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DepartmentofFrench
JuniorFreshmanHandbook2015–2016
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Bienvenue!
ThisHandbookshouldberead inconjunctionwith relevantentries in theUniversityCalendar. In case of any conflict between the Handbook and the Calendar, theprovisionsoftheCalendarshallapply.
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Tableofcontents
a) Staffandtermdates4–6
b) Generalinformation7–9
c) Courseoverviewandbooks9–11
d) Frenchlanguagecourse12–18
e) Textscourse19–21
f) Examination/assessmentregulations22–29
g) Essaywriting29–31
h) DescriptionoftheEuropeanCreditTransferSystem(ECTS)32
i) SocratesExchanges
j) Plagiarism
32–34
34–38
k) AssessedTextsessayquestions(MT)39
l) AssessedTextsessayquestions(HT)40–44
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DEPARTMENTOFFRENCHSTAFF2015-2016
NAME EXTNO. RM EMAIL
Alyn-Stacey,SarahDr 2686 4105 [email protected]
Arnold,EdwardDr
(onsabbaticalleaveinHT)
1836 4106 [email protected]
Hanrahan,JamesDr 1841 4107 [email protected]
Hoare,RachelDr
HeadofDepartment
1842 4103 [email protected]
Lukes,AlexandraDr
JFCoordinator
(onsabbaticalleaveinMT)
1977 4104 [email protected]
Opelz,HannesDr 1077 4111 [email protected]
Salerno-O'Shea,PauleDr 1472 4113 [email protected]
Scott,DavidProf 3582 4037 [email protected]
Signorini,Florence 2313 4108 [email protected]
Lecteurs/Lectrices 1248 4078
Bihan,Amandine [email protected]
Gouverneur,Alexandre [email protected]
Lamouche,Joana [email protected]
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LanguageAssistants 4077
Cauvin,Lisa [email protected]
Joly,Louise [email protected]
Loiez,Thibaut [email protected]
Saade,Maya [email protected]
Traschler,Virginie [email protected]
PostgradTeachingAssistants
2278 4090
Deleuze,MarjorieDr [email protected]
Ferré,Annick [email protected]
Geary-Keohane,ElizabethDr
Kinsella,CiaraDr [email protected]
O’Shea,Leopold [email protected]
DepartmentalOffices
Doran,Sinead
Kelly,Mary
1553 4109 [email protected]
Corbett,Tracy(Mon-Wed)
1333 4089 [email protected]
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TermDates
MichaelmasTerm:
Monday28September2015–Friday18December2015
HilaryTerm:
Monday18January2016–Friday8April2016
TrinityTerm:
Revisionperiod:Monday11April2016–Friday29April2016
Examinationperiod:Tuesday3May2016–Friday27May2016
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BienvenueauDépartementdefrançais!
Freshers’weekreminders:
Library: At registration, you will be given information concerning Library Toursrelative toFrenchandtheothersubjectyouarestudying. It is imperative thatyouattendthese,inordertofamiliariseyourselfwiththeLibraryfacilities,andtheuseofthelibrarywebsite,wheretofindandreservebooksetc.Forthosewhoinadvertentlymiss their tour, therewillbe ‘mop-up’ toursorganised, inapprox.week3of term.InformationconcerningthesetourswillonlybepostedupintheLibrary.
Computers: Studentsarevery stronglyadvisedalso toattendoneof the Inductioncourses organised by Information Systems Services (ISS). These courses include anintroduction to the College network, how to use email, the principles of filemanagement, Virus protection etc.Details of these courses,which run throughoutFreshers’week,willalsobegiventoyouatregistration,orcanbeobtainedinÁrasanPhiarsaigh.
Email: Youwill be given an email account as soon as you register. It is absolutelyimperative that you become familiar with email, and check your Trinity emailaccountregularlyfordepartmentalmessages.Trinityaccountscanbeaccessedfromoutside Trinity through http://go.tcd.ie. Email is used for the circulation of bothcoursematerialanddepartmentalinformationconcerningdeadlinesetc.
Generalinformation
Lecturingstaffareallinthesamecorneroflevel4.Unlessspecifictimesarepostedonthedoor,youshouldfeelfreetoknockonthedoorofanymemberofstaffyouneedtoconsult;ifs/heisnotfreetospeaktoyouatthatmoment,youcanatleastarrangeatimetomeet.Manyqueriescanoftenbesolvedbyemailhowever,sotryin the first instance to contact the staff-member electronically. Avoid disturbingmeetings or small classes whichmay be going on in offices. If you have difficultycontactinganyparticularmemberofstaff,consultthesecretaryinroom4109.
Dr Alexandra Lukes is the Junior Freshman coordinator and is available to answerqueriesconcerningthecourse([email protected]).
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Executiveofficersareinroom4109,whichisopentostudentsattimesstatedonthedoor,andin4089(MondaytoWednesdayonly).Practicalproblems(e.g.concerningtimetable clashes, etc.) should be drawn to the attention ofMary Kelly or SineadDoranin4109,whilstcourse-materialiscollectedfromTracyCorbettin4089.
Notice-boards The notice-board outside room 4111 is strictly reserved for noticespostedbymembersofstaff.Keepaneyeonthisboardforspecialnotices,changesofclass, etc. Underneath this board is a set of boxes to be used for handing inassignmentsrelatedtoweeklyclasses.Thenotice-boardnexttoroom4073includesinformation on members of staff; that opposite is used for general informationregardingeventsofinterest,coursesinFrance,etc.,andmaybeusedbystudentsforrelevantactivities.
Departmental committee: Students are entitled to representation on thedepartmental committee, which considers all matters relating to your studies.Arrangements will be made through the Students Union for election of class-representativeswhenyouhavegottoknoweachothersufficiently.TheDepartmentwelcomesviewsonallaspectsoftheteachingprogramme.
Language assistants frequently organise various cultural activities through Frenchthroughouttheyear–keepaneyeoutforinformation.
Residence Abroad Requirement: Students taking one or more modern languagesother than Englishmust spend aminimum of twomonths in the country of eachlanguage inorder to fulfil the requirementsof their course; studentsof IrishmustspendatleastthesameamountoftimeintheGaeltacht.Theresidencerequiredforeach language must be completed before the moderatorship examination in thatlanguage. This requirement can be waived only in exceptional circumstances andwiththepriorapprovaloftheschoolsordepartmentsconcerned.Residenceabroadbefore College will not normally be considered as fulfilling the residence abroadrequirement.Studentswhowishtointerrupttheircourseinordertospendoneyearabroad inacountryofwhichtheyarestudyingthe languageareencouragedtodoso, provided that they comply with the General Regulations and InformationincludedinthecurrentCalendar.ThebestwaytofulfilthisrequirementistospendatermorafullacademicyearabroadonanErasmusexchange.
Attendanceandpreparedwork:Youareexpectedtoattendalllecturesappropriateto your course and all classes and seminars to which you are allocated, and toperformallexercisesprescribedbyclass-teachers.Incasesofbriefabsences(illness,
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bereavement,etc.)itisasimplecourtesytoinformclass-teachersinadvancewherepossible, or to make apologies afterwards. In cases of prolonged absences formedicalreasons,youshouldinformyourtutorasrapidlyaspossible,andprovideamedical certificate. If you are persistently absent without good reason, or fail toprepare/submit,inanyoneterm,atleasttwothirdsofprescribedworkofaqualitywhich suggests conscientious effort, your tutor will be notified, and you will beexpected to discuss the situation with him/her. You and your tutor will also benotifiedformallyiftheoverallstandardofyourworkgivesrisetoseriousconcern.
