
Le Cid. Livre de Poche
Racine, J.
Andromaque. Classiques Larousse
* Racine, J.
Athalie. Classiques Larousse