Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
EU20009: French cultural studies 2A: from realism to abstraction: disintegration of the image |
 Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 33%, EX 67% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description: | Aims: To provide an introduction to major artistic and literary movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whose theories are fundamental to contemporary cultural thought; to develop the comparative study of genres; to explore the nature of visual images (including art and photography), in relation to literary images. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, students will be able to: * describe the evolution of the visual image in the modern period; * analyse the shifting relationship between visual and literary images; * compare and contrast the narrative and visual strategies of a range of different texts. Skills: Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, teamwork and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are taught and assessed in this unit. Skills in effective learning and language skills are developed in this unit. Content: A comparative analysis of the work of selected writers and artists within the modern period. Movements to be studied include: Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Cubism; Surrealism. Writers to be studied include: Proust, M. (1954), Combray, in Du Coté de chez Swann, Paris: Folio; Butor, M. (1957), La Modification, Paris: 10/18. |