Ifyouhaveaproblem,donotwaitforthistohappen!Ifyouhavedifficultieswithaparticularcourse,consultthelecturerconcerned,ortheJFcoordinator(DrAlexandraLukes). If you have amore general problem, consult the Head of department (DrRachelHoare),oryourtutor.Inanycase,consultsomeone.Ifyouarenotsurewhichistherelevantindividual,startwithanyoftheaboveands/hewillreferyoutotherightperson.Butdonotkeepyourproblemtoyourself.Smallproblemsquicklygrowintolargeproblemsiftheyareignored.
Bonnerentréeetboncourage!
Courses
Junior Freshman students take courses in Language (including Oral ContemporaryFrance),andTexts.Thisamountstosevenhoursclass-time:
Language:Twoweeklylecturesandthreeweeklyclasses(tutorials)
Thesefivehoursarecomplementedbyself-accesswork(someofitinComputerandLanguagelaboratories),carriedoutinthestudent’sowntime.
Texts:Oneweeklylectureandaweeklytutorial
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Books
Book purchase is the personal responsibility of students. All books prescribed areavailablefromInternationalBooks,18SouthFrederickSt.Itisalsopossibletoorderbooks over the Internet from: http://www.bol.fr or http://www.fnac.fr orhttp://www.amazon.fr
Thefollowingbooksarerequired:
Language:
Oxford-HachetteFrenchDictionary
Hawkins, Roger and Towell, Richard,FrenchGrammarandUsage (London:Arnold,4thedition,2015)
Cholet,I.,Robert,J.M.,Précisdeconjugaison(Paris:CLEInternational,2005)
PaulHumberstone,Motàmot(London:Hodder&Stoughton,1996)
Also recommended: Jacqueline Morton, English Grammar for Students of French(London:Arnold,2002)
DossierstobedownloadedfromBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie):
JFLanguageDossier
CriticalTextsAnthology
PoetryAnthology
Guidelinestoessayandcommentary-writing
JFOralandAuralPracticeDossier
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Texts:
MichaelmasTerm
Beckett,Samuel,EnAttendantGodot(1952)(EditionsdeMinuit,1995).
Reza,Yasmina,“Art”(1994),inThéâtre:L’Hommeduhasard,Conversationsaprèsunenterrement,LaTraverséedel’hiver,“Art”(AlbinMichel,1998).
Resnais,Alain,Hiroshimamonamour(ArgosFilms/Pathé,1959).CopiesavailableforloanintheFrenchDepartment’sExecutiveOffice.
Haneke,Micheal,Caché(France3Cinéma/Canal+,2005).CopiesavailableforloanintheFrenchDepartment’sExecutiveOffice.
CriticalTextsAnthology.TobedownloadedfromBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
HilaryTerm
Camus,Albert,“LaFemmeadultère”and“Jonas,oul’artisteautravail”,inL’Exilouleroyaume(1957)(Gallimard,1972).
Ernaux,Annie,LaPlace(Gallimard,1983).
PoetryAnthology.TobedownloadedfromBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
CriticalTextsAnthology.TobedownloadedfromBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
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(1) FRENCHLANGUAGE(20ECTS)
Thiscomprisesthefollowing:
(i)FR1014FrenchWrittenLanguage(10ECTS)
(ii)FR1008OralContemporaryFrance(10ECTS)
Students attend five hours of language teaching weekly, two lectures and threeclasses. All five hours form an integrated course and all students are required toattendweeklylanguageclasses,andsubmitweeklywrittenassignments.
(i)FR1014FrenchWrittenLanguage(10ECTS)
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,studentswillbeableto:
• ApplybasicgrammaticalconceptsandterminologyrelatingtotheFrenchlanguage,inbothwrittenandoralexpression.
• Demonstrateanabilitytodevelopmoresophisticatedgrammaticalprecisioninwrittenandoralexpression.
• ProduceshortbutaccuratenarrativeanddescriptivetextsinFrenchoncontemporarytopicsandtopicscoveredinclass.
• DevelopandexpandasolidactiveandpassivevocabularyinFrenchwrittenandoralexpression.
• DemonstrateanabilitytounderstandFrenchthroughavarietyofdifferentmedia,includingradioandnewsbroadcasts,lecturesanddiscussions.
Lecture: Monday,11a.m.,room2037.
Oneweeklyclass: Lecturingstaff/Graduateteachingassistant
The overall aims of thismodule are to provide a foundation of basic grammaticalconcepts and terminology relating to the French language; and to developgrammatical precision inwritten and oral expression. Some lecturersmay provideexercisesfromdifferentsources.
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LectureprogrammeMichaelmasTerm
Week1 Whatisgrammar?
Week2 Introductiontobasicgrammaticalconcepts
Week3 Thenounphrase:articlesandquantifiers
Week4 Theverbphrase:thepresenttense
Week5 Thenounphrase:personalpronouns
Week6 Theverbphrase:theperfecttense
Week7 Readingweek
Week8 Thenounphrase:relativepronouns
Week9 Theverbphrase:theimperfecttense
Week10 Thenounphrase:adjectives
Week11 Theverbphrase:thepluperfecttense
Week12 Thenounphrase:possessives
Hilaryterm
Week1 Thenounphrase:demonstratives
Week2 Theverbphrase:thefutureandfutureperfect
Week3 Prepositions
Week4 Theverbphrasetheconditional(presentandpast)
Week5 Theverbphrase:thepasthistoricandpastanterior
Week6 Conjunctions
Week7 Readingweek
Week8 Thepassive
Week9 Theimperative
Week10 Thesubjunctive
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Week11 Interrogatives
Week12 Review
(ii)FR1008–OralContemporaryFrance(10ECTS)
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodulestudentsshouldbeableto:
• UseanextensivevocabularyinwrittenandoralFrench.• RecallkeyaspectsofFrance,itsgeography,itsrecenthistory,itsinstitutions,
itspoliticallife,anditslifestyles.• ExtractkeyinformationfromFrenchwrittenandspokensources.• ApplybasicgrammaticalconceptsandterminologyrelatingtotheFrench
language,inoralexpression.• Useamoresophisticatedgrammaticalprecisioninoralexpression.• DevelopandexpandasolidactiveandpassivevocabularyinFrenchoral
expression.• UnderstandFrenchthroughavarietyofdifferentmedia,includingradioand
newsbroadcasts,lecturesanddiscussions.• Prepareanddelivershortoralpresentationsontopicsofgeneralinterestor
relatingtocontemporaryFrance.• Engageinconversationsonthesetopicsandshowanawarenessofdifferent
registers.
Lecture: Wednesday,2pm,DrEdwardArnold,room2041A
Twoweeklyclasses: 1.Lecturingstaff/Graduateteachingassistant
2. Native lecteurs/lectrices (concentrating on oral expressionandauralcomprehension)
This module aims to introduce students to a number of aspects of contemporaryFrance,andinHT,toanumberoftheimportanthistoricalperiodswhichinfluencedthecreationofmodernFrance.Eachofthesetopicswillbeintroducedinthelecture,andfurtherexaminedinboththeclasswiththenativelecteur/lectriceandtheclasswith a staff member. Students will thus acquire some familiarity with specifiedaspectsofcontemporaryFrenchsocietyandculture.
