FRN2704

Telling Tales: An Introduction to French Narrative Fiction ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Philip Anderson

Offered:
Not offered in 2005.

Synopsis: This unit will involve students in examining a range of narrative texts in French from historical and structural perspectives. Students will analyse and develop descriptions of various features of stories or narrative discourses and the processes of story-telling or narrative situations and relationships.

Objectives: Students completing this subject should have acquired an understanding of the development of forms of narrative fiction in French from the simple oral tale to sophisticated forms of modern fiction, relating narrative forms to social contexts. They should have developed a critical understanding of various narrative situations and discourses and be able to describe features of story and the interaction of teller and audience. Students will have developed their language skills in French, especially in the area of exposition and argument, practising those skills in oral presentations and essay-writing.

Assessment: Class presentation (1000 words in French): 25% + Essay (1000 words in French): 25% + Essay (1500 words in French): 35% + Three reading reports (300 words in French each): 15%

Contact Hours: 3 hours (1 x lecture and 1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites: FRN1320, FRN1420 or FRN2020

Prohibitions: FRN3704