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 116-029 Nineteenth and Twentieth Century France

Note

Formerly available as 116-243/343. Students who have completed 116-243/343 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Ms Sylvia Sagona

Prerequisites

116-007 French I: Cultural Perspectives and 116-008 French I: Language in Context II or equivalent. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed first year European studies, see Prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour seminars and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject will trace the development of the main literary and artistic movements in France from 1830 to the post-WWI years. The movements to be studied are Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Dada and Surrealism. Emphasis will be placed on the way literature, art and music interacted to produce a specific artistic climate. The lectures will be in French. Students who complete this subject should be capable of identifying the main artistic and literary characteristics of each movement; be able to carry out textual analysis of the set literary texts; know how to approach pictorial analysis in the field of Fine Arts; be confident in expressing concepts in French.

Assessment

A 3000 word essay, a 20-minute oral presentation in French and a slide test.

Prescribed Texts

Booklets of selected texts can be obtained from the French Section.



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