Undergraduate Course: Reading French Verse 1857-1876 (ELCF10059)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The two decades covered by this course saw the apotheosis of French verse, with the composition of many of the most famous poems in the language (such as Baudelaire's "Le Cygne" or Mallarme's "Apres-midi d'un faune", as well as all Rimbaud's verse), exploiting to the full the mechanisms of traditional French versification. But at the same time, that exploitation exposed the limits of the tradition; and this period also saw the beginning of the end for the hegemony of traditional verse forms. The course will concentrate first on giving students an understanding of how French verse works, prosodically and semantically; then we will examine how it evolved, and how the links between verse forms and the idea of poetry developed. The poets studied will be Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Mallarme. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
French 2 (ELCF08001)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Honours in French |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2,000 Word Essay (40%) and one 90 minute exam (60%)
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire an advanced appreciation of both traditional and modern techniques of analysing French regular verse, as well as of the rationale behind these techniques. They will also gain an understanding of how the rules of versification interacted, during this critical period in literary history, with a concept of literature which rejected in principle the possibility that rules could be formulated to define or constrain art.
By the end of the course, students will be expected to show the ability:
- to demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the subject;
- to recognise and acknowledge the complexity of the subject;
- to show a good understanding of, and apply competently, complex conceptual frameworks;
- to construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the texts and issues which they are studying;
- to demonstrate a high level of expression in both written and oral presentations;
- to demonstrate the mastery of relevant technical terminology and research methods;
- to offer alternative perspectives, identify and accommodate ambiguities and show an awareness of nuance;
- to develop original ideas;
- to demonstrate an awareness of the research agenda relating to the topic.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | DELC Fr Verse |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Peter Dayan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8424
Email: Peter.Dayan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Elsie Gach
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
Email: Elsie.Gach@ed.ac.uk |
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