Module Identifier | FR10910 | ||
Module Title | FRENCH LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Andrew J Hussey | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours (3 on each writer & an introductory lecture on the subject) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 3 + 2 (1 seminar on each writer and 2 discussion groups) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: based on an essay of 1500 - 2000 words | 30% | |
Supplementary Assessment | One 2 hour exam unless no c/a submitted,inwhich case one 3 hour exam |
The second aim of the module is however to study the texts as literary objects and to develop students' skills as readers and critics. There is therefore emphasis on close reading of the texts which will enable students to situate the texts in a literary and historical context.