FREN 3213 - French IIISA: Culture

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

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The aim of this course is to develop a deeper understanding and a critical appreciation of France's rich cultural heritage through the study of texts and other cultural artefacts. The course is also designed to develop linguistic skills, particularly reading and writing skills, but also vocabulary acquisition and speaking skills. This year the course will be devoted to the topic 'La Belle epoque'. See French Department handbook for more details.

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Course Details

Course Code	FREN 3213
Course	French IIISA: Culture
Coordinating Unit	French Studies
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	12 units of French including FREN 2212
Incompatible	FREN 2022
Assessment	class exercises, essays, class presentations, tests

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Ben McCann

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes

Students who complete French IIISA Culture will be able to:

1. know the countries where French is spoken and understand their cultural productions such as literature and film

2. locate and analyse primary and secondary sources of information pertaining to the study of French culture

3. analyse with considerable sophistication cultural productions such as literature and film and be aware of the interpretative methods that can be used to deepen understanding of them.

4. work individually or in groups in collecting and organising information, and communicating arguments and ideas in clear and correct French, both written and spoken, to an academic audience.

5. develop a commitment to the rigorous application of scholarly principles in the exploration of questions and problems in relation to French society and culture.

6. identify ethical, social and cultural issues and interpret them within their social and cultural context.

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Learning Resources

Required Resources

Compulsory texts:
· Course Reader from Image and Copy Centre, level 1 Hughes Building, at the start of semester.
· André Gide, La Porte étroite (novel)
· Colette, Chéri. (novel)
· Proust, Marcel. Un Amour de Swann (novel)

Copies of the novels are available for purchase at Unibooks, and a couple of copies are available for borrowing in the Barr-Smith Library.

Recommended Resources

Dictionaries
· For paper dictionaries, the French-French dictionary Le Petit Robert, and the bilingual Collins-Robert French-English English-French Dictionary are suitable because of the large number of explanations and examples they provide.
· For on-line dictionaries, the Lexilogos webpage contains conventional French-French and French-English dictionaries, as well as a dictionary of slang, synonyms and antonyms, figurative expressions, spelling, conjugations and varieties of French throughout the Francophone world. The urls are
French-French: http://www.lexilogos.com/francais_langue_dictionnaires.htm
French-English: http://www.lexilogos.com/anglais_langue_dictionnaires.htm

Online Learning

The following documents will be available via MyUni:
- course outline
- lecture slides
- other documents, as required.

Learning & Teaching Modes

There will be three contact hours per week: a one hour and a two hour class in which students will take part in activities such as textual analysis, individual and group presentations and class discussion. The course is organised around set readings which students are expected to prepare ahead of the classes.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

3 hours of classes each week	36 hours per semester
6 hours of reading, including additional research	72 hours per semester
3 hours preparation for class discussion and assignments	36 hours per semester
TOTAL WORKLOAD	144 hours per semester

Learning Activities Summary

Schedule
Semaine	Cours mercredi 10h & jeudi de 9h à 11h	Contrôle
Week 1	Poèmes
Week 2	Poèmes
Week 3	Poèmes	1ère présentation (poésie)
Week 4	La Porte étroite
Week 5	"
Week 6	"
	Deux semaines de battement	1ème dissertatation (vendredi, le 17 avril)
Week 7	Chéri
Week 8	"	2ème présentation (commencement)
Week 9	"	"
Week 10	Un Amour de Swann	"
Week 11	"	"
Week 12	"	2ème présentation (fin)
Week 13		2ème dissertation (vendredi, le 12 juin)

Specific Course Requirements

It is a requirement of the course that students attend all classes. Exemption from attendance may be given by lecturers or tutors only for medical reasons or for documented cases of personal hardship. If students miss two classes without providing a satisfactory explanation (on medical or compassionate grounds), the course coordinator will ask them to explain why they should not be excluded from the course. In all cases, the onus is on students to contact their tutor or lecturer, preferably in advance, to explain their absence and to make arrangements to catch up on missed work. If this is not done, it will be assumed that the students concerned are no longer in the course.

Hurdle Requirement: students who do not meet the following requirements will be awarded a grade of Fail for the course:
· Completion of all assessment tasks worth 20% or more

Small Group Discovery Experience

Small group discovery involves the preparation and presention, in pairs, and between weeks 8 and 12, of the following task: "à partir d’une des approches critiques suivantes -- linguistique, psychologique, biologique, sociologique ou philosophique – présentez une analyse de Chéri (semaines 8 & 9) ou de Swann (semaines 10 à 12)." Each group will present for 15 minutes, using Powerpoint slides, and will provide bibliography.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Value	Learning Outcomes
1. First Oral Presentation (in pairs, with Powerpoint, on a poem selected from Reader) (15 minutes)	Formative	20%	1-6
2. Second Oral Presentation (group presentation, on a topic on Chéri or Swann, with Powerpoint) (15 minutes)	Formative	20%	1-6
3. Essay 1 (800 words)	Formative	25%	1-6
4. Essay 2 (1500 words)	Summative	35%	1-6

Assessment Related Requirements

Students who are absent for a presentation may request an opportunity to present at a later time. However, to be eligible for a replacement presentation, they must provide a medical certificate or documented evidence of circumstances of a compassionate nature.

Assessment Detail

See the Course Booklet for a detailed presentation of the assessment procedures for French IIISA Culture.

Submission

Presentation of Work
The two essays will be submitted in paper copy via the Assignment Box in the School of Humanities office, level 7, Napier Building. Attach a signed cover sheet, and indicate the name of the staff member for whom it is intended. The essay should be written on alternate lines (double spaced, if typed, and in a font size no less than 12), for greater clarity and to allow ample room for correction. For essays, attention should be given to the correct setting out of quotations and references.

Deadlines
Assignments handed in after the due date will be penalized at the rate of 5% of the total mark per day, up to a maximum of 5 working days, after which they will not be accepted at all. These penalties will not apply, however, if an extension has been granted before the due date. Extensions will only be granted on medical grounds (medical certificate required) or in documented cases of hardship. Please note that under no circumstances will assignments be accepted for marking after the corrected work has been returned to students.

STUDENTS MUST HAND IN THEIR ESSAYS BY MIDDAY OF THE DAY INDICATED TO THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES OFFICE (LEVEL 7, NAPIER BUILDING), WHERE IT WILL HAVE THE DATE OF SUBMISSION STAMPED ON IT.

Marked work will generally be returned to students one or two weeks following submission. For work that is handed up at the end of semester, students should attach a stamped self-addressed envelope. School policy states that if no envelope accompanies the (end of semester) assignment, it will not be returned and it will be graded only. No comments will be provided.

Redemption
For the essays, a student who has failed and wishes to do an essay again in order to obtain a higher mark may do so. The onus is, however, on the student to make such a request.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

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