French Culture and Civilisation

Objectives

This subject aims to offer a current panoramic view of French in French-speaking countries. This approach requires a diversification of the objects of study, both sociological, historical, political, etc.

Learning outcomes

1. Knows how to identify a cultural reference.
2. Knows how to analyze and interpret a culturally marked text
3. The plurality of expressions of the French language has been introduced
4. Has a global knowledge of the country similar to that of a citizen with an average level of education
5. Has become aware of social problems
6. He has become familiar with the symbols with which citizens and institutions identify themselves.

Competencies

General skills

• Acquire and put into practice appropriate habits for learning and undertaking tasks.
• Be able to argue.
• Be able to organize and plan.
• Be able to use computers at a basic level.
• Be able to work as part of a team.
• Be able to work independently.
• Have intellectual curiosity.
• Have skill for searching, compiling, classifying, analyzing, summarizing and communicating.
• Understand and analyze information from various sources.

Specific skills

• Be able to connect cultural context with analysis, interpretation and translation of texts.
• Be able to use languages A, B and C (at corresponding levels of competence) for teaching interactions, study, research and discussion of ideas.
• Have in-depth knowledge of geographical and social maps of countries under study.
• Know about the cultures of languages A, B and C.
• Understand other countries' cultures and customs.

Content

• Physical, demographic and economic geography
• Territorial organization (municipalities, departments, regions, DOM-TOM) and its functioning
• Mythical and emblematic characters that have marked French history and culture: Vercingetorix versus Asterix, Joan of Arc, Louis XIV and the absolute monarchy, Napoleon in his aspect of reforming the administration, of the economy and education, a work that still lasts today, Charles de Gaulle and Gaullistism.
• French institutions and their functioning. The Constitution of the 5th Republic. The political parties represented in parliament.
• The symbols of the Republic
• French as a unitary language
• The literature of French expression
• The major debates in French society today: immigration, education, the social security system.

Evaluation

Face-to-face mode
The assessment will be continuous. The results of the work presented throughout the course (60% of the grade) and the results of the different partial tests (40% of the grade) will be taken into account. To pass the subject, it will be necessary to pass all the partial tests. In the event of retakes, the test will count for 40% of the final grade and the grade obtained in the continuous assessment will be kept and will not be retaken. In this subject, grades cannot be increased.

Online mode
The assessment will be continuous. The results of the work presented throughout the course (60% of the grade) and the submission of an analysis of a literary work (40% of the grade) will be taken into account. In the event of retakes, the test will count for 40% of the final grade and the grade obtained in the continuous assessment will be kept and will not be retaken. In this subject, grades cannot be increased.

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Methodology

The common thread is a collection of documents. However, depending on the interests of the students, some specific topics will be explored in more depth. Students will be required to participate actively, as well as to reflect on the contents of the subject.