FRA2470 ¨C French Literature, genre

Course content

The course offers varying specialized studies of a selection of French language literature by at least two authors who represent a particular genre. The texts are picked from at least two centuries.

Spring 2018: Romans d`amour ¨¦pistolaires

Learning outcome

When you have completed the course, you can:

• account for the most important developments within a genre in French literature;
• analyze works of literature within this genre;
• apply theoretical terms developed for the study of this genre;
• place these literary works in a historical literary context

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

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Recommended previous knowledge

FRA1301 ¨C Innf?ring i fransk litteratur or equivalent

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with FRA4370 ¨C Fransk litteratur, genrestudium.

Teaching

Teaching consists of 2 seminar hours a week, for 14 weeks.

The course has an obligatory assignment: within a specified date, students must submit an obligatory paper of 4 pages (a page consists of 2300 characters not including spaces) written in French. The obligatory assignment has to be approved by the teacher in order for the student to sit the exam.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

The final grade for the course is set on the basis of a three-day take-home exam. The exam has to be written in French and consist of 5 pages of 2300 characters each (spaces not included).

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.