Unit information: French Humour in 2008/09

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Unit name French Humour
Unit code FREN30084
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Parkin
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Specific study undertaken in France during the third year.

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of French
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit introduces a theoretical study of humour via a set of literary texts from the Renaissance (Rabelais' Tiers livre) to the 20th century (Marcel Aym�'s Travelingue).