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LectureProgramme
MichaelmasTerm
Week1 Lasociétéfrançaise:introductiongénérale
Week2 Lafrancophonie
Week3 FrancemétropolitaineetFranced’outre-mer
Week4 LesrégionsdelaFrance
Week5 Parisetsabanlieue
Week6 L’immigrationetl’identitéfrançaise
Week7 ReadingWeek
Week8 L’éducation
Week9 LesFrançaises
Week10 Institutionsetviepolitique
Week11 Grandesdatesdel’histoiredeFrance
Week12 Révision
HilaryTerm
Week1 L’AncienRégime
Week2 LaRévolutionfrançaise
Week3 LaBelleÉpoque/LaIIIeRépublique
Week4 LaFranced’après-guerre
Week5 Lecolonialismefrançais
Week6 Mai68
Week7 ReadingWeek
Week8 Lapolitiquecontemporaine(1)
Week9 Lapolitiquecontemporaine(2)
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Week10 Lasociétéfrançaised’aujourd’hui
Week11 Révision
Week12 Préparationàl’examen
Continualassessment:
AsyoucanseefromtheJuniorFreshmanLanguageDossier,studentsarerequiredtosubmitweeklycompositions (i.e. shortpiecesofwrittenworkonagiventopic).Ofthelatter,8compositions(indicatedinboldinsaidDossierunderthetitle‘Contrôlecontinu’)willcounttowardsthestudents’finalmark–4outof10compositionsinMichaelmas Term and 4 out of 10 compositions in Hilary Term (see ModuleAssessment in the Dossier) – while the other compositions will allow students topracticeandgetfeedbackontheirwrittenexpression.Toimprovetheirgrammarandthus their marks, it is in a student’s interest to submit as many of the weeklyassessmentseachtermaspossible.
Inadditiontothecompositions,studentsarerequiredtocompleteweeklygrammarexercisesinwrittenFrench,whicharethencorrectedinclass,aswellasweeklyauralcomprehension exercises (for which a separate Oral and Aural Practice Dossier isprovided).
It istheresponsibilityofthestudenttodownloadall languagedossiersandbringthese to class with them every week. All dossiers will be made available onBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie).
Writtenassignmentscanbebrokendownasfollows:
MTWeeks1-11:10compositionstobesubmitted,4ofwhich (indicated inboldas‘Contrôle continu’ in the JF Language Dossier) will count towards the student’saveragemark.
HTWeeks1-11:10 compositions tobe submitted,4ofwhich (indicated inboldas‘Contrôle continu’ in the JF Language Dossier) will count towards the student’saveragemark.
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Anoverallaveragefortheyearisthencalculatedwhichcountsfor10%oftheoverallmarkintheAnnualExaminations(seeExamination/Assessmentparagraphbelow).
Latesubmission:
Unless there is a medical reason for late submission justified by a medicalcertificate,classtutorsmayreasonablyrefusetocorrectworkhandedupafterthetimetheyhavesetasidefordoingso.Ifastudentcannotproduceamedicalcert,heorshemustobtainpermissiontosubmitfromtheHeadofDepartment.
Supplemental:
This continual assessment mark will not be included in the mark for theSupplementalExamination.
IfthestudentfailstheircontinuousassessmenttheywillberequiredtositanexamattheSupplementalsession:a1½hourwrittenpaper,comprisingtwocompositions(200wordsapproximately).
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CentreforLanguageandCommunicationStudies(CLCS)
TheCentreforLanguageandCommunicationStudies(CLCS),inadditiontoitsroleasan academic department concerned with teaching and research in general andtheoretical linguistics, is responsible for theprovisionof language-learning facilitiesfor theCollege as awhole. These include the language laboratories and computerlaboratory, which students of French should use to complement their classroomwork.Allstudentsshouldspendaminimumofonehouraweekworkingonaspectsofgrammarwhichhavebeencoveredintheweek’slecture.
Thegeneralofficeisinroom4091,whichiswhereyoushouldgotoborrowlanguagelearning resources. You should then take the material into the laboratory andcomputer room (4074). The office and laboratory are open from 9 to 5 daily(includinglunch-time).
TheCentreincludesavarietyofself-tuitionmaterials(books,audiotapes,videos,CD-ROMs)andanumberoffeaturefilmsinFrench,whichyoucanviewinrooms4073and 4074. Room 4074 houses a bank of televisionmonitors receiving a variety offoreign stations by satellite, including France 2. You are free to watch this at anytime. Note particularly the news bulletin at 13h00 French time. The neighbouringroom,4073,providesyouwith languageresourcesoncomputer, including InternetaccesstomanysitesinFrance.
Weencourageyoutousetheseresourcesasoftenaspossible.
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(2) TEXTS(FR1011)(10ECTS)
(IntroductiontoTextualAnalysis)
Learningoutcomes
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthiscourse,studentswillbeableto:
• ReadandunderstandextensivepassagesofwrittenFrench.• DemonstrateasoundknowledgeofselectedworksofFrenchliteraryprose,
poetryanddrama,andofFrenchcinema.• Writeessaysandcommentaries,inbothEnglishandFrench,demonstrating
theirunderstandingofindividualselectedworksandtheirabilitytoanalyseandevaluatethoseworksinanorganizedmanner.
• Showacriticalawarenessofproblemsinvolvedinthetaskofliteraryanalysis.• ClearlycommunicatetheirknowledgeandunderstandingofFrenchliterature
andfilmtobothspecialistandnon-specialistaudiences.• Showtheyhavedevelopedthoselearningskillswhicharenecessaryforthem
toproceedfurtherwiththeirundergraduatestudies.
PleaseensurethatyouhavepurchasedallbooksandthatyouhavedownloadedthePoetryAnthologyfromtheFrenchdepartmentwebsitebeforeclassescommence.
Therewillbeoneweeklylectureandoneweeklyseminarinsmallgroupsthroughouttheacademicyear.Youmaybeaskedtomakeoralpresentationsorsubmitwrittencommentaries in each semester. You are also required to submit an AssessmentEssay at the beginning of Hilary Term and an Assessment Commentary at thebeginning of Trinity Term. One of these pieces of workmust be in French. Thesepiecesofassessmentworktogethercountforatotalof20%oftheoverallmark intheAnnualExaminations.
Essaytitlesareappended.(Seepages29–34)
Deadlines: MTessays:bynoononMonday18January2016
HTessays:bynoononTuesday29March2016
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Guidelinesonessay-writingandcommentary-writingareavailable fordownloadingfromBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie).Pleasemakesurethatyouprintoutacopy.
LectureProgramme
MichaelmasTerm
Week1 GeneralIntroduction:Whatisgenre?*(DrHannesOpelz)
Week2 IntroductiontoTheatre*(DrHannesOpelz)
Week3 Beckett,EnattendantGodot(1)(DrElizabethGearyKeohane)
Week4 Beckett,EnattendantGodot(2)(DrHannesOpelz)
Week5 Reza,“Art”(1)(DrElizabethGearyKeohane)
Week6 Reza,“Art”(2)(DrHannesOpelz)
Week7 ReadingWeek
Week8 IntroductiontoCinema*(DrSarahAlyn-Stacey)
Week9–10 Resnais,Hiroshima,monamour**(DrSarahAlyn-Stacey)
Week11 Haneke,Caché**(DrSarahAlyn-Stacey)
Week12 EssayWritingFAQ***(DrHannesOpelz)
HilaryTerm
Week1 IntroductiontoFiction*(DrHannesOpelz)
Week2 Camus,“LaFemmeadultère”(DrElizabethGearyKeohane)
Week3 Camus,“Jonas,oul’artisteautravail”(DrElizabethGearyKeohane)
Week4 CommentaryWritingFAQ***(DrAlexandraLukes)
Week5 Ernaux,LaPlace(DrJamesHanrahan)
Week6 Ernaux,LaPlace(DrJamesHanrahan)
Week7 ReadingWeek
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Week8 IntroductiontoPoetry****(LeopoldO’Shea)
Week9 Baudelaire****(LeopoldO’Shea)
Week10 Rimbaud****(LeopoldO’Shea)
Week11 Apollinaire****(DrAlexandraLukes)
Week12 Surrealism****(DrAlexandraLukes)
*SeeCriticalTextsAnthology,availablefordownloadingonBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
**Specialarrangementswillbemadeforviewingthesefilms,butstudentsshouldtakeanyopportunitywhicharisestoseethem.Watchthenotice-board/emailfordetailsofscreenings.
