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FR4086: MODERNITY AND CHANGE IN POSTWAR FRANCE B (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:31


Course Overview

France underwent a rapid series of changes during the post-war period as it lived through the twin dramas of modernisation and decolonisation. This course explores how cultural production during the period responds to, captures and portrays the changes affecting the country, including emergence of new technologies, the rise of mass consumerism, urban development, and the challenge to traditional social structures. A range of material will be studied, including films, literature, and photography and philosophical writing.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Edward James Welch

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either French (FR) or Literature In A World Context (LW)
  • Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Any Undergraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Course Aims: students will acquire a knowledge and understanding of the changes affecting post-war France; how they have been portrayed in literary and visual culture of the period; the relationship between historical change and cultural production; and the techniques needed to analyse different forms of literary and visual material. Works selected for study may change from year to year, but are likely to include films by directors such as Jacques Tati and Jean-Luc Godard; texts by authors such as Annie Ernaux and Francois Maspero; and photography of the immediate post-war era. 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. The course also has the following generic learning outcomes: students will apply critical reading skills to various forms of literary and non-literary French; select, evaluate and organize primary and secondary material; articulate their views in speech and writing using the appropriate discourse for the subject; acquire habits of autonomous learning.


Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Blog Portfolio (Critical Commentary of 500 words and Creative Response Piece)

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Feedback

Written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is given. Additional informal feedback on performance is offered in tutorials. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
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Feedback

Written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is given. Additional informal feedback on performance is offered in tutorials. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Essay

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Feedback Word Count
Learning Outcomes
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