FR10120 Reading Short French Texts: Literary Analysis

Academic Year 2023/2024

This is a level-one module in French and it focuses mostly on poetry. The primary aim is to develop students' ability not just to read French but to read short texts in French critically and analytically. The material studied will range from sixteenth-century to twentieth-century texts. At least one text will be assigned each week for intensive study and there will be some discussion of the cultural background of the various texts.

Teaching takes place at a weekly plenary session (a lecture) and a weekly tutorial. It is essential that students attend both weekly sessions, as the tutorial hour aims to develop, in a small group setting, the reading skills introduced in the larger, more impersonal 'lecture' setting.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students should be able to understand, describe, analyze and even, we hope, remember the language principally, but also the form, meaning and cultural contexts of about ten key short texts texts in French.

They should be able to demonstrate their active development of these skills orally in their weekly tutorials and also in their completion of the written tests.

Indicative Module Content:

A range of poems in French from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

9
Small Group

9
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

46
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Plenary reading workshops (Lectures); tutorial discussions (including some group work); weekly homework questions to prepare for the tutorial session; autonomous learning supported by supplementary material posted on Brightspace. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Class Test: Analytical questions on a short text. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will practice answering critical reading questions in the plenary sessions and will get immediate in-session group feedback on their answers. Group feedback will be provided orally on two of the three class tests and written feedback on their own individual performance in these two tests will be provided individually to students in tutorials. Written feedback on the last class test will be emailed to all students individually after the end of the trimester.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Derval Conroy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Mary Gallagher Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Emer O'Beirne Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 11, 12 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
Tutorial Offering 2 Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Tues 12:00 - 12:50
Tutorial Offering 3 Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Wed 11:00 - 11:50
Tutorial Offering 5 Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Thurs 12:00 - 12:50
Autumn