Literary and Cultural Debates in French (FREN3355)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2024
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities Arts Social Science
School
Languages & Cultures School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
General contact hours 3.0 Hours/ Week
Prerequisite
FREN3114 or permission of course coordinator
Assessment methods
Reading tasks, audiovisual debate and reflective essay, presentation: analysis of an academic
article, oral discussion
Course enquiries
Doctor Joe Hardwick (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course will expose students to a set of controversial literary texts in French from a variety of different social and cultural contexts. The texts will be read in relation to the specific historical and cultural settings in which they were published as well as in relation to the major literary and social movements of the time. Students will also examine debates concerning those texts in journalistic and academic articles as well as in the media, reading them not simply for their content but for the argumentation strategies deployed. In this way, the course will enhance students' textual analysis skills, will give students a broad understanding of different literary movements from different periods and will develop students' argumentation skills in a number of different genres and contexts.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | St Lucia | Flexible Delivery | Course Profile |