FRN3801

The Female Body (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Brian Nelson

Offered:
Not offered in 2004.

Synopsis:

Objectives: On completion of this subject students will have acquired a critical understanding of representations of women and the female body in the context of social history, and with particular reference to 19th-century France. They will engage with questions of narrative strategy, pictorial representation, and psychoanalytic theory.

Assessment: Class presentation (1500 words): 25% + Essay (2000 words): 45% + Explication de texte: 30%

Contact Hours: 3 tutorial hours per week

Prerequisites: FRN2020 or FRN2080