Global French Studies (Advanced)

Understanding French in a global context is an essential competency for students of French in today’s intercultural and transnational societies. Global French Studies (Advanced) is therefore our capstone subject for French major students who have completed French 7. It offers students the opportunity to activate their knowledge of advanced French through applying their research and analytical skills to topics of contemporary relevance for both academic and professional pathways. Drawing on the current research of French Program staff, seminars will provide students with a space to learn from staff research expertise and to develop their own collaborative and individual research projects. Areas of staff research specialisation include French and Francophone literature, cinema, theatre, translation, applied linguistics, travel writing, food and wine, medieval French, postcolonialism and decolonisation. The subject will be taught and assessed in French.

• 1Use sophisticated oral French at level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages
• 2Use sophisticated written French at level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages
• 3Identify and engage with areas of research specialisation in French Studies across the French-speaking world, such as literature, cinema, theatre, linguistics and translation, in the context of Global French Studies
• 4Demonstrate knowledge of literary or linguistic methods used in the specialist fields of French Studies (eg close reading) as well as of general research and analytical skills
• 5Locate and critically analyse pertinent research literature in both French and English
• 6Engage in intercultural dialogue taking into consideration the diverse needs of French-speaking communities around the world
• 7Proficiently employ learning and research technologies in French and English.