***SeeGuidelinesforEssayWritingandCommentary,availablefordownloadingBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
****SeePoetryAnthology,availablefordownloadingBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie)
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EXAMINATION/ASSESSMENT
WRITTENLANGUAGE(FR1014)
LanguageI 10%
A3-hourwrittenpapertestinggrammar,comprisedof:
• exercisesingrammaticalanalysis;• clozetest;• exercisesconcernedwiththespecificpointsofgrammartreatedinthe
course;
LanguageII 10%
A 3-hourwrittenpaper testing comprehension and composition, comprisedof two passages, each followed by comprehension questions and a briefcomposition;
Continuousassessment: 10%
An overall average for the year is calculated on the basis of 8 pieces ofsubmittedwrittenwork.
ORALCONTEMPORARYFRANCE(FR1008)
MultipleChoice: 20%
A two-hour examination paper based on the material covered in theWednesday FR1008 lecture, comprising multiple-choice questions and anumber of questions requiring shortwritten answers. Further details and asamplepaperwillbecirculatedduringtheyear.
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Aural: 10%
Atestofauralcomprehension,basedonashortvideopassagewithmultiple-choice questions. You will hear the recording twice. (There will be onepractice aural test in Hilary Term during one of the Language Assistantclasses.)
Oral: 10%
A 15-minute oral examination, which will include an ‘exposé’ on a topicarisingfromthecourse,andproceedtomoregeneralconversation.(AlistofOral topics will be posted up 10 days prior to the examination. Studentschooseone).
TEXTS(FR1011)
ContinuousAssessment: 20%
Twoessays/commentariesof1500-2000words(whichstudentsarerequiredtoword-process)tobesubmittedonthefirstdayofHilaryTermandTrinityTerms on a topic prescribed by the lecturer.One of these pieces of workmustbewritteninFrench.
Examination: 10%
A three-hour written examination in which students will be required toanswer one essay question and one commentary question, on any of theworksonthecourse.
• The examination script is comprised of two sections: SECTION A,containing4essayquestions(reflectingtopicscoveredinMT,i.e.theatreandfilm)andSECTIONB,containing4commentaryquestions (reflecting
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topicscovered inHT, i.e.short fictionandpoetry).Studentswill thusberequired to answer oneessay question from SECTION A and onecommentaryquestionfromSECTIONB.AnswerstobothquestionsaretobewritteninEnglish.
• Commentaryquestionsrelatingtopoemsareonunseenpoems(althoughthepoemsinquestionarebypoetswhowillhavebeendiscussedintheJFTextslectureseries).Allotherquestions(boththeessayquestionsontheatreandfilmandthecommentaryquestionsonshortfiction)relatespecificallytothesettextscoveredinthelectures.
• Theexaminationscriptstatesthatstudentsshould‘avoidoverlapwithassessmentworkalreadysubmitted’.Thismeansthatthereshouldbenooverlapbetweenworksubmittedduringteachingterm(i.e.atermessay/commentary)andworksubmittedintheexamination.Althoughstudentsmaychoosetowriteonatexttheyhavealreadydiscussedinatermessay/commentary,studentsshouldnotethatthesubstanceoftheiranswerintheexaminationpapershouldnotreproduceanargumentalreadymadeinatermessay/commentary(studentsmay,forinstance,referbrieflytopointsalreadymadeinatermessay/commentarybutthesepointsshouldnotmakeupthesubstanceoftheexaminationessay/commentary).Althoughitisthereforenotarequirement,moststudentschoosetowriteonatexttheyhavenotdiscussedinatermessay/commentarysoastoavoidanypotentialoverlap.
HOWTOPASS:
Toriseintothefollowingyear,studentsmust:
1) achieveapassmarkontheaggregateofthetwowrittenpapers,LanguageIandLanguageII;and
2) achieveapassmarkon theaggregateofallexaminations (Language,TextsandOralContemporaryFrance).
Studentswho fail to fulfil these requirements in theannual JuneexaminationsarerequiredtotaketheSeptemberSupplementalexamination.
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NB:SubmittedworkandSupplementals
Studentswhoarerequiredtositasupplementalexaminationmayresubmit,nolaterthan26August,eitherof theassessmentessayswhichtheyfailedtosubmitat thenormal time, or forwhich a failmarkwas returned. Failing such submissionor re-submission, the mark initially awarded (including a zero mark for essays notsubmitted)willbeincludedinthecalculationsforthesupplementalexamination.
Studentswillberequiredtorepeatonlythefailedcomponentsofamodule.
TheMARKINGSCHEMEisasfollows:
70-99 ClassI (excellent)
60-69 ClassII.I (good)
50-59 ClassII.II (satisfactory)
40-49 ClassIII (weakbutpassable)
30-39 F1 (marginalfail)
0-29 F2 (fail)
PRIZES:
Acompositionprizeisawardedtothestudentwhoachievesthehighestmarkintheaggregateofthewrittenlanguageexaminations.PrizesareawardedineachofTSM,ESandCSLF.
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DepartmentofFrench
Examinationprocedures
TheseproceduresshouldbereadinconjunctionwithrelevantentriesintheUniversityCalendar.IncaseofanyconflictbetweentheseproceduresandtheCalendar,theprovisionsoftheCalendarshallapply:
http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/College_Calendar/
1. Examinationpapersandassessmentessayswillbesetandmarkedaccordingto theagreedproceduresof theDepartment. In thecaseofModeratorship(ordegree)examinations,paperswillbesubmitted toexternexaminers forcommentpriortosubmissiontotheSeniorLecturer’soffice.
2. Sophister language papers and all Moderatorship part II papers will bedouble-marked.
3. Foreachyearor course, aChief examinerwill beappointed to co-ordinatethe running of the examinations and return marks and provide relevantinformation to candidates. The chief examiner shall, in agreementwith theHeadofDepartment,conveneanexaminers’meetingtoreviewandfinalisemarks, in the presence of extern examiners where a Moderatorshipexamination is concerned. In thecaseof interdisciplinarycourses (ES,CSLL)theonly functionof theFrenchDepartmentmeeting is to returnamark totherelevantcourseco-ordinatingcommittee.
4. ThecriteriaaccordingtowhichpaperswillbeassessedwillbeincludedintheDepartment’sHandbooksandcirculatedtostudents.
5. Inthefirstinstance,calculationsofresultswillbemathematicalbasedontheuniversity’sgeneralscheme(orreductionsormultiplesthereof):
Fail2 extremelyweak 0-29%
Fail1 weak 30-39%
Third adequate 40-49%
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LowerSecond quitegood 50-59%
UpperSecond good 60-69%
First excellent 70-100%
Where, in the case of an individual course, a scheme other than the oneoutlinedaboveisinuse,theDepartmentwillmakereturnsaccordingtothatconvention.Where thecourse requiresamarkoutofmore than100 tobereturned, the Department will use that convention to make a return. TheDepartmentwillensurethroughitsHandbooksorotherwisethatcandidatesforexaminationsareawareof theweightingof therespectivecomponents,andwherequestionsonagivenpaperarenotequallyweighted, the rubricshallindicatetheweightingofthecomponentswithinthepaper.
6. Inparticular, languageexaminationsare subject to the rule set forth in theUniversityCalendarpJ3,n°14,asinterpretedintheDepartment’sHandbooks.Whereastudentfails todemonstrateproficiency inthe language,themarkreturned shall be either the actual mark obtained by the student in therelevant language components of the examination, or 38,whichever is thelower,thismarkbeingscaledupwheretheconventionsforreturnofmarksrequire.
