Title of Essay

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Use footnotes to reference, as in this example: In Le Coup de lune, Jo Timar's arrival at the cemetery provokes 'une vague de dépaysement'. The first reference to a primary text should be made, as above, in a footnote, giving details of the edition used. Subsequent references may be made in parentheses in the main text if you have indicated in the footnote that this is what you will be doing, as in the above example. Thus, a later quotation may be referenced in the main text as follows:

Timar's relationship with Gabon becomes increasingly complex as the novel progresses, and the work ends with the assertion: 'L'Afrique, ça n'existe pas ! L'Afrique ...' (p. 189).

Secondary material should be referenced using footnotes. For detailed information about how to reference accurately, you should consult Study Skills Session 3, Working with sources and / or the department’s Essay Writing Conventions page: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/french/current/ug/assessment/essaywritingconventions/

Bibliography

Primary Texts

(Note that in a bibliography, you place the author’s surname first. No full stop is required at the end of the reference. Organize your bibliography in alphabetical order.)

Ernaux, Annie, La Place (London: Routledge, 1984)

Simenon, Georges, Le Coup de lune (Paris : Livre de Poche, 2003)

Secondary Texts

Lecarme, Jacques and Eliane Tabone, L'Autobiographie (Paris: Armand Colin, 1997)

Miller, Ann, 'Chantal Montellier's Faux sanglant: Sex, Death, Lies and Video Tape', French Studies, 55:2 (2001), 207-220.

Georges Simenon, Le Coup de lune (Paris: Livre de Poche, 2003) p. 49. Subsequent references to this text will follow quotations.