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Module Code - Title:

FR4627 - FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE 5: INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENTS

Year Last Offered:

2025/6

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

1

Lab

0

Tutorial

2

Other

0

Private

7

Credits

6

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

To study modern intellectual movements in France in the context of crisis and change in French society and culture in the twentieth century. To enable students engage critically with cultural theories, and to apply such theory to their understanding and analysis of modern French texts. To develop students' skills in communicating ideas in oral and written French.

Syllabus:

Two/ three topics will be chosen each year, and a variety of theoretical and literary texts will be addressed in relation to each topic, for example existentialism; structuralism/semiology; post-modernism; feminist theory.

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: *Demonstrate familiarity with a selection of French theoretical and literary texts from the twentieth century *Discuss the set texts in relation to their general cultural context *Evaluate concepts and theories as they relate to the prescribed texts * Discuss their evaluations in a critical context both orally and in writing (in French). *Make an oral presentation to class in French on a prepared topic. *Write an essay in French on a prescribed topic relating to the syllabus which demonstrates advanced discursive ability in French

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

Develop awareness of and account for their individual self-positionings within the reading process. Produce rigorously argued critical assessments of a broad range of literary texts in French.

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

Evaluate concepts and theories as they relate to the prescribed texts. Discuss their evaluations in a critical context both orally and in writing (in French).

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

There will be one lecture and two tutorials; one tutorial will be combined with the lecture hour to create an interactive seminar where students can raise questions and discuss ideas. Students will be expected to read extensively and present the results of their reading to the group.

Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):

Prime Texts:

SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1947) Huis clos suivi de Les Mouches , Gallimard (Folio)
BARTHES, Roland (1957) Mythologies , Seuil
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone (1967) La Femme rompue , Gallimard (Folio)

Other Relevant Texts:

SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1970) L¿Existentialisme est un humanisme , Nagel
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone (1976) Le Deuxième sexe , Gallimard (Folio)
WARNOCK, Mary (1965) The Philosophy of Sartre , Hutchinson University Library
EVANS, Mary (1985) Simone de Beauvoir, a Feminist Mandarin , Tavistock
EAGLETON, Terry (1983) Literary Theory: An Introduction , Blackwell

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

Semester(s) Module is Offered:

Spring

Module Leader:

michael.g.kelly@ul.ie