FREN307 Writing the Self

Updated: 29 July 2010

Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study	Online Level
Armidale	Semester 2	Off Campus	C - Internet access required
Armidale	Semester 2	On Campus	C - 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

FREN202 or FREN250 or equivalent

Co-requisites

None

Restrictions

FREN288 or FREN388 or FREN407 or FREN488

Notes

offered in even numbered years

Combined Units

FREN407 - Writing the Self

Coordinator(s)

Jane Southwood (jsouthw5@une.edu.au)

Unit Description

This unit focuses on the topic of 'Writing the Self' in three French and/or Francophone texts.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Les Enfants terribles: ISBN: 9782253010258

Cocteau, J., Livre de Poche 1967

Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Alexis Le Coup de grâce: ISBN: 9782070370412

Yourcenar, M., Folio 1992

Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Les Fleurs du Mal: ISBN: 9782070409044

Baudelaire, C., Gallimard; collection "Folioplus classiques" 1999

Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus

Disclaimer

Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	No. Words
Assignment 1: Writing task		10%
Assessment Notes
Reading diary on one of the three set texts (consisting of 5-10 questions)

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 2: Writing task		10%
Assessment Notes
Reading diary on one of the three set texts (consisting of 5-10 questions)

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 3: Essay		30%	2000
Assessment Notes
One essay in French or English on one of the three set texts

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Final Examination	2 hrs	50%
Assessment Notes
An examination, consisting of two essays in French or English, on the two texts not treated in the essay. No pre-written notes, books or dictionaries of any kind permitted.

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

understand and appreciate a sample of important literary works, written in French, or their equivalent in other areas of French or Francophone culture and civilisation;
analyse their content;
relate this to the context in which the works were produced.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of some of the main French literary texts that focus on the self in fiction. The unit will enhance their knowledge of French language and literature.
2	Communication Skills Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity.
3	Global Perspectives The study of literature of a foreign culture will give understanding of and insight into such a society and culture.
4	Information Literacy Students will engage in Blackboard discussions, and access material posted on the website.
5	Life-Long Learning The appreciation of literature encourages further reading and feeds into later literary studies.
6	Problem Solving As literature depicts issues of historical/society/philosophical complexity, its analysis demands problem solving skills of a high nature.
7	Social Responsibility Students are exposed to and consider ethical questions raised in the texts.

Course and Unit Catalogue 2010