Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Produce writing in appropriate genres and to required conventions, including referencing and identification.
- Take notes and keeping records.
- Adhere to guidelines and deadlines
- Make use of libraries, archives, and online resources to access relevant information.
- Plan and organise your learning through self-management.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Engage with subject matter and opinion in both breadth and depth.
- Identify concepts and data relevant to the task in hand, use a variety of theoretical tools to interpret cultural texts.
- Analyse and discuss questions.
- Apply knowledge, understanding and analysis critically to different topics
- Define, present and exemplify concepts.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Reflection on literary criticism and writing that might include feminist, psychoanalytic and queer thought.
- The cultural inscription of gender in the French context and beyond, the similarities and dissimilarities with your own culture and society.
- The cultural, political and societal contexts in which literary texts were written in either France or other countries.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 96 |
Lecture | 12 |
Follow-up work | 24 |
Seminar | 18 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
For resources which are required or considered useful for the module.
Journal Articles
Sigmund Freud (2002). Femininity. Freud on Women, pp. 342-362.
Textbooks
Cameron, Deborah (1991). The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader. London: Macmillan.
Annie Ernaux (1987). La Femme gelée. Gallimard.
Butler, Judith (2006). Gender Trouble. Routledge.
Rachilde, Monsieur Vénus (2004). roman matérialiste. Modern Language Association.
Cooper, Sarah (2000). Relating to Queer Theory: Rereading Sexual Self-Definition with Irigaray, Kristeva, Wittig and Cixous. Peter Lang.
Simone de Beauvoir. ‘Mythes: Chapitre Premier’ in Le Deuxième Sexe I.
Marcel Proust. Sodome et Gomorrhe, volume 1 (first chapter only). GF-Flammarion.
Émile Zola. La Curée. GF-Flammarion.
Celestin, Roger et al. (eds) (2003). Beyond French Feminisms: Debates on Women, Politics and Culture in France, 1981-2001. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bordo, Susan (1995). Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body. University of California Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 10% |
Critical essay | 50% |
Commentary exercise | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Commentary exercise | 50% |
Critical essay | 50% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Oral presentation | 10% |
Commentary | 40% |
Critical essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External