Undergraduate Course: The Modern City : Paris (ORDINARY) (ELCF09030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - French |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| 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, experimental forms such as the $ùethnotexte&©¸ and film, as well as a range of literary and cultural movements from realism to hyperrealism, encompassing fantasy, future, and the simple everyday. Furthermore, the course promotes an interdisciplinary approach by incorporating architecture, cultural history, and film. The texts studied will be Charles Baudelaire, $ùTableaux Parisiens&© and Le Spleen de Paris; Émile Zola, Le Ventre de Paris; André Breton, Nadja, Agnès Varda, Cléo de 5 à 7; Annie Ernaux, Le Journal du dehors. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Ordinary students only |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Generally, the intended learning outcomes are those of all French Options, as described in French 4 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 1500 word essay (40%) and one 90 minute exam (60%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Primary texts
Charles Baudelaire, $ùTableaux Parisiens&© in Les Fleurs du mal and Le Spleen de Paris
Émile Zola, Le Ventre de Paris
André Breton, Nadja
Agnès Varda, Cléo de 5 à 7
Annie Ernaux, Le Journal du dehors
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Tribout-Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3205
Email: Sarah.Tribout-Joseph@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Alison Mccracken
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
Email: alison.mccracken@ed.ac.uk |
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