The French Speaking World - ARTS2486
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: French Studies
In this course, students will have the opportunity to discover the centrality of the French language in framing French identity, and to explore the current status of the French language in societies and institutions around the world. This course will provide students with an overview of the history of the French language from its origin to the contemporary period (efforts to codify the language will receive particular attention), and with an overview of the actual diversity of French in France and around the world (in the Americas, in Africa and in Europe), including the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions (official policies to assert the status of French in the world will receive particular attention). A variety of written and audio-visual materials will be used to illustrate the lectures.
This course is taught in English and with readings in English.