7. When theDepartment examiners’meeting has had an opportunity to takecognisanceofthemathematicallyderivedmarks,itmayconsiderthespreadofmarks,thebalancebetweenmarksofdifferentclasses(see5above)andtakeintoaccountthepossibleimplicationsofagivenreturn.Itmaymoderateeitherindividualmarksortheoverallreturn.Itwillpayparticularattentiontomarksclosetoaclassborder(i.e.markswhereaslightlyhighermarkwouldresult in the student being returned in another class). It shall pay specialattention to ensuring that themoderation of an individualmark or overallreturndoesnotcreateinequalitiesoranomaliesbypromotingastudentwitha lowermathematically derivedmark abovea studentwhohadachievedahigher mathematically derived mark, except where the spread of marksprovidesajustificationforsodoing.
8. In conformity to general university practice, the Department shall appointoneorseveralexternexaminers.Theexternexaminermayseeorreviewanymarking within the Department which may form part of a Moderatorshipassessment. In practice, this means examination papers, dissertations andassessment essays counting towards overall assessment. In all normalcircumstances, the recommendations of the extern examiner will be actedupon. In practice, extern examiners regularly have sight of the final yeardissertations,andchiefexaminersortheHeadofDepartmentmayreferany
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paperorpieceofworkforanopinion,especiallywhereaclassdifferencemaypotentially be involved. Students have the right to consult the Head ofDepartment on any matter of concern to them. Where the concernsexpressed relate to assessment marking, the Head of Department willnormally inform the person whose marks are being referred for furtherexamination,whilesafeguardingtheconfidentialityofstudents.
9. The extern examiner will endeavour to ensure that standards are broadlycomparable with those applied elsewhere in these islands and that theDepartment’sownproceduresareappliedequitablytoallstudents.
10. Studentswill,ontheirrequestorthatoftheirtutor,beinformedbytheChiefExaminer for theyearor theHeadofDepartment,of individualmarks.Thecommitmenttotheprovisionoffull informationtostudentsdoesnotmeanthatthisinformationwillalwaysbeavailableoutsidethetimesprescribedbytheDepartment.
11. TheDepartmentwillnotnormallytakeintoaccountmedicalevidence,exceptinsofar as granting an extension to submission deadlines is concerned.Medicalcasesshouldbechannelledthroughtutorstoformthesubstanceofanappeal.
12. Extensions to the deadline will only be permitted in exceptionalcircumstancesandpermissionmustbesoughtbeforethedeadline. Wherethere is medical documentation, you must have the consent of the YearCoordinator for an extension. Where there are other extenuatingcircumstances, documented by the student’s college tutor, consent of theHeadofDepartmentforanextensionmustbeobtained.Failuretoreturntheassessmentexercisebytheduedatewithoutpriorpermissionwillresultinamaximummarkof40beingawarded.
13. Where a student is absent from a part of the examination only, or fails tosubmitrequiredwrittenwork forassessment,andneverthelessachievesanoverallpassmark,theDepartmentwillreturnapassmark.Whereastudentisabsentfromapartoftheexaminationonly,andfailstoachieveanoverallpassmark,theDepartmentwillmakeareturnindicatingpartialabsence.
14. Whereastudentfailstocompletethenumberofquestionsstipulatedbytherubricinanexamination,andnevertheless,someindicationofanattemptedanswer,draftorplanisavailable,creditfortheassessableworkwillbegiven.Intheabsenceofanysuchassessablematerial,amarkof0willbereturned.
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15. TheDepartment reserves the right to give reduced credit to studentswhohavefailedtocomplywiththeexaminationrubric.
16. WhereastudentataJuniororSeniorSophisterexaminationreceivesamarkof70ormore(oritsequivalentscaledupordown),intheOralexamination,(s)hewillberecommendedforadistinctionintheuseofspokenFrench.
ThefollowingarethecriteriaforessaywritingandforwritinginFrench:Essaywriting:
Firstclass
Showsanintelligentawarenessofthequestion’s implications,thoroughknowledgeoftext/topic,sophisticateduseofsecondarysources,andoftheoreticalissueswhereappropriate.Theargumentclearlyfocusesonthequestion,andpointsaresupportedby relevantquotation.ForSophisteryears:originaland imaginative response, suregraspofsubjectwhichmaychallengereceivedcriticalopinion.
Uppersecond
Shows a good understanding of the question and a thorough knowledge of thetext/topic, with intelligent assimilation of secondary sources. The argument iscoherent and clearly focused on the issue, and points are supported by relevantquotation. Intelligentgeneralapproachtothequestion,withclearanalyticalabilityand evidence of independent critical response. May offer challenge to receivedcriticalopinion.
Lowersecond
Understandsthequestionandshowsasoundknowledgeofthetext/topic,butmaybenarrowinframeofreference.Tendencytobenarrativeordescriptiveratherthananalytical, and discussion not always sharply focused on the question. Shows agenerally capable but unimaginative approach to the question, andmay be over-dependent on secondary sources. Makes use of lecture notes but reluctant tochallengereceivedcriticalopinion.
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Thirdclass
Failstoseealltheimplicationsofthequestionandrevealslimitedknowledgeofthetext/topic, with little reference beyond it. May well be sketchy and rather short.Argument may lack clarity and precise focus on the question. Makes dogmaticassertions unsupported by evidence; areas of irrelevance and generally over-descriptive.Showsamechanicalapproachtothequestionandreliesheavilyontheuncriticalreproductionoflecturenotes.Littleevidenceofsecondaryreading.
Fail
Missesimportantimplicationsofthequestion.Limitedknowledgeofthetext/topic, with little reference beyond it. Largely descriptive, clumsystyle and presentation, poorly documented sources. Generally naïveapproachtothequestionwithnoevidenceofsecondaryreading.
Seriousfail
Fails to understand the question, poor knowledge of text/topic, sources notdocumented.Failstoaddressthequestion,noevidenceofsecondaryreading.
WritinginFrench
Firstclass
Frenchlargelyfreefromgrammaticalerrorwithqualitiesofidiom,lexis,syntax,andstyle.Atthehigherend,couldalmostpassfortheworkofaliterateFrenchperson.
Uppersecond
AmbitiousFrenchwithagoodlevelofgrammaticalaccuracyandapositiveattempttodisplayarangeof idiomandlexissuitabletothesubject.Verymuchathomeinthelanguage.
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Lowersecond
Soundgrammarandsyntax, thoughwithsomeerrors,vocabularymostlyadequatetothesubject,butwithsomeclumsinessandanglicismsintheexpression.GenerallysatisfactorygraspofFrenchstructureswithoutshowingexceptionalflair.
Thirdclass
French comprehensiblebut clumsyanderratic,with a limited rangeof lexis andasprinklingofseriousgrammaticalerrors;verbformsandtenseusemostlycorrect.
Fail
French comprehensible but prone to serious grammatical errors. Limited range ofvocabulary.
Seriousfail
Unacceptablefrequencyofinaccuracy,obviousanglicismsandpatchycohesion.
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DESCRIPTIONOFTHEEUROPEANCREDITTRANSFERSYSTEM(ECTS)
TheEuropeanCreditTransferandAccumulationSystem(ECTS)isanacademiccreditsystembasedontheestimatedstudentworkloadrequiredtoachievetheobjectivesofamoduleorprogrammeofstudy.Itisdesignedtoenableacademicrecognitionforperiodsofstudy,tofacilitatestudentmobilityandcreditaccumulationandtransfer.TheECTSistherecommendedcreditsystemforhighereducationinIrelandandacrosstheEuropeanHigherEducationArea.
