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2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN3810 The Occupation in French Fiction and Film

20 creditsClass Size: 12

Module manager: Margaret Atack
Email: m.k.atack@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisite qualifications

Ability to study a module taught in French, usually evidenced by having successfully completed level 2 of a degree programme including French.

This module is mutually exclusive with

FREN3815

The Occupation in French Fiction and Film

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

The aim of this course is to study in detail some of the famous writings and films which have made their mark as key texts in the complex and controversial debate over the meaning of the war years for the French; to offer a grounding in the literature of the Occupation period, in the role and function of literature and films of and about the Second World War, with particular attention to the Resistance and to the renewal of the debate and public understanding of the events of the time from the 1970s onwards, starting with what was called la mode rétro; to further knowledge of the culture and intellectual history of France in the contemporary period.The seminars will require students' active participation, through small group and whole group discussion, exposé presentations etc. Classes will be held in French.

Objectives

On completion of this module students will have developed advanced level skills of cultural and historical analysis through broad secondary reading and close textual study.
Students will have specialist knowledge of important issues such as the historical meaning of the Occupation, questions of gender, politics and memory in the creation of national identities, and the role of literature, film, and culture in these processes, and will be able to evaluate a variety of texts critically in the light of this knowledge.
Students will have further developed their advanced level written and oral skills in French in the language of intellectual analysis, debate, and formal presentation.

Learning outcomes
Students should have specialist knowledge of important issues such as the historical meaning of the Occupation, questions of gender, politics and memory in the creation of national identities, and the role of literature and culture in these processes, and should be able to evaluate a variety of texts critically in the light of this knowledge.

Skills outcomes
On completion of this module students should have developed advanced level skills of cultural and historical analysis through broad secondary reading and close textual study.

Students should have further developed their advanced level written and oral skills in French in the language of intellectual analysis, debate, and formal presentation.

Syllabus

Vercors, Le Silence de la mer suivi de La Marche à l’étoile, le Livre de poche. [1942-5]
Beauvoir, Simone de, Le Sang des autres, Folio, 1945.
Aymé, Marcel, Uranus, Folio, 1948
Cassenti, Frank (dir.), L’Affiche rouge, 1976.*
Losey, Joseph (dir), Monsieur Klein, 1976.*
Daeninckx, Didier, La Mort n’oublie personne, Folio, 1989.
Goby, Valentine, L’Echappée, Folio, 2008.

Any edition of the texts will be suitable, but you need to avoid early editions of Le Silence de la mer et autres récits which do not include La Marche à l’étoile.

*There are copies of these films in the library, but you are strongly recommended to have your own copy.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students will:
- need to read/view all the texts on the syllabus, as well as a selection of secondary texts (historical and critical) from the reading list.
- devote time to preparing seminar themes each week, and will make a formal presentation at the final two-hour seminar.
- research and write a dissertation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- For the essay (written in French), there will be individual consultations on the student’s choice of topic, and written feedback on the draft plan.
- For the examination (written in English), there will be group discussion of sample questions, and the opportunity to submit draft exam answer plans for written feedback.
- Written comments will be given on the student presentations handed in at the end of the relevant seminar.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words, in French	50.00
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 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

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: 26/08/2015

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