FR2AB-A bas la République! Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Module Provider: French
Number of credits: 20 [10ECTS credits]
Terms in which taught: Autumn, Spring and Summer
Module Convenor: Dr
B
Sudlow
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Module version for: 2008/9
Email: b.j.sudlow@rdg.ac.uk
Aims:
This module aims to introduce students to a range of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century extremist movements and thinkers on the far Left and the far Right that have opposed French Republican democratic structures.
Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of the module students will be expected to:
Additional outcomes:
This module also aims to encourage the development of oral communication skills and pair/group presentation skills, as well as enabling students to analyse and contextualise philosophical and historical French texts.
Outline content:
Students will be introduced to the key ideas of a range of thinkers and writers including Proudhon, Sorel, de Maistre and Maurras. The ideas will be explored across a range of thematic topics such as Right and Left convergence, traditions of socialism, nationalism, anti-Semitism and direct action, etc.
Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Each session will be a mix of lecture, interrupted lecture or seminar incorporating student-prepared presentations and group discussion. In the Summer term there will be 2 sessions of revision incorporating feedback on the assignment.
Contact hours:
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Lectures | 5 | 5 | |
| Tutorials/seminars | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Practicals | |||
| Other contact (eg study visits) | |||
| Total hours | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Number of essays or assignments | 1 | ||
| Other (eg major seminar paper) |
Assessment:
Coursework
Students will write one 2,500-word essay to be handed in on the Tuesday of the first week of the term following the course. The essay is subject to scrutiny by a second internal examiner.
Relative percentage of coursework: 40%
Examinations
One three-hour exam paper to consist of two questions
Requirements for a pass
40%
Reassessment arrangements
Re-examination in September. Coursework will be carried forward if it bears a confirmed mark of 40% or more. Otherwise it must be resubmitted by 1 September