Module Identifier FR30910  
Module Title DRAMA OF THE 17TH CENTURY IN FRANCE  
Academic Year 2003/2004  
Co-ordinator Dr John Trethewey  
Semester Semester 2  
Pre-Requisite (Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 3 French.  
Course delivery Lecture   15 lectures / seminars / tutorials  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours  70%
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment: One essay of 1500 - 2000 words  30%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
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.

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.

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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6