Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2013/2014
FRENCH
PLEASE NOTE: Resit: (for Honours students only): Candidates achieving a CAS mark of 6-8 may be awarded compensatory level 1 credit. Candidates achieving a CAS mark of less than 6 will be required to submit themselves for re-assessment and should contact the Course Co-ordinator for further details.
Course Co-ordinator: TBC
Pre-requisite(s): Available only to students in Programme Year 4 with a knowledge of French.
Note(s): This course may NOT be included as part of a graduating curriculum with FR3562 (The Renaissance in France A). It will be available in 2012/13 and in alternate sessions thereafter.
The course aims to help students achieve an understanding and appreciation of a number of French literary works of the sixteenth century, within the broader context of the European Renaissance. Prose fiction of Rabelais is studied together with the work of a major sixteenth-century French poet. Some non-French writing of the period is also studied (in English translation), as well as topics such as the renewal of interest in classical antiquity, the development of printing and social change. In addition, students will extend their understanding of the subject by means of independent research, setting the topics treated in their wider context and synthesizing material from a range of sources.
1 two-hour seminar per week; film showings as necessary.
1st Attempt: In-course assessment; two written assignments 2000-2400 words (50% each)
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
The first written assignment has a formative as well as a summative role.
The above assignments receive CAS marks, which the Course Guide links to specific marking criteria, and written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is also given. Additional informal feedback on performance and tutorial participation is offered in tutorials. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr A Larkin
Pre-requisite(s): Available only to students in Programme Year 4 with a knowledge of French.
Note(s): This course may NOT be included as part of a graduating curriculum with FR3065 (Literature and Photography : Image-making Interactions A). It will be available in 2013/14 and in alternate sessions thereafter.
By examining a collection of texts from the last 150 years, both texts specifically about photography and literary texts in which photography or a photograph figure prominently, the course will examine the history of the medium, changing cultural practices and attitudes associatied with it, and the ways in which photography is used thematically and stylistically by the writers on the course. In addition, students will extend their understanding of the subject by means of independent research, setting the topics treated in their wider context and synthesizing material from a range of sources. In addition, students will extend their understanding of the subject by means of independent research, setting the topics treated in their wider context and synthesizing material from a range of sources.
1 two-hour seminar per week.
1st Attempt: In-course assessment, two written assignments 2000 to 2400 words (50% each)
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
The first written assignment has a formative as well as a summative role.
The above assignments receive CAS marks, which the Course Guide links to specific marking criteria, and written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is also given. Additional informal feedback on performance and tutorial participation is offered in tutorials. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.