| Module Code: FRE3024 |
Module Title: THE ARTS IN FRANCE |
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Module Provider: Language & Translation Studies
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Short Name: FRE3024
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Level: HE3
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Module Co-ordinator: BANTMAN C Dr (Lang & Trans)
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Number of credits: 15
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Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Unit(s) of Assessment (SITS MAB)
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Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
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In-class presentation
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40%
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Extended essay (2500 words)
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60%
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Qualifying Condition(s)
A weighted aggregate of 40% is required to pass the module.
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| Module Overview |
| This is a Level 3 module for French. It is taught in the target language, over the semester, two contact hours per teaching week. Attendance is compulsory. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| Successful completion of HE2 or equivalent |
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| Module Aims |
To provide students with:
- Knowledge and understanding of the development of the Arts and their impact on contemporary French and Francophone society.
- The vocabulary and concepts necessary to analyse and discuss cultural and artistic issues in France and the French-speaking world.
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this module, students will:
- Have acquired knowledge and understanding of the role and impact of the Arts in the French-speaking world.
- Be able to evaluate critically texts (including multimedia) relating to the Arts.
- Be able to extract linguistic and cultural aspects from the texts under examination.
- Have acquired an appreciation of the importance of the Arts in French and Francophone society.
- Be able to undertake independent research into related areas and present their ideas in written form, using a range of sources.
- Be able to undertake independent research and present their ideas in an oral presentation.
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| Module Content |
The following areas are indicative of topics to be covered:
- Definition of the Arts
- History of the Arts in France
- Focus on specific areas: theatre, music, dance, film, painting, sculpture….
- Arts policy and related political issues
- Development of the Arts in the French-speaking world
- Dissemination and reception of French Arts in the world
- Cultural production (the Artistic and cultural industry)
- The Arts in society
- The development of ‘celebrity culture’ in France.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Two contact hours per week over Semester 1. Classes will include lectures and seminars; students are expected to read extensively outside classes in order to follow lectures and participate in seminars. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Background reading
France
- Barnet, M.-C. and Welch, E., Affaires de famille : the family in contemporary French culture and theory, 2007. 306.850944/BAR
- Blowen, S., Demossier, M., Picard, J. (eds), 2000. Recollections of France 944.083
- Bradby, D., Sparks, A. 1997. Mise en scène. French theatre now 792(44)/BRA
- Cook, M. (ed.) 1993. French Culture since 1945 944.082 COO
- Ezra, E. 2000. France in focus : film and national identity 791.430944
- Freedman, J. & Tarr, C. 2000. Women, immigration and identities in France 305.48969109/WOM
- Goetschel, P., Loyer, E. 1994. Histoire culturelle et intellectuelle de la France au XXe siècle 944.08/GOE
- Hayward, S. 1993. French national cinema 791.4 (44)/HAY
- Hughes, A., Reader, K. 2002. Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture 306.094403
- Kidd, W., Reynolds, S. 2000. Contemporary French Cultural Studies 306.0944
- Powrie, P, and Reader, K. , French cinema: a student’s guide 791.430944/POW
- Tarr, C. 2001. Cinema and the second sex : women's filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s 791.4302330820944/TAR
- Tarr, C. 2005. Reframing the difference : beur and banlieue filmmaking in France 791.430944/TAR
Francophonie
- Albert, C. 1999. Francophonie et identite"¢s culturelles 440:32/FRA
- Armes, R. 2005. Postcolonial images : studies in North African film 791.430961/ARM
- Aub-Buscher, G. 2003. The Francophone Caribbean today : literature, language, culture 840.992729/AUB
- Forsdick, C. & Murphy, D. 2003. Francophone postcolonial studies : a critical introduction 909.09171244/FOR
- Henry, F. G. 2003. Geo/graphies : mapping the imagination in french and francophone literature and film 840/GEO
- Majumdar, M. 2002. Francophone studies : the essential glossary 440/FRA
- Rosello M., 1998. Declining the stereotype. Ethnicity and Representation in French Cultures 840.9/ROS
- Spaas, L. 2000. The francophone film : a struggle for identity 791.430944/SPA
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| Last Updated |
| 14.4.11 |
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