FRN4902

Honours Dissertation (2) ( 24 points, SCA Band 1, 0.500 EFTSL)

Leader: TBA

Offered:
Clayton S2-S1 2005 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Students will develop, in consultation with a supervisor, a focused research project in an aspect of French Studies: French literature, linguistics, critical theory, textual theory, cinema studies, cultural studies or civilisation. Students will produce a sustained piece of commentary that engages with an academic method (such as historical method, survey reading, close analysis, theoretical critique or a combination of these) to answer a discipline-specific question and demonstrate a thesis. The dissertation will demonstrate a command of methodology, a close knowledge of the texts or issues studied, a high degree of competence in appropriate academic discourses in French.

Assessment: Written (12,000-15,000 words): 100%

Prohibitions: FRN4901