Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 1 per week |
Seminars / Tutorials | 1 per week |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 X 3,500 WORD ESSAY | 75% |
Semester Assessment | 2 ORAL PRESENTATIONS | 25% |
Supplementary Assessment | ESSAY TO BE RESUBMITTED, IF FAILED | 75% |
Supplementary Assessment | PIECE OF WRITTEN WORK IN LIEU OF ORAL WORK, IF FAILED | 25% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
demonstrate a critical understanding of the key developments in French literature since 1870;
demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary debates concering these developments;
articulate their own stance on these debates;
demonstrate a critical understanding of the complex relationship between literature and society in contemporary France;
demonstrate that they have mastered advanced skills as critical readers of culture;
demonstrate that they have mastered sophisticated analytical skills;
use secondary literature critically;
express themselves clearly, coherently and in a logical fashion, both orally and in writing;
demonstrate that they have a solid foundation for further postgraduate research.
Content
1. Introductory lecture. (1 hour)
2. Lautreamont, 'Les Chants de Maldoror' (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
3. K.J.Huysmans, 'A Rebours' and 'La-bas' (1h lecture, 2h seminar)
4. A Breton, 'Signe ascendant' (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
5. G. Bataille, 'Histoire de l'oeil (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
6. Michel Leiris, 'Aurora' , H. Bazin 'Vipere au poing' (1h lecture, 2h seminar)
7. Denis Roche, 'Louve basse' (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
8. M. Darrieusecq, 'Truisme' (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
9. E. Savitzkaya, 'Sang de chien' and 'Les Morts sentent bon' (1h lecture, 1h seminar)
10. Concluding seminar. (1 hour)
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | n/a |
Communication | Participating in seminars and writing of essay will require student to express ideas clearly, cogently and coherently. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Independent preperation/research for essays and seminars |
Information Technology | Students will be required to access bibliographical informatio and to submit word processed essays |
Personal Development and Career planning | Students will be expected to show an ability to manage their own timw effectively and to engage in independent lines of research in preparing their essays |
Problem solving | Selection of reading material, answering questions posed by written assessment, seminar work |
Research skills | Researching for essays and seminars |
Subject Specific Skills | Students will be required to read material in French in order to prepare for seminars and/or essays |
Team work | This will apply in the seminars |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7