Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 39289
Module Lead	Emma Wagstaff / Edward Boothroyd
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-9 hours Seminar-18 hours Guided independent study-173 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	In this module, students will investigate how authors and creators of French and Francophone cultural products such as written texts, images, performed works, and films take inspiration from other creative works and how those works are transformed from one genre or medium to another. Students will develop skills in close reading/viewing as well as critical analysis of the ways in which texts take inspiration from other texts and the contexts in which such adaptations are produced. Students will encounter influential, innovative, and sometimes provocative works and be encouraged to discuss and debate issues raised by the primary and secondary material, informed by knowledge of literary and cultural movements, and they will deploy reading skills in French. The aim of the module is to foster curiosity about cultural works and enjoyment of the inspiration the creators of those works take from French and Francophone cultural production.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Critically assess ways in which French and Francophone cultural works take inspiration from other such works, using sources in the target language where applicable. Interpret cultural works in French from a variety of genres and media and justify that interpretation. Convey coherently and persuasively the findings of that interpretation in an essay.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 3500-word essay in English (100%) Reassessment: Re-submit failed component
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