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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- be familiar with important authors and texts in French crime fiction
- analyse some literary techniques used by authors
- understand differences between formal written French and informal spoken language
- be aware of issues in translating French crime fiction into other languages
- understand and communicate in written and spoken French.

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