French (three year)

Course detail Description

This is a three-year course in which you will take modules totalling 120 credits for each year of study. We offer specialised modules in French translation that will enable you to speak and write the language at a sophisticated level. You will also choose form a range of optional modules in French literature, culture, history and politics, all taught by internationally recognised lecturers. Please note, this course is not designed for native French speakers

We use small-group classes and seminars to deliver most of the modules on the programme. The French BA modules are demanding, focusing on high-level written and oral French skills. Throughout your study pathway you will be supported by native French speakers.

We will assess your progress and attainment on all the modules you study through a combination of written examinations and coursework. Your final degree classification will be based on the modules you take in each of the three years of study.

French BA is primarily taught at the Strand Campus and the University of London in Paris (ULIP).

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Structure

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

You are required to take the following modules:

• Core French Language (30 credits)
• Introduction to French Literature (30 credits)

You will choose modules totalling 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• French Narrative Texts: An Introduction (15 credits)
• Subjects & Selves: An Introduction to French Thought (15 credits)
• Text & Performance: An Introduction to French Theatre & Film (15 credits)
• Revolution & Reaction in Modern France: An Introduction to Modern French History (15 credits)
• French Political Thought (15 credits)

Year 2 Required Modules

You are required to take at least one early/trans historical modules from a list of optional modules that may typically include:

• Death & Desire: love in French Literature before 1700 (15 credits)
• Comedy in French literature before 1700 (15 credits)
• The Idea of France (15 credits)

Please note: at least one early/trans historical module will be available in the first semester.

Students spend the second semester of the second year in Paris at the University of London Institute, Paris (ULIP). The following ULIP modules are required for this course:

• Grammaire – expression ecrite et orale (30 credits)
• Traduction (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take sufficient credits to bring your total for the semester to 120, from a range of optional modules which may typically include:

• The French Novel after 1700 (15 credits)
• French Poetry after 1800 (15 credits)
• Modern French History (15 credits)
• Modernity & the City (15 credits)
• Writing the Self in French Literature since 1700 (15 credits)
• Writing Africa: Anglophone, Francophone (15 credits)
• French Political Thought II (15 credits)
• Students are also required take a 15 credit optional ULIP module selected from a range of options in French literature, linguistics, or the visual arts.

Year 3

In your final year, you will study French Language as a core module in addition to a further seven optional modules to bring your total credits to 120 for the year.

You are required to take the following module:

• Core French Language (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take one pre-1800 French literature and culture module and a range of French optional modules to bring your total for the year to 120 credits, choosing from a range of optional
modules which may typically include:

• The Stylistics of Translation (15 credits)
• Dissertation(15 credits)
• Recent French Thought (15 credits)
• Contemporary women's writing in French (15 credits)
• Images of Algeria (15 credits)
• Shadows of Enlightenment* (15 credits)
• Old French Romance* (15 credits)
• Citizenship and Exclusion: Republicanism and its discontents (15 credits)
• Class and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century French Culture (15 credits)
• Proust (15 credits)
• Sixteenth-century Encounters with the 'New World' * (15 credits)
• Québécois Fiction & Film across the Canadian Bicultural Divide (15 credits)
• Citizenship & Exclusion: Theories and Practices (15 credits)
• Satire in Early Modern France* (15 credits)
• Politics and the Moving Image in post-1968 France (15 credits)
• Queer Sexuality in Pre-Modern French Literature* (15 credits)
• The French Revolution Effect: Italy, France, Germany, Greece (15 credits)
• Other relevant modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities or Global Institutes

*Pre-1800 French Literature & Culture

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.