FREN406 Heroines in Society
Updated: 14 November 2008| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level B - Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | FREN302 or FREN350 or equivalent | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | FREN306 or FREN390 or FREN490 | |||||||||
| Notes | offered in odd numbered years |
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| Combined Units |
FREN306 - Heroines in Society |
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| Coordinator(s) | Helena Duffy (helena.duffy@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
The theme of the unit, and the framework for the four literary texts set, is heroines in society. The first of these texts is Marie Darrieussecq's Truismes, a novel published in 1996 that relates the story of a young woman who slowly transforms into a sow. The second work is Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, a novel that was first serialised in 1856 and which was made notorious as a result of an immorality trial against the author the following year. The third text is François Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux, published in 1927. The novel is based on an actual murder trial that took place in Bordeaux in 1905. The fourth work is Jean Racine's Phèdre, first performed in Paris in 1677. Inspired by a play of Euripides, the tragedy depicts the theme of the passions, and aims to excite feelings of both terror and pity in the hearts of the spectators/readers. |
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| Disclaimer | Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period. |