French Cultural Studies

FREN10070 French Cultural Studies 20 Full year Undergraduate Level 1 Vladimir Kapor Unit coordinator Jerome Brillaud Unit coordinator French Studies 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Running parallel with the compulsory Year 1 unit FREN10150 Identity in Modern France, this course will introduce students to the analysis of various cultural objects (play, novella, poetry, film), while furthering their socio-historical knowledge of the four key periods studied as part of FREN10150: Ancien Régime, The Third French Republic, post-war France and post-colonial France. Through a combination of lectures, methodological sessions and seminars, students will acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to write commentaries and essays on plays, fictional prose and films. Running parallel with the compulsory Year 1 unit FREN10150 Identity in Modern France, this course will introduce students to the analysis of various cultural objects (play, novella, poetry, film), while furthering their socio-historical knowledge of the four key periods studied as part of FREN10150: Ancien Régime, The Third French Republic, post-war France and post-colonial France. Through a combination of lectures, methodological sessions and seminars, students will acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to write commentaries and essays on plays, fictional prose and films. <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3000" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="3" role="listitem">To develop a better understanding of French-speaking cultures across different periods </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3000" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="3" role="listitem">To develop critical thinking, conceptual reasoning and analytical skills </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3000" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="3" role="listitem">To develop the ability to read and analyse a range of cultural objects and media </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3000" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="3" role="listitem">To develop the ability to place cultural objects in social, aesthetic and political context </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3000" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="3" role="listitem">To inspire students to further explore the riches of French-speaking cultures </li></ul>  On successful completion of this course unit, students will:  <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="8" role="listitem">Be able to analyse and differentiate between various types of literary and audio-visual media; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="8" role="listitem">Have further developed language competence through reading and viewing a range of cultural objects in French </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="8" role="listitem">Have furthered their socio-historical knowledge of French culture from the Ancien Régime to the present day </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="8" role="listitem">Have developed their powers of interpretation, argumentation and of oral and written self-expression in English </li></ul>  By the end of this course students will be able to: <ul><li role="list">demonstrate knowledge and understanding of French cultural objects and key aesthetic movements within which these are inscribed </li><li role="list">write commentaries and essays discussing and analysing French cultural production </li><li role="list">place cultural objects in their socio-historical context </li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to: <ul><li role="list">analyse and differentiate between various types of literary and audio-visual media; </li><li role="list">write commentaries and essays discussing and analysing a range of cultural objects from various periods. </li></ul>  By the end of this course students will be able to: <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="4" role="listitem">Use the library, electronic and online resources. </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="4" role="listitem">Demonstrate their ability to respond to instructions and work to deadlines; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-font="Calibri" data-leveltext="-" data-listid="4" role="listitem">Demonstrate understanding of French written and recorded spoken language </li></ul>  On successful completion of course units in French Studies, students will have developed their ability to: <ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">manage time, and work to deadlines; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">use information and communication technology (ICT); </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">participate constructively in group/team work and group discussions; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">assess the relevance and importance of the ideas of others; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="5" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">demonstrate powers of analysis; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="6" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">display good literacy skills in English and French; </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="7" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="¿" data-listid="9" role="listitem">show an awareness of and a responsiveness to the nature and extent of intercultural diversity. </li></ul> Analytical skills Students taking this unit will be able to analyse and evaluate both existing literature on the material studied and the primary set materials themselves. Above all, committed students will emerge from this course unit with a capacity to think critically, i.e. knowledgeably, rigorously, confidently and independently. Innovation/creativity On this unit students are encouraged to respond imaginatively and independently to the questions and ideas raised by existing literature on the topic and the primary materials studied. Project management Students taking this unit will be able to work towards deadlines and to manage their time effectively. Research Students on this unit will be required to digest, summarise and present large amounts of information. They are encouraged to enrich their responses and arguments with a wide range of further reading. Written communication Students on this unit will develop their ability to write in a way that is lucid, precise and compelling. 0 Other 100% <figure class="table"><table style="border-style:solid;border-width:0.5px;" aria-rowcount="5" border="1" data-tablelook="480" data-tablestyle="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr aria-rowindex="1" role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Assessment task  </td><td data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader">Weighting within unit </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="2" role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Commentary plan </td><td data-celllook="4369">Formative </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="3" role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Coursework (commentary) at the end of Sem 1</td><td data-celllook="4369">50% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="4" role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Essay plan and bibliography </td><td data-celllook="4369"> Formative </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="5" role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Coursework (Essay) at the end of Sem 2  </td><td data-celllook="4369">50% </td></tr></tbody></table></figure>Resit Assessment:Essay <figure class="table"><table style="border-style:solid;border-width:0.5px;" border="1" data-tablelook="480" data-tablestyle="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr role="row"><td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Feedback method  </td><td data-celllook="273" role="columnheader">Formative or Summative </td></tr><tr role="row"><td data-celllook="4368" role="rowheader">Written and oral feedback on the practice commentary essay plan in week 12 of Semester 1 </td><td data-celllook="272">Formative </td></tr><tr role="row"><td data-celllook="4368" role="rowheader">Written and oral feedback on S1 coursework</td><td data-celllook="272">Summative </td></tr><tr role="row"><td data-celllook="4368" role="rowheader">Written and oral feedback on essay plan and bibliography in Week 11 of Semester 2 </td><td data-celllook="272">Formative </td></tr><tr role="row"><td data-celllook="4368" role="rowheader">Written feedback on the S2 essay</td><td data-celllook="272">Summative  </td></tr></tbody></table></figure>  FREN10150 Identity in Modern France Co-Requisite Compulsory A-level French or equivalent N Set Texts: Primary sources on moralist literature will be provided on Canvas.Maupassant, Boule-de-suif (1880) (a copy of the text will be provided) Suggested further readings: <ul><li>Austin, Guy, Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction, Manchester University Press, Second edition 2008 </li><li>Farrant, Tim, An Introduction to 19th-Century French Literature, Bristol Classical Press, 2007 </li><li>Norman, Larry F.,The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction, University of Chicago Press,1999 </li><li>Frances Smith, Bande de filles: Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France (London: Routledge, 2020) </li></ul>  Lectures 14 Seminars 17 0 169