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For French and Franco- School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies phone Studies enquiries t: +44 (0)115 846 8466 French and Francophone Studies please contact: w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/enquire Module information www.nottingham.ac.uk/french School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies www.nottingham.ac.uk/french www.nottingham.ac.uk/french ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Get in touch This booklet is intended for prospective students of French and Francophone Studies Contact us For international student enquiries, please School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies contact: at The University of Nottingham. You have probably already looked at our website Trent Building, The University of Nottingham, The International Office which gives some information about the courses we offer. We find that prospective University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD t: +44 (0)115 951 5247 students are often interested to find out more about the modules taught in the t: +44 (0)115 84 68466 f: +44 (0)115 951 5155 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Department, and so we have compiled a more detailed list of the modules we teach. w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/international Please be aware that in any one year, the selection of optional modules will vary; however, there will always be a range across the different fields of Francophone Studies represented in our Department. If you study French as a single honours subject, then you will select optional modules to a value of 40-80 credits each year in Join the conversation addition to your core modules. Students studying French in combination with another subject or subjects will take 40-60 credits in total in French, comprising core You can also reach us via our social media channels – join the conversation online for events, alerts and content related to our courses and departments. You can also share your undergraduate journey to The language modules as well as some optional modules. University of Nottingham with the hashtag #MeantToBe Degree programmes related to the Department of French and Francophone Studies: UoNCulturesLanguagesandAreaStudies Single Honours @CLASUoN R120 French Studies UoN_CLAS #UoNgoingplaces Joint and Combined Honours R900 Modern Languages QR31 French and English RL12 French and Politics Year 1 – let’s go! RT11 French and Contemporary Chinese Studies RV11 French and History Take a look at our Year 1 website designed especially for our Freshers. You’ll find hints, tips and stories from RV15 French and Philosophy former newbies as well as information on what to do before, during and after your arrival. Your academic R9N1 Modern Languages with Business (MLB) journey at Nottingham starts here – it’s #MeantToBe! 74Q9 Modern Languages with Translation (MLT) T900 Modern Language Studies (MLS) www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/yearone R906 Modern European Studies (MES) Related Combined Honours degrees from other Schools/Departments L1R1 Economics with French M1R1 Law with French and French Law N2R1 Management with French The University of Nottingham has made every effort to ensure that the information in this brochure was accurate when published. Please note, however, that the nature of the content means that it is subject to change from time to time, and you should therefore consider the information to be guiding rather than definitive; normally a selection of the optional modules listed will be available in any given year. You should check the University’s website for any updates before you decide to accept a place on a course. © The University of Nottingham 2016. All rights reserved. 2 31 School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies www.nottingham.ac.uk/french ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Modules from the Department of French and Francophone Studies: Year 1 Core modules (depending on your degree programme) R11001 French 1 R11200 Beginners’ French 1 R11026 Introduction to French and Francophone Studies Optional modules R11027 Introduction to French Literature: Landmarks in Narrative R11028 Introduction to French Literature: Representations of Paris R11019 France: History and Identity R11020 Contemporary France R11030 French Texts in Translation (Beginners’ French only) Year 2 Core modules (depending on your degree programme) R12062 French 2 R12100 Beginners’ French 2 Optional modules R22269 Contemporary Translation Studies R12096 Translation Portfolio R12015 Caribbean Francophone Writing R12087 Sociolinguistics: An Introduction R12014 Post-War French Theatre R12083 Introduction to Contemporary Science Fiction R12086 Huit Tableaux: Art and Politics in 19th Century France (1799-1871) R12007 French Cinema - The New Wave R12097 Myth and History R12077 Contemporary France and Globalisation R12082 Introduction to Modern French Poetry R12080 Literature and Politics in Modern France R12089 Francophone Africa: Exploring Contemporary Issues through Culture R12028 Québécois Writing X12001 Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) 3 Final Year Core modules (for all students) R13111 French 3 Optional modules R13161 Traduction Littéraire R13172 Photography in French Culture R13160 Citizenship, Ethnicity and National Identity in Post-War France R13146 African Francophone Fiction R13147 Contemporary Representations of Travel R13170 Theories and Practices of Translation R13177 Literature as Action R13179 The French avant-garde R13091 Translation from French (Compulsory for Single Honours students) R13087 Translation into French (Compulsory for Single Honours students) R13125 La République gaullienne: 1958 to 1969 R13156 Narrative Fiction by Balzac R13114 Dissertation in French Studies R13159 Peuple and Propaganda: Representing the French Revolution R13176 Language Contact and French R13150 The Everyday in Modern French Fiction R13178 Subtitling and Dubbing from French into English AA3002 Communicating & Teaching Languages for Undergraduate Ambassadors 4 School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies www.nottingham.ac.uk/french ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Year 1 modules Highfields Lake with Trent Building in the background, University Park 5 School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies www.nottingham.ac.uk/french ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ French 1 – (R11001) Credits 20 Assessment 1 hour exam (30%); oral exam (10%); 2 hour exam (60%) Delivery Lectures - 1 per week, 1 hour duration Oral classes - 1 per week, 1 hour duration Workshops - 1 per week, 1 hour duration This module consolidates and develops students' command of the French language, both written and spoken. The language work focuses in particular on grammar, listening and speaking skills. Beginners’ French 1 – (R11200) Credits 40 Assessment Two 1 hour exams (20% each); oral exam (10%); listening exam (20%); three in-class exams (10% exam) Delivery Oral classes - 1 per week, 1 hour duration Seminars - 2 per week, 2 hours duration The module will focus on the five key skills of listening, speaking, writing, reading and grammatical competence. It will use a language course textbook, supplemented with other material. 6 School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Department of French and Francophone Studies www.nottingham.ac.uk/french ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction to French and Francophone Studies – (R11026) Credits 20 Assessment 2 hour exam (50%); 1,000 word essay (25%); 1 hour in-class exam (25%) Delivery Lectures - 1 per week, 2 hour duration Workshops - 1 per week, 1 hour duration This module provides an introduction to the range of topics and study skills that students will need and will go on to further develop in the course of their degree study of French and Francophone Studies. Drawing on the expertise of the teaching team, the module will cover the main fields of the discipline, including linguistics, politics, history, thought, French and Francophone literature, media, visual culture and cinema. Through engagement with a range of different texts, images and film, students will also be introduced to core study skills, such as reading strategies, awareness of register, close reading, essay writing, commentary writing, bibliographical and referencing skills and visual analysis. Introduction to French Literature: Landmarks in Narrative – (R11027) Credits 10 Assessment 2 hour exam (100%) Delivery Lectures - 1 per week, 1 hour duration Workshops - 1 per week, 1 hour duration This module aims to introduce students to the critical study of French narrative, covering key examples of novels from the seventeenth century to the present. In studying each text we will focus on (a) understanding the text within its historical context, and (b) developing critical approaches to the text. The module will develop core skills in literary study, from the basics of understanding a text with unfamiliar syntax and vocabulary,