French III, Course within ULV
French III is an advanced undergraduate-level course that builds on French II and provides students with a broad, academically grounded orientation in French-language literature, culture, and language. The course combines theoretical perspectives with practical language proficiency and offers a solid foundation for further studies at the bachelor’s level.
Historic center of the town of Bayonne, seen from the club house of the Aviron Bayonnais. Foto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The course French III (30 credits) aims to deepen students’ knowledge of French through an integrated study of literary studies, culture and text, modern French, and linguistics. The course has a clear academic focus and introduces key theories, concepts, and methods in linguistics and literary studies. At the same time, students’ written language proficiency is further developed, with particular emphasis on academic French, idiomatic usage, and linguistic accuracy. The teaching provides students with analytical tools for both literary texts and authentic French-language material across a range of genres and contexts.
The course includes four compulsory modules of 7.5 credits.
Modules
The course is structured around four integrated modules. Literary Studies introduces key theories and methods in literary analysis, combining text-oriented and context-oriented approaches, and applies these perspectives to the analysis and interpretation of literary texts. Culture and Text explores French-language culture through historical and contemporary texts, which are examined in relation to their cultural and societal contexts, drawing on concepts such as memory, tradition, interculturality, and translation. Modern French focuses on developing students’ written language proficiency, with work on grammatical structures, vocabulary, and characteristic features of written French, placing particular emphasis on academic language use. Linguistics II provides an introduction to major branches and theoretical frameworks within linguistics and trains students to apply linguistic concepts and methods to the analysis of authentic French-language material.
This module introduces key theories and methods in literary studies, encompassing both text-oriented and context-oriented approaches. Theoretical perspectives are applied to literary texts with a focus on analysis and interpretation.
Teaching Format
Teaching is conducted primarily in French and consists of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and exercises. The course is offered either on campus or online, as specified in the schedule.
Assessment
The course is assessed through a total of eight (8) examinations, consisting of four (4) written examinations and four (4) oral examinations. The examinations are distributed across the four modules of the course and are conducted in French.
Examiner
Hugues Engel
Mickaëlle Cedergren
Anders Bengtsson
Per Förnegård
Hans Färnlöf
Fanny Forsberg Lundell
Malin Roitman
Sofia Lodén
Christophe Premat
