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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module FREN2061: FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (French)

FREN2061: FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Not available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

French Language 1 (FREN1011) OR an equivalent qualification to the satisfaction of the Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Corequisites

Modern European Languages, Combined Honours and all Joint and 'with' programmes: French Language 2 (FREN2051) or French Language 2 and Year Abroad (FREN2071). Others: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To introduce students to the broad range of non-metropolitan French literature and culture.

Content

Students will be introduced to a variety of texts and films from these different sources of francophone literature: North Africa, Canada, and the West Indies.
These will be set in context by discussion of the history and theory of francophonie and French colonialism, drawing on the work of theorists of colonialism and post-colonialism such as Fanon and Sartre.
Pursuing a set of themes through the works studies - principally identity, otherness and language - the course will suggest that an apparently disparate set of texts can in fact be seen to share similar preoccupations and raise similar questions.
This module is taught and examined in French.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Students will acquire an awareness of the diversity of Francophone culture, building on and broadening their awareness of 'standard' French language acquired at Level 1.
A historical understanding of colonial issues in a French context underpinned by a sound knowledge of the theories of colonialism and post-colonialism.
Familiarity with generic issues of identity, otherness and language use.

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

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

The module will be taught and examined in French.
The combination of general lectures and seminars will provide essential historical contexts and intensive study of representative works.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Lectures	10	Fortnightly	1 Hour	10
Seminars	20	1 Per Week	1 Hour	20
Preparation and Reading				170
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Commentary	40%	1500-word commentary		100%
Examination	60%	two-hour written examination		100%

Formative Assessment

1 commentary; 1 essay.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.