FREN405 Representations of War

Updated: 13 October 2011

Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study
Armidale	Trimester 1	Off Campus
Armidale	Trimester 1	On Campus

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

FREN305 or FREN389 or FREN489

Notes

offered in even numbered years

Combined Units

FREN305 - Representations of War

Coordinator(s)

Unit Description

The theme of the unit, and the framework for the three literary texts set, is war and the occupation of France by enemy forces.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Le Sang des autres: ISBN: 9782070280230

Beauvoir, S., Gallimard 1984

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Boule de Suif: ISBN: 9782070411191

Maupassant, G., Livre de poche 2003

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Suite francaise: ISBN: 9782070336760

Nemirovsky, I., Livre de Poche (Intext) 2006

Note: French copy only

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , 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%	3000
Assessment Notes
Essay in French or English on the remaining 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%	2000
Assessment Notes
An examination consisting of two essays of equal weight, 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:

appreciate at an advanced level a sample of important literary works, written in French or their equivalent, in other areas of French and Francophone culture and civilisation;
analyse their content at a more sophisticated level than is required for the 300 level unit; and
relate this to the social and political context in which the works were conceived.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of some of the main French literary texts that focus on war and the occupation of France by enemy forces.
2	Communication Skills Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity and this attribute will be assessed directly in both set assessment tasks.
3	Global Perspectives The study of literature of a foreign culture will give understanding of and insight into such a society and culture.
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/societal/philosophical complexity, its analysis demands problem-solving skills of a high nature.
7	Social Responsibility By developing students' intercultural awareness this unit will also develop their social responsibilities. Students will be exposed to and consider ethical questions raised in the texts.

Course and Unit Catalogue 2012