15 credits
Level 1
First Term
15 credits
Level 1
First Term
This course offers students with intermediate or good knowledge French language an introduction to twentieth century French culture and society through the study of films, short prose texts and poetry. The course is organised around the broad themes of ‘Childhood and adolescence’ and ‘Gender, sexuality and love’.
15 credits
Level 1
First Term
15 credits
Level 1
First Term
15 credits
Level 1
First Term
This course is intended for students who have studied French to at least Higher or equivalent level, or beyond to A level or Advanced Higher. It will enable them to consolidate and extend their knowledge of French, written and spoken.
15 credits
Level 1
Second Term
15 credits
Level 1
Second Term
15 credits
Level 1
Second Term
15 credits
Level 1
Second Term
0 credits
Level 1
First Term
15 credits
Level 2
First Term
15 credits
Level 2
First Term
15 credits
Level 2
First Term
15 credits
Level 2
First Term
15 credits
Level 2
Second Term
15 credits
Level 2
Second Term
This course will look at
- the French sound system (with the spin-off of helping you to improve your pronunciation).
- word meaning and also speaker meaning (what a speaker means by, e.g., "were you born in a barn?")
- how new words are formed
- how sentences can be analysed
- how French has developed from the Middle Ages up to the present
- how French spread throughout the world (including French-based creoles)
- how French varies according to the person speaking the language, and the use they are making of it
15 credits
Level 2
Second Term
15 credits
Level 2
Second Term
15 credits
Level 2
Second Term
30 credits
Level 3
First Term
30 credits
Level 3
First Term
This third year French language course which is run over the full session is only open to Single Honours degree in French students. The pre-requisite for this course is FR2502 or FR2512.
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
This third year French language course which is run over the ful session is only open to Joint Honours degree in French students. The pre-requisite for this course is FR2502 or FR2512.
30 credits
Level 3
First Term
This third year French language course which runs for the whole term is only open to Joint Honours degree in French students. The pre-requisite for this course is FR2502 or FR2512.
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
30 credits
Level 3
Full Year
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
The course offers an introduction to French linguistics in, so far as possible, a non-technical way. Three major areas are explored: language and society (tu/vous, language and sex, slang and swearing); aspects of grammar (written and spoken French, grammatical gender); words and meanings (the development of French vocabulary, franglais). Each of these areas is considered from two points of view: first, that of the overall structure of contemporary French, which will occupy the majority of class time; second that of the historical developments in each area (generally from around 1650), which have made the language what it is today.
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
The nineteenth century was a particularly exciting time for scientific development in France and major French authors read and engaged with the works of professional scientists along with texts by popularisers of science. This course will provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the impact of science on nineteenth-century French narrative. It will consider how scientific developments influenced thinking about areas such as progress and decadence, gender relations, and ideas about life and death. It will enable students to analyse the particular ways in which literature disseminates but also questions scientific ideas.
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
We will start by discussing central aspects of drama, such as character, plot, showing vs. telling, audiences, lighting, sound, costume, etc., then we will look at a selection of representative French plays from different periods exploring a variety of approaches to theatricality. Texts will range from early religious drama through popular farce, classical theatre, melodrama, and theatre of the absurd to the present day.
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
The course looks at a number of French literary works of the sixteenth century, within the broader context of the European Renaissance. Prose fiction is represented by the comic genius of Rabelais, and poetry, which is the crowning glory of the period, is also studied including love sonnets, short satirical poems, and experimental feats of technical skill that can be read forwards or backwards or upside down. Some non-French writing of the period is also studied (in English translation), as well as topics such as the renewal of interest in classical antiquity, the development of printing and social change.
15 credits
Level 3
Second Term
15 credits
Level 3
First Term
30 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
30 credits
Level 4
First Term
This fourth year French language course is run over the ful session is only open to Single Honours degree in French students. The pre-requisite for this course is FR3041.
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
This fourth year French language course is run over the ful session is only open to Joint Honours degree in French students. The pre-requisite for this course is FR3042.
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
The course offers an introduction to French linguistics in, so far as possible, a non-technical way. Three major areas are explored: language and society (tu/vous, language and sex, slang and swearing); aspects of grammar (written and spoken French, grammatical gender); words and meanings (the development of French vocabulary, franglais). Each of these areas is considered from two points of view: first, that of the overall structure of contemporary French, which will occupy the majority of class time; second that of the historical developments in each area (generally from around 1650), which have made the language what it is today.
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
First Term
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
The nineteenth century was a particularly exciting time for scientific development in France and major French authors read and engaged with the works of professional scientists along with texts by popularisers of science. This course will provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the impact of science on nineteenth-century French narrative. It will consider how scientific developments influenced thinking about areas such as progress and decadence, gender relations, and ideas about life and death. It will enable students to analyse the particular ways in which literature disseminates but also questions scientific ideas.
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
We will start by discussing central aspects of drama, such as character, plot, showing vs. telling, audiences, lighting, sound, costume, etc., then we will look at a selection of representative French plays from different periods exploring a variety of approaches to theatricality. Texts will range from early religious drama through popular farce, classical theatre, melodrama, and theatre of the absurd to the present day.
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
The course looks at a number of French literary works of the sixteenth century, within the broader context of the European Renaissance. Prose fiction is represented by the comic genius of Rabelais, and poetry, which is the crowning glory of the period, is also studied including love sonnets, short satirical poems, and experimental feats of technical skill that can be read forwards or backwards or upside down. Some non-French writing of the period is also studied (in English translation), as well as topics such as the renewal of interest in classical antiquity, the development of printing and social change.
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
15 credits
Level 4
Second Term
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