War and Conflict in French Literature (MLF1015)

Staff	Professor Fiona Cox - Convenor
Credit Value	15
ECTS Value	7.5
NQF Level	4
Pre-requisites	A-level French or equivalent
Co-requisites	MLF1001
Duration of Module	Term 2: 11 weeks;

Module aims

To introduce you to important wars and analysis through the connecting themes of war and conflict by analysing literary texts in their historical and conflicts in French history via literary texts.
To examine the impact of war and conflict on the development of French history and culture.
To develop a comparative approach to literary socio-cultural context

ILO: Module-specific skills

1. Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of selected texts in the target language, and key aspects of their historical, literary and cultural context.
2. Describe and evaluate under guidance from course tutor(s) key critical responses to the topic and apply standard critical approaches to the material

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

3. Recognise the existence of differing critical responses to the material
4. Mount an argument in an appropriate register applying basic textual evidence

ILO: Personal and key skills

5. Plan and write an essay to a specified deadline and length, showing awareness of basic academic conventions, and showing evidence of engagement with secondary material

Syllabus plan

Whilst the content may vary from year to year, it is envisioned that it will cover some or all of the following topics:

An introductory session to the course, giving context and alerting you to landmark episodes in French history
Establish themes underpinning the course
Each book will then be studies in turn

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
16	134	0

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	10	Lectures offering historical overview as well as detailed analyses of texts.
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	5	Seminars offering in-class discussion and analyses of set texts.
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	1	Conclusion
Guided Independent Study	134	Reading of both primary and secondary material. Preparation and writing of essays.

Formative assessment

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	500 words	1-5	Written and oral feedback

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	100	2000 words	1-5	Written feedback

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay	1-5	Referral/Deferral period

Re-assessment notes

Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.

Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Guy de Maupassant – Boule de suif Garnier Flammarion
Patrick Modiano – Dora Bruder Folio
Leila Sebbar – La Seine était rouge Babel

Module has an active ELE page?

Yes

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

ELE – https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1350
There is a good selection of secondary texts placed on the ELE page.

Indicative learning resources - Other resources

Available as distance learning?

Origin date

25/01/2018

Last revision date

15/07/2020

Key words search

Maupassant, Modiano, Sebbar, silence, national identity, conflict, war, collusion, Algeria, Prussia, Germany, France