TheECTSweightingforamoduleisameasureofthestudentinputorworkloadrequiredforthatmodule,basedonfactorssuchasthenumberofcontacthours,thenumberandlengthofwrittenorverballypresentedassessmentexercises,classpreparationandprivatestudytime,laboratoryclasses,examinations,clinicalattendance,professionaltrainingplacements,andsoonasappropriate.Thereisnointrinsicrelationshipbetweenthecreditvolumeofamoduleanditslevelofdifficulty.
TheEuropeannormforfull-timestudyoveroneacademicyearis60credits.TheTrinityacademicyearis40weeksfromthestartofMichaelmasTermtotheendoftheannualexaminationperiod1ECTScreditrepresents20-25hoursestimatedstudentinput,soa10-creditmodulewillbedesignedtorequire200-250hoursofstudentinputincludingclasscontacttimeandassessments.
SocratesExchanges
StudentsintendingtoundertakeaSocrates/ERASMUSexchangemaydoso,eitherintheir Senior Freshman or in their Junior Sophister year, and should consult theDepartmental Socrates coordinator, Dr Hanrahan, on this subject. An informationmeeting will take place early in Hilary Term. Intending Socrates students arerequired to obtain at least a II:2 result (50% or more) in French at the firstexamination session preceding their intended departure. Other departments havedifferentrequirementsandyoumustsatisfytherequirementsofeachdepartmentinordertogoonayearabroad.
Inbroad,general terms,studentsshouldaimatdoing, in thehostuniversity,whattheywould have done at home. This does notmean that studentsmust perform
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exactly the same exercises, or study exactly the same authors. It doesmean thatthere should be a half-and-half mix of language and content courses (literature,historyofideasorFrenchlinguistics).
A year’s work is defined in terms of ECTS (European Credit Transfer Units). A fullyear’sworkisnormally60ECTS(seeabove).SinceTSMcoursesarecomposedoftwoequallyweightedcourses,thiswouldrepresent30ECTSpersubject.Inordertotakeaccountofthefactthatyouwillbestudyinginaforeignenvironment,studentsmustobtain45ECTS(22.5ECTSpersubject),althoughforsafety,wesuggeststudentstake30ECTSinFrench.Astudentwhodoesnotpass45ECTSwillnotnormallybeallowedtorisewithhis/heryearandwillberequiredtotakerepeatexaminationsinthehostuniversity. The precise split between language and non-language courseswill varyfrom institution to institution, but both should figure prominently, and languageshould count for at least 10 ECTS, except by specific agreement with the FrenchDepartment.Further informationonERASMUScanbefoundonthewebsiteoftheInternationalOffice.
Studentsaregenerallyexpectedtoselectoptionsappropriatetotheiryear.Second-yearstudentsshouldtakesecond-yearcoursesandthird-yearstudentsshouldtakethird-year courses. There is no objection to students taking a course above theirequivalentyear(second-yearstudentstakingthird-yearcourses)butstudentsshouldbe aware that this comprises an element of risk, should they not be successful inassessments.However,theabovenotwithstanding,JSstudentsmaywellfindthird-year translation courses in France too advanced for their level, andby agreementwiththeDepartment,maythenbeadvisedtotakealowerlevelcourse.
The courses selected by students should be courses intended for and available tofull-time students in the host university, and NOT special courses designed forSocratesorErasmusstudents,exceptbyspecial,specificandpriorarrangementwiththeFrenchDepartment.
Studentsarerequiredtosubmitthemselvestotheassessmentprovidedbythehostuniversity.Thismaytaketheformofexaminationorcontinuousassessment,oranycombination of the two. In order that the ECTS should count, students must besuccessful in theirassessments.Asaprecaution,studentsshouldbringtheirmarkswith them on their return. However, only officially returnedmarks from the hostinstitutioncanbecountedattheendoftheyear.Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytoascertain the dates and location of examinations, and failure to present forexaminationswillleadtoalossofcredit.
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Whereastudentisunabletotakeacourseforafullyearorupuntilthenormalassessmentinthehostinstitution,aspecialassessmentmaybeagreed,butshouldneverthelessbeofficiallyadministeredthroughthehostinstitution,whichshouldreturnthemarksobtainedinthesamewayasforaregularassessment.
PlagiarismTheCollegehasastrictpolicyonplagiarism,whichitistheFrenchDepartment’sintentiontoapplyfully.ThecompleteCalendarentryisreproducedbelow.Inpracticalterms,theDepartment’sresponsewillbeasfollows:a)Wheretwoormorepiecesofworkaresubmittedwhichareidenticalorsubstantiallysimilar,exceptinthosesituationswheretheexercisehasbeensetasagroupexercise,theauthorsofthepiecesofsubmittedworkwillbeinterviewedwithaviewtoascertainingwhetherthereareanyreasonswhyamarkof0shouldnotbereturned.Whereasitisgoodpracticeforgroupsofstudentstostudyandrevisetogether,itisnotgoodpracticetolendyouressaytoanotherstudentforcopying.Ofcourse,lendingnotestoabsentcolleaguesisperfectlyinorder.b)Whereapieceofworkcontainsquotationsfromapublishedworkorawebsitethatarenotspecificallyacknowledgedinnotes,theDepartmentreservestherighttoreturnamarkof0:Studentsareencouragedtoreadaroundtheirsubject,andconsultworksofcriticismorrelevantwebsites.However,materialandideasgatheredfromthesesourcesshouldnotnormallyreplacestudents’ownwords:rather,quotationsshouldbeusedtoback-uporsubstantiateanassertion,andshouldbeofferedasakindof“proof”ofthestudent’sownideas,notasareplacementforthem.Inordertomakeitquiteobviouswhichideasyouarepresentingasyourown,andwhichareascribedtootherpeople,setborrowedwordsasidetypographically,butputtingashortquotations(60wordsorless)ininvertedcommas,andbysettinglongerquotationsoutsidethemainbodyofthetext,withareferencetothesourceineachcase.c)WhereanessayhasbeensetinFrenchandaportionofthemarkistobeassignedonthebasisofthelinguisticstandardachieved,thatessayshouldbethecandidate’sownwork.StudentsmayapproachthosewithahigherstandardofFrench(includingstudentsinhigheryearsandnativespeakers)toresolvespecificquestionsbuttheyshouldnotrelyonthemforwholesalecorrectionoftheirwork,norshouldthey
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submitworkwhichhasbeenre-writtenbyathirdpartytoimprovethestandardoftheFrench.d)Ifyouareinanydoubt,consultamemberofstaff.e)IftheDepartmentcomestotheviewthattherehasbeenpersistentplagiarismwithintenttodeceive,thefullsanctionsoutlinedintheCalendarwillbeimplemented.CALENDARENTRYONPLAGIARISMCalendar2015-201682GeneralItisclearlyunderstoodthatallmembersoftheacademiccommunityuseandbuildontheworkandideasofothers.Itiscommonlyacceptedalso,however,thatwebuildontheworkandideasofothersinanopenandexplicitmanner,andwithdueacknowledgement.Plagiarismistheactofpresentingtheworkorideasofothersasone’sown,withoutdueacknowledgement.Plagiarismcanarisefromdeliberateactionsandalsothroughcarelessthinkingand/ormethodology.Theoffenceliesnotintheattitudeorintentionoftheperpetrator,butintheactionandinitsconsequences.Itistheresponsibilityoftheauthorofanyworktoensurethathe/shedoesnotcommitplagiarism.Plagiarismisconsideredtobeacademicallyfraudulent,andanoffenceagainstacademicintegritythatissubjecttothedisciplinaryproceduresoftheUniversity.83ExamplesofPlagiarismPlagiarismcanarisefromactionssuchas:(a)copyinganotherstudent’swork;(b)enlistinganotherpersonorpersonstocompleteanassignmentonthestudent’sbehalf;(c)procuring,whetherwithpaymentorotherwise,theworkorideasofanother;
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(d)quotingdirectly,withoutacknowledgement,frombooks,articlesorothersources,eitherinprinted,recordedorelectronicformat,includingwebsitesandsocialmedia;(e)paraphrasing,withoutacknowledgement,thewritingsofotherauthors.Examples(d)and(e)inparticularcanarisethroughcarelessthinkingand/ormethodologywherestudents:(i)failtodistinguishbetweentheirownideasandthoseofothers;(ii)failtotakepropernotesduringpreliminaryresearchandthereforelosetrackofthesourcesfromwhichthenotesweredrawn;(iii)failtodistinguishbetweeninformationwhichneedsnoacknowledgementbecauseitisfirmlyinthepublicdomain,andinformationwhichmightbewidelyknown,butwhichneverthelessrequiressomesortofacknowledgement;(iv)comeacrossadistinctivemethodologyorideaandfailtorecorditssource.Alltheaboveserveonlyasexamplesandarenotexhaustive.84PlagiarisminthecontextofgroupworkStudentsshouldnormallysubmitworkdoneinco-operationwithotherstudentsonlywhenitisdonewiththefullknowledgeandpermissionofthelecturerconcerned.Withoutthis,submittingworkwhichistheproductofcollusionwithotherstudentsmaybeconsideredtobeplagiarism.Whenworkissubmittedastheresultofagroupproject,itistheresponsibilityofallstudentsinthegrouptoensure,sofarasispossible,thatnoworksubmittedbythegroupisplagiarised.85SelfplagiarismNoworkcannormallybesubmittedformorethanoneassessmentforcredit.Resubmittingthesameworkformorethanoneassessmentforcreditisnormallyconsideredself-plagiarism.86AvoidingplagiarismStudentsshouldensuretheintegrityoftheirworkbyseekingadvicefromtheirlecturers,tutororsupervisoronavoidingplagiarism.Allschoolsanddepartmentsmustinclude,intheirhandbooksorotherliteraturegiventostudents,guidelinesontheappropriatemethodologyforthekindofworkthatstudentswillbeexpectedtoundertake.Inaddition,ageneralsetofguidelinesforstudentsonavoidingplagiarismisavailableonhttp://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism.
