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Modernity Through French Literature and Visual Culture
Undergraduate | UNE-FREN307 | 2024
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
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Modernity Through French Literature and Visual Culture
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
apply advanced-level comprehension skills to the reading of French and/or Francophone texts;
critically analyse selected French literary and visual works;
analyse and evaluate modern French literature and visual works in terms of their socio-cultural and historical context;
critically analyse modern French texts and artworks with reference to their representational modes and representational aims; and
demonstrate competence and accuracy in writing about complex aesthetic, historical, and cultural issues relating to modern French works.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Enhance your knowledge and understanding of French culture with this French culture subject. This advanced subject introduces you to themes modernity in French literature and visual culture of the nineteenth century. Through close textual and visual analysis of the prescribed works, you will extend your competency in reading and writing French to a highly advanced level. You will explore what it meant to be modern during this century of fast-paced change: what constituted a work of fiction in this context? How did artists find new ways to engage and depict the world in front of them? What were the links between artists and the literary movements at the time? With its research-led teaching, the subject provides you with an overview of a key period in French literature and culture, its literary and artistic movements, and their scholarly reception.
Assessment 1 Written: 2500 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5
Assessment 2 Online Participation: 600 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5
Assessment 3 Take Home Exam: 2000 words (equivalent). Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-4- Essay in French and textual analysis in French or English (50%)
- Structured online participation in French (10%)
- Open-book essay written in French or English. (40%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UNE-MDL-DIP-2024 - Diploma in Modern Languages
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
To enrol in this subject you will need to pass the Prerequisite/s. Please note as UNE results are released after the close of enrolment date, your enrolment into this subject will be withdrawn if you do not pass the prerequisite subject/s
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Undergraduate
UNE-MDL-DIP