FRN2706

Representing Paris: Literature and Visual Culture (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Brian Nelson

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Having completed this unit, students will: 1. Have developed a knowledge of some of the major symbolic representations of modern Paris across a range of literary and visual texts. 2. Understand broader, underlying structural changes in society that inform literary and visual representations of modern cities such as Paris. 3. Have explored the relationship between various literary and visual representations of the city and developed skills in analyzing and articulating the nature of this relationship.

Assessment: Essay (3,000 words): 60% + Test (1.5 hours, 1,500 words equivalent): 40%

Contact Hours: 1 x 1-hour lecture and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites: A first year level unit in French Studies, Visual Culture, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Drama and Theatre Studies, or English.

Prohibitions: FRN3706