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87Ifplagiarismasreferredtoin§82aboveissuspected,inthefirstinstance,theDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ortheirdesignate,willwritetothestudent,andthestudent’stutoradvisingthemoftheconcernsraised.Thestudentandtutor(asanalternativetothetutor,studentsmaynominatearepresentativefromtheStudents’Union)willbeinvitedtoattendaninformalmeetingwiththeDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ortheirdesignate,andthelecturerconcerned,inordertoputtheirsuspicionstothestudentandgivethestudenttheopportunitytorespond.Thestudentwillberequestedtorespondinwritingstatinghis/heragreementtoattendsuchameetingandconfirmingonwhichofthesuggesteddatesandtimesitwillbepossibleforthemtoattend.Ifthestudentdoesnotinthismanneragreetoattendsuchameeting,theDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ordesignate,mayreferthecasedirectlytotheJuniorDean,whowillinterviewthestudentandmayimplementtheproceduresasreferredtounderconductandcollegeregulations§2.88IftheDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ordesignate,formstheviewthatplagiarismhastakenplace,he/shemustdecideiftheoffencecanbedealtwithunderthesummaryproceduresetoutbelow.Inorderforthissummaryproceduretobefollowed,allpartiesattendingtheinformalmeetingasnotedin§87abovemuststatetheiragreementinwritingtotheDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ordesignate.Ifthefactsofthecaseareindispute,oriftheDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ordesignate,feelsthatthepenaltiesprovidedforunderthesummaryprocedurebelowareinappropriategiventhecircumstancesofthecase,he/shewillreferthecasedirectlytotheJuniorDean,whowillinterviewthestudentandmayimplementtheproceduresasreferredtounderconductandcollegeregulations§2.89Iftheoffencecanbedealtwithunderthesummaryprocedure,theDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate),ordesignate,willrecommendoneofthefollowingpenalties:(a)Level1:Studentreceivesaninformalverbalwarning.Thepieceofworkinquestionisinadmissible.Thestudentisrequiredtorephraseandcorrectlyreferenceallplagiarisedelements.Othercontentshouldnotbealtered.Theresubmittedworkwillbeassessedandmarkedwithoutpenalty;(b)Level2:Studentreceivesaformalwrittenwarning.Thepieceofworkinquestionisinadmissable.Thestudentisrequiredtorephraseandcorrectlyreferenceallplagiarisedelements.Othercontentshouldnotbealtered.Theresubmittedworkwillreceiveareducedorcappedmarkdependingontheseriousness/extentofplagiarism;(c)Level3:Studentreceivesaformalwrittenwarning.Thepieceofworkinquestionisinadmissible.Thereisnoopportunityforresubmission.
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90Providedthattheappropriateprocedurehasbeenfollowedandallpartiesin§87aboveareinagreementwiththeproposedpenalty,theDirectorofTeachingandLearning(Undergraduate)shouldinthecaseofaLevel1offence,informthecoursedirectorandwhereappropriatethecourseoffice.InthecaseofaLevel2orLevel3offence,theSeniorLecturermustbenotifiedandrequestedtoapprovetherecommendedpenalty.TheSeniorLecturerwillinformtheJuniorDeanaccordingly.TheJuniorDeanmayneverthelessimplementtheproceduresasreferredtounderconductandcollegeregulations§2.91Ifthecasecannotnormallybedealtwithunderthesummaryprocedures,itisdeemedtobeaLevel4offenceandwillbereferreddirectlytotheJuniorDean.NothingprovidedforunderthesummaryprocedurediminishesorprejudicesthedisciplinarypowersoftheJuniorDeanunderthe2010ConsolidatedStatutes.NOTETOSTUDENTS
Toensurethatyouhaveaclearunderstandingofwhatplagiarismis,howTrinitydealswithcasesofplagiarism,andhowtoavoidit,youwillfindarepositoryofinformationathttp://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism
Weaskyoutotakethefollowingsteps:
(i)VisittheonlineresourcestoinformyourselfabouthowTrinitydealswithplagiarismandhowyoucanavoiditathttp://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism.Youshouldalsofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe2015-16Calendarentryonplagiarismlocatedaboveandonthiswebsite,andthesanctionswhichareapplied.
(ii)Completethe‘Ready,Steady,Write’onlinetutorialonplagiarismathttp://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write.Completingthetutorialiscompulsoryforallstudents.
(iii)Familiariseyourselfwiththedeclarationthatyouwillbeaskedtosignwhensubmittingcourseworkathttp://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/declaration.
(iv)ContactyourCollegeTutor,yourCourseDirector,oryourLecturerifyouareunsureaboutanyaspectofplagiarism.
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Appendix
JFFRENCHTEXTS:CONTINUOUSASSESSMENT
PLEASENOTETHATONEOFYOURTWOPIECESOFASSESSMENTWORK(ESSAYQUESTIONORCOMMENTARYQUESTION)MUSTBEWRITTENINFRENCH.
MTESSAYASSESSMENTOneessaytobesubmittedtotheDepartmentOffice,Room4109,by12noon,onMonday18January2016.
Essayquestions
1.DiscusstheroleofdialogueinBeckett’sEnattendantGodot.
2.‘Quijesuis?Untypequin’apasdepoids,quin’apasd’opinion,jesuisunludion,j’aitoujoursétéunludion!’(YvantoMarcandSerge,‘Art’).Inthelightofthisquotation,discussthecharacterisationofYvaninReza’s‘Art’.
3. Discuss the representation of love in Hiroshima mon amour, making precisereferencewhererelevanttocinematictechniques.
4.DiscusstheconstructionofsuspenseinCaché.
