France in the 20th and 21st centuries
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
• consolidating and deepening knowledge of the history and culture of France in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly against the background of historical developments since the end of the Second World War;
• consolidating a general overview of current political and social developments in France.
Competencies:
• communicate at a professional level in a foreign language about the current social situation in France;
• critically reflect and interpret current social phenomena and events in France, analyse media discourse;
• make connections between social events in France and Slovakia.
Skills:
• improving language skills in professional communication and lexis on a selected professional topic;
• consolidation of skills in critical processing of professional issues.
Indicative content
- Historical background after 1945 and current challenges of the 5th Republic
- Cultural and social trends in 20th and 21st century in France
- Media and current media issues
- France in the context of current international issues
- Political developments and the current political situation
- Contemporary cultural and literary scene
Support literature
• Required:
1. CHARON, Jean-Marie. Les médias en France. 2e édition. Paris: La Découverte, 2014. 126 pp. ISBN 978-2-7071-4698-4.
2. FOURQUET, Jérôme – CASSELY, Jean-Laurent. La France sous nos yeux. Économie, paysages, nouveaux modes de vie. Paris: Seuil, 2021. 481 pp. ISBN 978-2-02-148156-3.
3. TALIANO-DES GARETS, Françoise. Histoire politique de la France. IIIe, IVe, Ve Républiques (1870 à nos jours). 2e édition. Paris: Ellipses, 2021. 222 pp. ISBN 978-2-340-05718-0.
• Optional:
1. BOUCHET, Anne T. La France de la Cinquième République. Auxerre: Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2013. 413 pp. ISBN 978-2-36106-040-4.
2. CANTIER, Jacques. Histoire culturelle de la France au XXe siècle. Paris: Ellipses, 2020. 167 pp. ISBN 978-2-340-04349-7.
3. DELPORTE, Christian – BLANDIN, Claire – ROBINET, François. Histoire de la presse en France. XXe-XXIe siècles. Paris: Armand Colin, 2016. 350 pp. ISBN 978-2-200-61332-7.
4. MARTIN, Laurent (éd.). La diversité ethnoculturelle dans les arts, les médias et le patrimoine. Enquête en France et en Europe. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2021. 254 pp. ISBN 978-2-343-22878-5.
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%
Student workload
Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
French
Date of approval: 17.01.2026
Date of the latest change: 17.01.2026