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Exploration of Self and Form: the Contemporary Period
Course code: FREN2107.
Course unit value: 0.5.
This course will examine a number of key French and Francophone texts from the twentieth century in a variety of genres. The focus of the course will be on the question of identity and the complex interaction of social, environmental and psychological factors in identity formation.
Assessment: two-hour written examination in term 3 (covering all components of FREN2107).
Tutor: Professor Andrew Leak.
Preparatory reading and set texts:
- André Gide, L'immoraliste. Folio.
- Jean-Paul Sartre, Huis Clos. Folio.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor, Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de langue française. Presses Universitaires de France.
- Samuel Beckett, La dernière bande. Minuit.
- Annie Ernaux, La place. Folio.
Student workload: prescribed reading; secondary reading as assigned; one practice essay; other work as assigned by course tutor.
