2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN3620 Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War

20 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: Alison Fell
Email: a.s.fell@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of Level 2 French language or equivalent

This module is mutually exclusive with

FREN3621

French Culture and the First World War

Module replaces

This is a 2 semester equivalent module to the 1 semester FREN3621 (which will be kept on the books to allow flexibility in years in which the module leader is on sabbatical leave).

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module will introduce students, via the study of primary texts, to the evolving ways in which French men and women have represented and remembered the experiences of the First World War.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should:
(i) demonstrate knowledge and understanding about the social and cultural history of the First World War in France
(ii) be able to engage critically with primary and secondary sources
(iii) demonstrate an ability to carry out individual research in preparing essays and presentations
(iv) demonstrate increased confidence and ability in the handling of complex written French texts.

Learning outcomes
(i) Knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural history of the First World War in France
(ii) Knowledge and understanding of the dominant critical and historiographical frameworks used to analyse primary WW1 texts
(iii) Improved French language skills

Skills outcomes
Improved French written and oral communication, and reading and listening skills

Syllabus

Texts will vary from time to, but the syllabus will follow the structure below:
Semester 1: 1914-20

Weeks 1-2 Introduction and brief history of the war
Weeks 3-4 Propaganda
Weeks 5-6 Soldiers’ letters and diaries
Weeks 8-9 Combat novels
Weeks 9-10 Nurse memoirs
Week 11 Individual essay consultations

Semester 2: 1920-present

Weeks 15-16 Interwar novels
Weeks 17-18 Films
Weeks 19-20 Films
Weeks 21-22 Recent novels
Weeks 23-24 Exam revision

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Private study: reading of both primary and secondary sources in preparation for seminars, essays, oral presentations and exam.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will bring an essay plan to the essay consultation sessions in Week 11
Students will receive tailored feedback on their oral presentations & their assessed essays.
Students will hand in a practice commentary in Semester 2.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	2,500 words	40.00
Presentation	Powerpoint in French	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 15 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

20 mins is to allow reading time for the commentary section of the exam (where students choose an unseen image or text from a choice of 4 on which to write a commentary)

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/09/2015

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