NOTES
• Lengthofessay:1,500-2,000words.• Collectyour‘assessmentcover-sheet’inadvance(ondoorofRoom4109).Fill
inandattachtofrontofessay.• Extensionstodeadline:requeststoDrAlexandraLukes([email protected]),with
med.cert.,inadvanceofdeadline.Ifyoudonothaveamed.cert.,youwillneedtocontacttheHeadoftheDepartment,DrRachelHoare([email protected]).
• Makesureyoureadthe‘GuidelinestoEssay-andCommentary-Writing’andthe‘SampleEssayQuestion’,bothavailableonBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie).
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HTCOMMENTARYASSESSMENT
OnecommentarytobesubmittedtotheDepartmentOffice,Room4111,by12noon,onTuesday29March2016.
Commentaryquestions
Writeacommentaryononeofthefollowingtexts(NB.commentariesonpoemsmustanswerthequestionsthatfollowthepoem):
1.Elleselevadoucementetrestaimmobile,prèsdulit,attentiveàlarespirationdesonmari.Marceldormait.L’instantd’après,lachaleurdulitlaquittait,lefroidlasaisit.Elles’habillalentement,cherchantsesvêtementsàtâtonsdanslafaiblelumièrequi,àtraverslespersiennesenfaçade,venaitdeslampesdelarue.Lessouliersàlamain,ellegagnalaporte.Elleattenditencoreunmoment,dansl’obscurité,puisouvritdoucement.Leloquetgrinça,elles’immobilisa.Soncœurbattaitfollement.Elletenditl’oreilleet,rassuréeparlesilence,tournaencoreunpeulamain.Larotationduloquetluiparutinterminable.Elleouvritenfin,seglissadehors,etrefermalaporteaveclesmêmesprécautions.Puis,lajouecolléecontrelebois,elleattendit.Auboutd’uninstant,elleperçut,lointaine,larespirationdeMarcel.Elleseretourna,reçutcontrelevisagel’airglacédelanuitetcourutlelongdelagalerie.Laportedel’hôtelétaitfermée.Pendantqu’ellemanœuvraitleverrou,leveilleurdenuitparutdanslehautdel’escalier,levisagebrouillé,etluiparlaenarabe.«Jereviens»,ditJanine,etellesejetadanslanuit.
Desguirlandesd’étoilesdescendaientducielnoirau-dessusdespalmiersetdesmaisons.Ellecouraitlelongdelacourteavenue,maintenantdéserte,quimenaitaufort.Lefroid,quin’avaitplusàluttercontrelesoleil,avaitenvahilanuit;l’airglacéluibrûlaitlespoumons.Maisellecourait,àdemiaveugle,dansl’obscurité.Ausommetdel’avenue,pourtant,deslumièresapparurent,puisdescendirentverselleenzigzaguant.Elles’arrêta,perçutunbruitd’élytreset,derrièreleslumièresquigrossissaient,vitenfind’énormesburnoussouslesquelsétincelaientdesrouesfragilesdebicyclettes.Lesburnouslafrôlèrent;troisfeuxrougessurgirentdanslenoirderrièreelle,pourdisparaîtreaussitôt.Ellerepritsacourseverslefort.Aumilieudel’escalier,labrûluredel’airdanssespoumonsdevintsicoupantequ’ellevouluts’arrêter.Undernierélanlajetamalgréellesurlaterrasse,contreleparapetquiluipressaitmaintenantleventre.Ellehaletaitettoutsebrouillaitdevantsesyeux.Lacoursenel’avaitpasréchauffée,elletremblaitencoredetoussesmembres.Maisl’airfroidqu’elleavalaitparsaccadescoulabientôtrégulièrementenelle,unechaleurtimidecommençadenaîtreaumilieudesfrissons.Sesyeuxs’ouvrirentenfinsurlesespacesdelanuit.
«LaFemmeadultère»,L’Exiletleroyaume
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2.Alentourdelacinquantaine,encorelaforcedel’âge,latêtetrèsdroite,l’airsoucieux,commes’ilcraignaitquelaphotonesoitratée,ilporteunensemble,pantalonfoncé,vesteclairesurunechemiseetunecravate.Photopriseundimanche,ensemaine,ilétaitenbleus.Detoutefaçon,onprenaitlesphotosledimanche,plusdetemps,etl’onétaitmieuxhabillé.Jefigureàcôtédelui,enrobeàvolants,lesdeuxbrastendussurleguidondemonpremiervélo,unpiedàterre.Ilaunemainballante,l’autreàsaceinture.Enfond,laporteouverteducafé,lesfleurssurleborddelafenêtre,au-dessusdecelle-cilaplaquedelicencedesdébitsdeboisson.Onsefaitphotographieraveccequ’onestfierdeposséder,lecommerce,levélo,plustardla4CV,surletoitdelaquelleilappuieunemain,faisantparcegesteremonterexagérémentsonveston.Ilneritsuraucunephoto.
Parrapportauxannéesdejeunesse,lestrois-huitdesraffineries,lesratsdelaVallée,l’évidencedubonheur.
Onavaittoutcequ’ilfaut,c’est-à-direqu’onmangeaitànotrefaim(preuve,l’achatdeviandeàlaboucheriequatrefoisparsemaine),onavaitchauddanslacuisineetlecafé,seulespiècesoùl’onvivait.Deuxtenues,l’unepourletous-les-jours,l’autrepourledimanche(lapremièreusée,ondépassaitcelledudimancheautous-les-jours).J’avaisdeuxblousesd’école.Lagossen’estprivéederien.Aupensionnat,onnepouvaitpasdirequej’avaismoinsbienquelesautres,j’avaisautantquelesfillesdecultivateursoudepharmacienenpoupées,gommesettaille-crayons,chaussuresd’hiverfourrées,chapeletetmisselvespéralromain.
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3.Readthefollowingpoemandanswerthe(equallyweighted)questionsthatfollow.
Marine
Lescharsd’argentetdecuivre–
Lesproiesd’acieretd’argent–
Battentl’écume,–
Soulèventlessouchesetlesronces.
Lescourantsdelalande,
Etlesornièresimmensesdureflux,
Filentcirculairementversl’est,
Verslespiliersdelaforêt,–
Verslesfûtsdelajetée,
Dontl’angleestheurtépardestourbillonsdelumière.
ArthurRimbaud
(i) Clarifythebasesonwhichthepoetbringstogetherandjuxtaposesheretwodifferentscenes,onealandscape,theotheraseascape.
(ii) Towhatextentdoestheformofthepoemreflectitssubjectasindicatedinthetitle?
(iii) Commentontherelationshipbetweenform(verseline)andsyntax(sentencestructure)inthepoem.
(iv) Thispoemhasanirregularform.Whatelementsneverthelessenableittocreateasenseofformalandaestheticunity?
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4. PAYSAGE
GuillaumeApollinaire
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(i) Howdotheimagesrelatetooneanotherandtothetitle,‘Paysage’?
(ii) Whatistherelationshipbetweentheformallayoutofthepoemandthe
content?
(iii) Discussthesignificanceoftypographicvarietyinthepoem.
(iv) Howdoesthiscalligrammechallengetraditionalmodesofreadingand
interpretingpoetry?
NOTES
• Lengthofcommentary:1,500-2,000words.• Collectyour‘assessmentcover-sheet’inadvance(ondoorofRoom4109).Fill
inandattachtofrontofessay.• Extensionstodeadline:requeststoDrAlexandraLukes([email protected]),with
med.cert.,inadvanceofdeadline.Ifyoudonothaveamed.cert.,youwillneedtocontacttheHeadoftheDepartment,DrRachelHoare([email protected]).
• Makesureyoureadthe‘GuidelinestoEssay-andCommentary-Writing’,availableonBlackboard(mymodule.tcd.ie).
