French Reading Comprehension: Reading Poetry in French
Learn how to read poetry in French on this course from Manchester Grammar School. Develop a toolkit to understand poetic language, form, and tone, in this course for school and university students.
Who is the course for?
This French reading course is aimed at three groups of learners:
A Level (high school) students of French considering degree study.
Undergraduate students seeking guidance on how to read French poetry.
General interest readers interested in French poetry.
Understanding poetry can pose serious challenges in any language. This course focuses specifically on poetry in French. The skills learned, however, would be equally applicable for students of any poetry.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Apply appropriate elements of the toolkit to new poems to make sense of them.
Compare two or more poems on the same theme or by the same poet and identify points of similarity and of difference.
Contribute to a discussion of a poem, learning from others and helping them in their learning.
Critique poems according to a clear methodology.
Demonstrate understanding of poetic technique and how it is used to control meaning and impact.
Develop skills in identifying the most significant elements of a poem.
