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FR30370

Academic Year 2023/2024

Equality and Feminisms in C17 France (FR30370)

Subject:
French
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Derval Conroy
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module examines the numerous discourses which can be said to constitute early modern feminisms in seventeenth-centrum France, a period of tremendous social and cultural power for women, despite the constraints of the patriarchal paradigm which defined their lives. Across a wide range of texts, we will examine the pro-woman arguments which fuel the debates regarding the nature of the sexes before turning to the three earliest egalitarian texts in the history of French literature, by Marie de Gournay, Poulain de la Barre and Gabrielle Suchon, which posit what today we call gender equality. Questions examined will include the links between feminism and social stratification, the influence of Cartesian philosophy on constructions of gender, the debate concerning functionalist education, and the right of women to voluntary celibacy.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

* analyse the constituent elements of early modern feminisms

* evaluate the conflicting discourses which constructed gender identity and gender relations in early modern France

* demonstrate a broad understanding of the history of ideas of equality and difference

Indicative Module Content:

**PROVISIONAL** texts

Marie de Gournay, Egalité des hommes et des femmes, 1622
Madeleine de Scudéry, Les Femmes illustres, Vol 1, 1642
Poullain de la Barre, De l'Égalité des deux sexes, 1673
Gabrielle Suchon, Traité de la morale et de la politique, 1693
Gabrielle Suchon, Du Célibat volontaire, 1700

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

48
Lectures

11
Seminar (or Webinar)

11
Total

106

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Group discussion; lectures; seminars, critical writing.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment: In-class assignment (normally week 7) Unspecified n/a Graded No
20
 No
Examination: End-of-trimester exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No
60
 No
Portfolio: Submissions during the term based on tutorial preparation Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No
20
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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