Module Identifier FR21820  
Module Title REPRESENTATIONS OF BRITTANY  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Dr Heather M Williams  
Semester Semester 2  
Course delivery Lecture   10 Hours  
  Seminars / Tutorials   10 Hours  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours (2 essays questions)   60%  
  Semester Assessment   Continuous Assessment: Two essays of 1500 words each   40%  

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.

Brief description

This module examines the way Brittany is, and has been, ‘represented’, or even ‘constructed’ in French culture. We will explore different representations of Brittany through analysis of texts ranging in date from 1828 to 1975, and in genre from film and visual art to literature and bande déssinée. The module approaches France as a set of diverse cultural and linguistic identities, questions the hegemony of the French language, and introduces the theoretical framework of post-colonialism.

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
Balzac, Honore de. (1998) Les Chouans. Pocket
Corbiere, Tristan. (1973) Les Amours jaunes. Gallimard
Flaubert, Gustave. Par les champs et par les greves. extracts
Helias, Pierre-Jakez. (1975) Le Cheval d'orgueil. Plon
Lebesque, Morvan. (1970) Comment peut-on etre breton?: Essai sur la democratie francaise. Seuil
Renan, Ernest. (1992) Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse. Pocket
Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. 'L'Intersigne' in Contes cruels.