Department of French

Paper Fr14

A special topic in French studies (A): Theatre: theory and practice, 1600-2000

This paper will be offered at Part II from 2013/2014.

Reading list

This paper will be for Part II students and will be lecture/seminar- and supervision-based, with the aim of giving a cross-century overview of French theatre since 1600 from both a theoretical and a performative perspective. There will be 20 lectures/seminars over the course of the year, and students will be given 5 supervisions, one in the Michaelmas term and two in each of Lent and Easter terms, with the expectation that each student produce an essay for each supervision. All students will also be expected to give a short seminar presentation on each strand over the course of the first two terms, either singly or in pairs. There is a suggested list of primary texts, but students need not confine themselves solely to the suggested reading.

Teaching arrangements

Structure of lecture programme
Note: this is for illustrative purposes only; the finalised lecture list will be on the website by the start of Michaelmas Term 2013.

Examination

Please see the specimen exam paper for an example of the current format of the paper.

Further information

Please contact Dr Nick Hmmond ngh20@cam.ac.uk or Dr Mark Darlow mrd32@cam.ac.ukto discuss the paper further.