Unit information: Modern Critical Theory in 2008/09

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Unit name Modern Critical Theory
Unit code FREN20032
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Dr. Calder
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of French
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

An introduction to modern methods of criticism - structuralist, psychoanalytical etc. - using French texts as illustrations. Introductory lectures (in English) and student-led seminars in which four texts of different types will be used to illustrate the application of a variety of critical approaches.