Continuous Assessment: Two essays of 1500 - 2000 words each
40%
Supplementary Exam
1 x 2-hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3-hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted.
100%
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Students will have a solid grounding in the 'genre' of the novel, and will be able to approach the novel critically and read with a sensitivity to the literary techniques employed by realist novelists. They will be able to approach a text with some theoretical awareness, and have a sophisticated grasp of the relationship between form and content.
Brief description
This module tackles key canonical texts from the golden age of the realist novel, giving students a grounding in the nineteenth-century novel, and an insight into an era of rapid modernisation in French society. Lectures will provide an introduction to the historical context: the place and role of literature in a rapidly changing socio-political situation, and the history of the novel form. Appropriate theoretical frameworks will also be introduced. Seminars will focus on aesthetic issues relating to realism, developing students' analytical and close-reading skills.
Reading Lists
Books ** Recommended Text
Stendhal Rouge et le Noir
edition n.e. . Methuen Educ. 423794906 Balzac, Honore de Eugenie Grandet
edition n.e. . Penguin 014044050X Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
edition n.e. . Oxf.U.P. 192833995 ** Supplementary Text
Raitt, A. W. Originality of Madame Bovary
Peter Lang 3906768449 Crouzet, Michel Rouge et le noir
Presses universitaires de France 2130467105 Jefferson, Ann Reading Realism in Stendhal
Camb.U.P. 521262747 Bolster, Richard Stendhal
Grant & C. 729303756 Pearson, Roger Stendhal
Longman 582096170 Unwin, Timothy A Textes reflechissants
Peter Lang 3906758303 Fairlie, Alison Flaubert
Arnold
Prendergast, Christopher Order of Mimesis
Camb.U.P. 521237890 Orr, Mary Madame Bovary
Peter Lang 3906762904 Lloyd, Rosemary Madame Bovary
Unwin Hyman 48000841 Heath, Stephen Gustave Flaubert
Camb.U.P. 521314836 Knight, Diana Flaubert's Characters
Camb.U.P. 052130475X Haig, Stirling Flaubert and the Gift of Speech
Camb.U.P. 521326494 Culler, Jonathan Flaubert
Elek 236154672 Prendergast, Christopher Balzac
E.Arnold 713159693 Pearson, Roger Stendhal's Violin
Oxf.U.P. 198158513 Haig, Stirling Stendhal
Camb.U.P. 521349826 ** Essential Reading
Stendhal Le Rouge et le Noir Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary Balzac, Honore de Eugenie Grandet
Web Page/Sites ** Supplementary Text French studies http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=french+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20