Unit name | Global French |
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Unit code | FREN10011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Hurcombe |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
FREN10029 French Language |
School/department | Department of French |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will encourage students to conceptualize the study of language and culture in a transnational framework and to consider French and French-language cultures within a global framework. It will introduce them to a selection of texts in French (films, literary, visual, spoken word) and specific historical contexts that highlight key themes of mobility, border-crossing, transnational/global identity and cultural exchange. The content of the unit will vary from year to year, but it aims to:
Successful students will:
a) Be able to demonstrate knowledge of a range of texts that engage with French and France in a global context.
b) Be able to use and think critically about key terms such as mobility, border, national, transnational.
c) Be able to evaluate and analyse relevant material from a significant body of primary and secondary source materials at a high level.
d) Be able to respond to questions or problems by presenting their independent judgements in an appropriate style and at a good level of complexity appropriate to Level C
e) Demonstrate good oral and written presentational skills and the ability to work in groups, as appropriate to Level C
The unit will be taught through a combination of tutor- and student-led seminars (1 x 2hr slot weekly across 11 weeks), plus a revision week (wk11) Additional material will be made available to students via Blackboard.
Formative: a seminar presentation (small group) testing ILOs a, b, d and e.
Summative: An individual ten-minute video presentation in French (33%) testing ILOs a-e, plus one essay of 1800-2000 words (67%) testing ILOs a-d.
French Global: A New Approach to Literary History. Eds. Christie McDonald and Susan Rubin Suleiman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
La Préférence nationale. Fatou Diome. Paris: Présence Africaine, 2001.
Ball, R. 1997. The French-Speaking World (London: Routledge)
Marley, D. et al. 1998. Linguistic Identities and Policies in France and the French-speaking World (London: CILT)
Walter, H. 1988. Le Français dans tous les sens (Paris: Laffont)
Bottici and Challand. 2013. Imagining Europe: Myth, Memory and Identity (Cambridge: CUP).