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This course continues the study of French texts, films and topics in French culture. Students must be able to read French.
This course studies France’s legacy from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, focusing on a varied selection of topics: the classical theatre of Molière, a philosophical tale by Voltaire (18th century), a selection of nineteenth-century poetry (from the Romantics to the Symbolists), French existentialism (Camus), and French film. This course is intended for students who can already read French well. It is designed to develop your French reading skills and to broaden and deepen your knowledge of France's legacy in literature and culture. The texts are in French, as is some of the teaching.
As a student in this course you will study five topics from different periods of French culture. At the completion of the course you will have acquired:an improved sense of the legacy of the past to modern France and the contribution of France to the whole Western world;some specialised knowledge in key areas of French culture from the past;a basic understanding of some approaches to French Studies;an ability to place French cultural texts in a wider social and historical context, and to takeaccount of differences in genre, purpose and philosophy;an understanding of the diachronic breadth and their relation to current events, both within French and the Francophone world, as well as more globally (for example: issues of language politics, diverse sociolinguistic registers, colonialism and post-colonialism…). We will draw on specific parallels between these contexts and Aotearoa; an ability to identify relevant secondary sources about France and francophone countries; development of intellectual curiosity, and enhanced intercultural understanding;an ability to show a good level of critical thinking and argumentative skills, thus further engraining critical competence in students which extends far beyond French studies.
Any 45 points
FREN208, FREN304, FREN311
Antonio Viselli
Camus; L'Étranger ; Folioplus classique; Folio, 2005.
Molière; Don Juan ; Petits classiques; Larousse, 2006.
Voltaire; Candide ou l'Optimisme ; Folio classique; Gallimard, 2007.
Library portalLEARN The Course Outline is available for enrolled students on LEARN.
Domestic fee $732.00
International fee $2,975.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .