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2014/15 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN3720 Colonial Legacy - Postcolonial Conflict

20 creditsClass Size: 12

Module manager: Dr Kamal Salhi
Email: k.salhi@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2014/15

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of Level 2 or equivalent

Module replaces

Colonial Legacy - Poscolonial Conflict FREN3570

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

The most enduring legacy of French colonialism in North Africa is its creation of a political culture which has proven antithetical to the process of becoming successful independent and self-defined societies. Students will seek to contribute, at an appropriate level, to mapping out the cultural representations of the colonial legacy that gave way to post-colonial contradictions and conflicts. The purpose of the guided, assessed project in English (3,500-4,000 words) is not to write a history of the cultural/intellectual activities produced by North Africans or Franco-North Africans, but to familiarise students with the analysis of differing primary and secondary source material and to reflect on the nature of the Franco-Algerian relations in cultural, historical, economic and political terms. Throughout the first semester, students will explore the history of French colonisation of North Africa, and the impact on language and culture. This will be followed by guided readings on post-independence conflict with a focus on intellectual and social policies and cultural representations.Seminars in the second semester will be used as student-led workshops preparing for and leading to the assessed project. This should be the culmination of students' work as it offers them the chance to work independently.It is important that students be aware that this is a research-based module which requires them to work freely and independently on a special subject. This is not an option course which would usually be taught via traditional lecture/seminar method.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- analyse and apply the concepts of 'legacy' and 'conflict' in their respective colonial and postcolonial contexts,
- examine critically post-colonial intellectual production,
- understand and appreciate literary representations of colonial legacy and post-colonial conflict,
- understand post-independence cultural and language policies,
- relate, converse and communicate on complex issues of non-metropolitan France, in the target language.

Learning outcomes
Students are encouraged to think of themselves as potential critics and their compulsory participation in the seminars will be premised not only on the experience of existing approaches but also via questioning and criticism on the testing of approaches as a means of defining their own individual/group approach to colonial legacy.

Skills outcomes
Students should be able to demonstrate enhanced skills in written and oral French in an academic register.

Syllabus

Throughout the first semester, students will investigate and introduce themselves to the history of French colonisation of North Africa from July 1830 to the Algerian Independence in July 1962, the impact on language and culture. This will be followed by specific, guided readings on post-independence conflict with a focus on cultural and social policies and artistic representations.

Seminars in the second semester will be used as student-led workshops preparing for and leading to the long assessed project. This exercise should be the culmination of students' work as it offers them the chance to work independently. Students will be divided into working groups with balanced numbers according to their projects. They will have responsibility, especially during their private study time, for co-ordinating their work and putting together a 2-page handout reflecting on their research and bibliographies.

The purpose of this research-led course is to exercise research skills in terms of defining a subject, researching the relevant sources, analysing them critically and formulate a critical statement in the form of an essay-project. Before embarking on this course, you need to satisfy yourself that you will be able to study and report on your work on a regular basis and be prepared to undertake research and learning independently; and that you have a research interest and ambition for independent learning.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Preparation Class	1	1.00	1.00
Group learning	8	1.00	8.00
Lecture	2	1.00	2.00
Seminar	9	1.00	9.00
Tutorial	2	0.50	1.00
Private study hours			179.00
Total Contact hours			21.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

- 50 hours seminar preparation and general private reading round the subject
- 20 hours preparation for presentation
- 100 hours preparation for two assessed pieces (critical review + essay-project)
- 9 hours preparation individual consultation (4 in semester 1; 5 in semester 2).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Non- assessed class presentation
- Group work
- Reports on guided readings
- Individual reports on the workshops and consultations
- Feedback on first assessed essay.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	4,000 words	60.00
Literature Review	2,000 words	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/03/2015

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