Undergraduate Course: The Modern City: Paris (ELCF10071)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
European Languages and Cultures - French |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will assess the changing face of France&©s capital city over the last two centuries. It begins in the mid 19th century with Baudelaire&©s reaction to the immense upheaval occasioned by Haussmann&©s vast programme of urban planning which allowed the modern city to emerge out of what Le Corbusier refers to as a $ùmedieval village&©. In considering texts by Ernaux and Réda, the course ends with the consequences of Delouvrier&©s Schéma directeur which did for the suburbs what Haussmann did for the centre thus earning Delouvrier the nickname $ùl&©Haussmann des faubourgs&©. The aim is to analyse how the city is experienced, negotiated, and appropriated both on an everyday basis and in writing. To this effect a variety of genres are analysed including poetry, prose poetry, journalistic prose, prose fiction, the diary, and experimental forms such as the $ùethnotexte&©, as well as a range of literary movements from surrealism to hyperrealism, taking us from $ùmerveilleux quotidien&© to the simple everyday. Furthermore, the course promotes an interdisciplinary approach and incorporates key texts on architecture and cultural history. The texts studied will be Charles Baudelaire, $ùTableaux Parisiens&© and Le Spleen de Paris; Louis Aragon, Le Paysan de Paris; excerpts from Michel de Certeau, L&©Invention du quotitidien; excerpts from Le Corbusier, Urbanisme, Annie Ernaux, Le Journal de dehors; Jacques Réda, Le Citadin. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
French 2 (ELCF08001)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Entry to Honours in French
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| Additional Costs |
Purchase of primary texts studied |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
FLUENCY IN FRENCH AND PROOF OF SATISFACTORY STUDY AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL OF AN APPROPRIATE AREA OF FRENCH CULTURE (LITERATURE, CINEMA, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS). |
| Prospectus website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 1 (Sem 1), Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. First Class Meeting - room 2.11 Appleton Tower |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Generally, the intended learning outcomes are those of all French Honours Options, as described in French 4 Hons Notes for Students; they include the ability to negotiate complex intellectual ideas, in debate as well as in essays and in French as well as in English, and the appreciation of contrasting and evolving viewpoints. Intended learning outcomes specific to this course are:
&· To analyse how a definition of self is built up through a negotiation of time and place
&· The ability to contextualise and frame texts through a cultural historian&©s perspective alongside the development of skills involved in immanent readings of texts
&· The ability to analyse the construction of space from the perspective of architects, urban planners, and city dwellers
&· The ability to analyse a range of technically very diverse genres, and disciplines
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Assessment Information
| ONE 2,000 WORD ESSAY (40%) AND ONE 90 MINUTE EXAM (60%) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Sarah Tribout-Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3205
Email: Sarah.Tribout-Joseph@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Margery Accarino
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
Email: M.Accarino@ed.ac.uk |
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