Undergraduate Course: The Modern City: Paris (ELCF10071)
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 | 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 'medieval 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 'l'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 'ethnotexte', 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, 'Tableaux 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. |
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Not entered
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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 |
| Additional Costs | Purchase of primary texts studied |
Course Delivery Information
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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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Reading List
Set texts:
Charles Baudelaire, 'Tableaux 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. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Modern City |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Tribout-Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3205
Email: Sarah.Tribout-Joseph@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Elsie Gach
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
Email: Elsie.Gach@ed.ac.uk |
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