Department of French Modules open to Erasmus and Visiting Students 2013-14 Modules open to full-year Erasmus and Visiting students Senior Freshman FR2008 Oral and Written French (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 3 hours p.w. Content: B1 level course on French grammar and expression, written and oral Assessment: 8 continuous assessment exercises; 1 x oral exam; 2 x 3-hour end of year exams FR2016 Literature (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Review course of French literature: Du Bellay, Molière, Corneille, Flaubert, Sarraute Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR2018 Ideas into Politics (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Introduction to the history of ideas in France from the Renaissance to the 20th century Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR2021 Linguistics (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Introduction to the varieties of the French language Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam Junior Sophister FR3006 Written Language Skills (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation (French to English) Assessment: 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR3027 Love and Desire in the Renaissance (5 ECTS, HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: The representation of love and desire in a number of key renaissance texts Assessment: 1 term essay FR3029 Républiques, guerres et passions politiques: France since 1945 (5 ECTS, HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Political history of France since WW2 Assessment: 1 term essay 1 FR3031 Errances narratives: 18th-century French philosophical fiction (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Contes philosophiques of Montesquieu, Voltaire and Didierot Assessment: 1 term essay FR3034 Literature at the Dawn of Theory (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: 20th-century literary theory Assessment: 1 term essay FR3035 Language, Society and Identity in the French-speaking world (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: French sociolinguistics Assessment: 1 term essay FR3036 Madness and Poetry (5 ECTS, MT or HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: The representation of madness in 20th-century French poetry Assessment: 1 term essay Senior Sophister FR4032 Written Language (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation (French to English and English to French) Assessment: 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR4050 Business Translation (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Translation of business-related texts (English to French and French to English) Assessment: 1 x 2-hour end of MT exam; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR4036 French Travel Writing (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: 19th- and 20th-century French Travel Writing Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR4037 Counter-Revolution (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: French fascism and extreme right politics from 1870-1945 Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR4038 Court and Conflict (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: The Royal Court as the centre of social conflict in 16th and 17th-century France Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam 2 FR4040 Writing and Deconstruction (10 ECTS, MT and HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Rousseau, Mallarmé, Artaud, Blanchot Assessment: 1 x term essay; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam Modules open to one-term Erasmus and Visiting students Senior Freshman FRXXXX Oral and Written French (5 ECTS, MT) 3 hours p.w. Content: B1 level course on French grammar and expression, written and oral Assessment: 4 continuous assessment exercises; 1 x oral exam FRXXXX Oral and Written French (5 ECTS, HT) 3 hours p.w. Content: B1 level course on French grammar and expression, written and oral Assessment: 4 continuous assessment exercises; 1 x oral exam; 1 x 3-hour end of year exam Junior Sophister FRxxxx Written Language (5 ECTS, MT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation (French to English and English to French) Assessment: Continuous assessment exercises FRxxxx Written Language (5 ECTS, HT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation (French to English and English to French) Assessment: 1 x 3-hour end of year exam FR3027 Love and Desire in the Renaissance (5 ECTS, HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: The representation of love and desire in a number of key renaissance texts Assessment: 1 term essay FR3029 Républiques, guerres et passions politiques: France since 1945 (5 ECTS, HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Political history of France since WW2 Assessment: 1 term essay FR3031 Errances narratives: 18th-century French philosophical fiction (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: Contes philosophiques of Montesquieu, Voltaire and Didierot 3 Assessment: 1 term essay FR3034 Literature at the Dawn of Theory (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: 20th-century literary theory Assessment: 1 term essay FR3035 Language, Society and Identity in the French-speaking world (5 ECTS, MT) 2 hours p.w. Content: French sociolinguistics Assessment: 1 term essay FR3036 Poetry and Madness (5 ECTS, MT or HT) 2 hours p.w. Content: The representation of madness in 20th-century French poetry Assessment: 1 term essay Senior Sophister FRxxxx Written Language (5 ECTS, MT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation (French to English and English to French) Assessment: Continuous assessment exercises FRxxxx Written Language (5 ECTS, HT) 1 hour p.w. Content: Résumé and Translation French to English Assessment: 1 x 3-hour end of year exam Notes: 1. FRxxxx appears where new module codes have been requested for the academic year 2013-14. 2. A maximum of two Erasmus/Visiting students will be accepted on FR4050 Business Translation 3. All courses are subject to availability. 4