FR3559: PARIS: TRANSNATIONAL CITY OF CULTURE A (2015-2016)

This course will examine modern and contemporary Paris as a site of transnational cultural production by exploring literature, film, music and the visual arts. Students will study the city in terms of a hub for postcolonial and diasporic artists yet they will also look at how Paris is and has been part of a much broader transnational network of cities and locales.  After an introduction to postcolonial theory, transnational urban studies and a brief cultural history of modern and contemporary Paris, the course will move on to consider how transnational Paris is represented in literature, film and music. In addition, this course will introduce students to the ways in which cultural institutions such as the Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration and the Musée du Quai Branly form a broader context to understanding the transnational nature of Parisian cultural life.

This course may NOT be included as part of a graduating curriculum with FR 4559 (Paris : Transnational City of Culture B). It will be available in 2013/14 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt: In-course assessment: one 3,000 word essay (100%).

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.

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