Module description

Concentrating primarily but not exclusively on the novel, this module examines a series of major issues in relation to nineteenth-century...

Romanticism and Modernity: the 19th Century (FREN0014)

Module description

Concentrating primarily but not exclusively on the novel, this module examines a series of major issues in relation to nineteenth-century French literature: its relations to revolution in the aesthetic, political and social spheres; its awareness of the world beyond the frontiers of Metropolitan France; its focus on the seemingly real and the everyday; its formal experimentation; its preoccupation with the new category of experience called ‘modernité’. We will read texts featuring women characters in a variety of contexts, such as novels by Chateaubriand, Sand, Nerval, Flaubert, and Zola; we will also study a selection of essay, poems and prose poems by Baudelaire which focus on the allegorisation of women as figures of modernity.

Required Primary Texts:

François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala-René, (Pocket Classique)
George Sand. Indiana. (Folio Classique)

Gerard de Nerval. Sylvie. (Petits Classiques Larousse)
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (Flammarion)

Charles Baudelaire, 'Le Peintre de la vie moderne' and a selection from Les Fleurs du mal and Le Spleen de Paris (pdf provided on course website)

Émile Zola, Nana, ed. Henri Mitterand (Folio Classique)

Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the politics behind education policymaking in Europe. Why do education policies differ from country to...

Education Traditions and Systems in Europe (EDPS0135)

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the politics behind education policymaking in Europe. Why do education policies differ from country to country and are they converging or diverging? Why are some governments more successful than others in solving education problems? How are governments influenced by international institutions such as the EU and the OECD? What are the effects of education policies? These are key questions that will be explored regarding a range of countries such as the UK, Germany, France, the Nordic countries, and Eastern Europe. We will discuss the main analytical tools that are used to understand continuity, change, cross national variation in education policy and its effects on educational and social outcomes. You will gain an advanced understanding of ideas, special interests, and institutions that contribute to the making of policy across the entire national education system with a focus on primary and secondary education. This will lay the foundation of empirically substantiated and critical evaluation of government action. The module places strong emphasis on recent research from the burgeoning field of comparative politics of education.