FRN4100

Honours dissertation

16 points
* Full-year subject
* Clayton

Objectives Students should develop a focused research project, the precise nature of which will be determined in consultation with their supervisors. They should produce a sustained piece of commentary which undertakes to answer a discipline-specific question, and which observes the basic requirement of seeking to demonstrate a thesis in relation to a number of works. This may involve historical method, survey reading, close analysis, theoretical critique or some combination of these, to name but a few methodological procedures; again, the exact nature of the method will be determined in consultation with supervisors, but the final piece of work should demonstrate an engagement with an academic method. Students should, then, show command of the chosen methodology, a close knowledge of studied texts and/or issues, a high degree of competence in French academic prose, and should offer a cogent argument on the chosen topic.

Synopsis Students will research a topic in French literature, linguistics, critical theory, textual theory, cinema, cultural studies or civilisation. The topic must be chosen as early as possible. Students will take a library-use workshop as part of this subject.

Assessment Written (10000 words, in French): 100%
* An outline of at least 500 words must be submitted by 28 February, 2000 words by 1 May, and 5000 words by the beginning of second semester
* The final deadline for submission is 30 October [breve] The deadline for mid-year submission is 5 June [breve]The Marie Maclean Prize will be awarded (but not necessarily every year) for the best honours dissertation.