Module Identifier
FR32220
Module Title
NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH NOVEL
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Bruno M L Sibona
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 10 Hours.
Seminars / Tutorials 10 Hours.
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment: Two essays of 1500 - 2000 words each  40%
Semester Exam 2 Hours   60%
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 List

Essential Reading
Balzac, Honoré de (2005) Le Père Goriot Hachette / Le Livre de Poche Primo search Flaubert, Gustave (1999) Trois Contes Folio classique (No 3245) . Gallimard Primo search Stendhal (2000) Le Rouge et le Noir Folio Gallimard Primo search Recommended Text
A.W. Raitt (1991) Flaubert / Trois contes Primary Texts Critical guides to French texts Grant & Cutler Primo search Richard Bolster (2001) Balzac / Le Père Goriot Primary Texts Critical guides to French texts Grant & Cutler Primo search Richard Bolster (1994) Stendhal / Le Rouge et le Noir Primary Texts Critical guides to French texts Grant & Cutler Primo search Supplementary Text
Suggested further reading Primo search Crouzet, Michel Le Rouge et le Noir Suggested further reading Presses universitaires de France Primo search Culler, Jonathan Flaubert Suggested further reading Elek Primo search Fairlie, Alison Flaubert Suggested further reading Arnold Primo search Haig, Stirling Flaubert and the Gift of Speech Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Haig, Stirling Stendhal Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Heath, Stephen Gustave Flaubert Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Jefferson, Ann Reading Realism in Stendhal Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Knight, Diana Flaubert's Characters Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Lloyd, Rosemary Madame Bovary Suggested further reading Unwin Hyman Primo search Orr, Mary Madame Bovary Suggested further reading Peter Lang Primo search Pearson, Roger Stendhal Suggested further reading Longman Primo search Pearson, Roger Stendhal's Violin Suggested further reading Oxf.U.P. Primo search Prendergast, Christopher Balzac Suggested further reading E.Arnold Primo search Prendergast, Christopher Order of Mimesis Suggested further reading Camb.U.P. Primo search Unwin, Timothy A Textes reflechissants Suggested further reading Peter Lang Primo search http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=french+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Suggested further readingSpires, Jeffrey, "Stylized Ethnography? Emma Bovary's Wedding(s)", French Studies LVI (2002) 345-58 Consult For Futher Information
Bolster, Richard Stendhal Suggested further reading Grant & C. Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6