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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module FREN1041: LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN MODERN FRANCE

Department: MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES (FRENCH)

FREN1041: LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN MODERN FRANCE

Type Open Level 1 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • B in French at A level (or its equivalent).

Corequisites

  • French Language 1 (I) (FREN1011).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • The module seeks to introduce students to some of the main developments of twentieth-century French culture and society through a series of key texts and films.

Content

  • Covering a sixty-year period from the mid-1920s to the year 2000, the texts highlight the various changes which have marked the twentieth century in France: aesthetic, philosophical, and socio-cultural.
  • This module is taught and examined in French.
  • Four texts are prescribed for detailed study.
  • (The selection of texts is subject to change and revision).

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 4 4 Per Year 1 Hour 4
      Seminars 22 1 Per Week 1 Hour 22
      Preparation and Reading 174
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Commentary Component Weighting: 15%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Commentary (Term 1) 800 words 100%
      Component: Essay Component Weighting: 25%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Essay (Term 2) 1200 words 100%
      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 60%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Unseen written examination consisting of two questions: one essay, one commentary 2 hours 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      None

      ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University