Unit information: Introduction to French Renaissance Literature in 2008/09

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Unit name Introduction to French Renaissance Literature
Unit code FREN20033
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Parkin
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of French
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit, taught in English via a series of lectures and seminars, covers prose works by Rabelais (Gargantua) and Marguerite de Navarre (the Heptam�ron) and selections of poetry by Ronsard (Les Amours) and Du Bellay (Les Regrets and Les Antiquit�s de Rome).

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