MA French
Entry requirements
A level: AAB, including A in French. IB: 36 (HL 6,6,5), including French BL HL6 or French A SL7.
About this course
MA (Honours) in French, a French and Francophone Studies and German and History degree centred on the study of French language, literature and culture. The programme is delivered over four years full time. The first year introduces literary and cultural traditions alongside grammatical competence and comprehension through French Language and Literature 1 and French Language and Literature 2. The second year expands historical and textual study with French Civilisation: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment, French Civilisation: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century, French Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment, and French Literature: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Further language acquisition is supported by Second Level French Language (1) and Second Level French Language (2). Later study draws on diverse optional subjects such as African Francophone Fiction, Creative Writing in French, Translation Methodology, and Translating French Opera.
Modules
- African Francophone Fiction
- An Introduction to the French Classical Period
- Contemporary French Crime Fiction
- Creative Writing in French
- De Gaulle and Since: Topics in the Politics, Culture and Society of the Fifth Republic (1)
- Diversifying C19th French Poetry
- From Text to Screen: Novels and Their Film Adaptations
- Goods and Ads: Consumerism in Modern France
- Libertine Literature and Libertinage in Eighteenth-Century France
- Nineteenth-century French Narratives of the Sea
- Politics, Propaganda and Mythmaking in Medieval France
- Saint-Domingue: Theatre and Society in a Caribbean Slave Colony
- Translating French Opera
- Translation Methodology
- Francophone Vocal Cultures: Song and Identity
- Francophone Screen Cultures: Shaping French Identities
- Women’s Voices in Renaissance France
- French Language and Literature 1
- French Language and Literature 2
- French Civilisation: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment
- French Civilisation: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
- French Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment
- French Literature: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
- Second Level French Language (1)
- Second Level French Language (2)