Honours Program
- Honours co-ordinator
- Admission prerequisites
- Areas of supervision
- Past projects supervised by members of the program
- Further information
Honours co-ordinator
Philip Anderson
Email:
Philip.Anderson@arts.monash.edu.au
Students may be admitted to honours at fourth-year language level if they have
- completed a major in French studies (48 points)
- achieved an average of 70 (distinction level) in units to the value of 24 points (of which at least 18 points must have been taken at Year Level 3 and 6 may have been taken at Year Level 2).
Honours
candidature involves 24 points of coursework and 24 points of research
leading up to the production of a 12,00 to 18, 000 words.
The thesis can be written in English or French.
Students in the French studies program are encouraged to write their thesis in French if they have reached an appropriate level of proficiency. Students should consult with their supervisor before making that choice.
Mid-year entry is offered subject to places being available.
Students who do their research project over two semesters enrol in FRN4902(A) and FRN4902(B) and do their 24 points of coursework over two semesters. Students can also do their research project in one semester by enrolling in FRN4902 , in which case they have to do their 24 points of coursework in the same semester.
For further information on the rules governing Honours candidature in the school of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (proportions of coursework and thesis, language of thesis etc.), please see the school's honours page.
Students wishing to enrol in Honours must approach the Honours coordinator with suggestions as to which kind of research project they would like to do (see possible areas below). They can also approach potential supervisors directly.
The 24 points of coursework can involve existing 4th year units offered by the French Studies Program or the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. It can also involve a special reading program.
It is also possible for students to do part or all of their coursework through study abroad. Coursework enrolment depends on the availability of units in any given year, as well as the specific profile of students. Students are thus advised to contact the Honours coordinator to establish their coursework plan before completing enrolment procedures.
Supervision is available in a range of aspects of French studies
- French social theory, French politics and society (including the questions of French Republicanism and national identity, Religion and French society, France and European integration)
- Ethnological and sociological approaches to contemporary France (including Islamism in France)
- French Popular Culture (including French Hip Hop and French Rap)
- The contemporary novel, poetry and cinema (e.g. Houellebecq, Echenoz and Manchette, Duras, Ernaux, Godard and Beinex)
- Nineteenth-century French literature
- Translation Studies
- Teaching/Learning French as a foreign language - FLE (including writing in a foreign language, cognitive processes and computer-aided writing environments, collaborative learning and interactions, human-computer interactions)
- Intercultural communication, French business and economic development
Examples of past or current Honours projects supervised by members of the program
- L’Europe face à la crise irakienne
- Une liaison dangereuse: les femmes et l’individualisme français
- Face à L’Islam : Républicanisme et multiculturalisme
- Les relations franco-allemandes: engrenage central de l’intégration européenne 1945-1999
- Les notions de « constitutionalité » et de « patrimoine » dans le débat sur la ratification de la Charte européenne des langues régionales ou minoritaires
- Conjuguées au masculin : représentations de femmes dans des films sur la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, l’Occupation et la Résistance.
- L'espace de l'ethnicité et la construction du sujet dans le rap d'NTM
- Écritures du moi féminin (ou) au-delà de l’autobiographie
- Déconstruction du mythe de Carmen
- Diva et le cinéma rhizomatique
- « L’Assommoir » de Zola : rite et tragédie
- La politique monstrueuse : l’anarchisme d’ « A rebours »
- La Fleur du mal : Salomé et la misogynie de la fin-de-siècle. L’exemple d’ « A rebours »
- La loi Toubon et la défense de la langue française: une bataille imaginaire?
Supervision is also available in conjunction with other Arts disciplines as part of a joint Honours candidature. Joint supervision with Law is also available as part of a candidature for Honours in Arts.
Further information
For more information, contact Philip Anderson .
For information on combined honours and disciplines, see the Undergraduate Handbook entry for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree.