| Module Identifier |
FR30910 |
| Module Title |
DRAMA OF THE 17TH CENTURY IN FRANCE |
| Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr John Trethewey |
| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Pre-Requisite |
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 3 French. |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 15 lectures / seminars / tutorials |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: One essay of 1500 - 2000 words | 30% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3 examination if no continuous assessment submitted. | 100% |
|
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
Molière Tartuffe
Livre de Poche
* Moliere Le Misanthrope
Livre de Poche
* Corneille, P Le Cid
Classiques Larousse
Corneille, P. Horace
Classiques Larousse
Racine, J Andromaque
Classiques Larousse
* Racine, J Phedre
Classiques Larousse
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6