FR3059 From One War to Another: French Politics, Culture and Society 1914 - 1945 (1)

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Dr G P Bowd

Dr G P Bowd
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Module description

This module will look at the upheavals in French politics and culture from the First World War to the early Thirties. Through the examination of literary texts, we will study total war and its consequences. Set texts include: Ian Higgins (ed.), Anthology of First World War Poetry and Louis-Ferdinand Ciline, Voyage au bout de la nuit.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 seminar and 1 surgery hour.

Scheduled learning hours

16

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

134

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.