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GERM1114 - English: analysis and explanation of literary texts I a



ECTS - Credits : 3

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory.

Timetable :
Language of instruction :
The course is taught in English.

Learning outcomes :
The students are invited to read major literary works in the original and full versions, taking personal reading notes and enriching their knowledge of the authors and their context by listening to audio-visual documentaries (in class and / or individually). In doing so, students will acquire key landmarks in the history of English literature and the fundamental English terminology of literary analysis. Introduced to academic writing, he will build a well-founded and consistent argumentation in English.

Prerequisites and co-requisites / Recommended optional programme components :
Proficiency in English corresponding to the end of secondary education level for BAC 1 students.

Course contents :
The course focuses alternately on the literary and contextual analysis of short stories (course A) and plays of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (course B).

The course A, entitled "The Short Story," opens with a presentation on the emergence of short stories in the nineteenth century in reference to the influential authors (Maupassant, Chekhov) and major European literary currents (modernism, post-colonialism). It then devoted itself to the analysis of "classic" texts selected from the works of Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, George Moore, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Nadine Gordimer etc. In conclusion of this course, an overview compares the collected data to the "theories" made ??about the genre.

The course B, entitled "Modern Drama" opens with a reminder of the history of English theatre up until the "Dramatic Revival" at the turn of the 20th century. It then focuses itself on the study of two or three plays including “Pygmalion” by Bernard Shaw and “the Carpenter” by Harold Pinter.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Interactive course that includes lectures and requires taking personal notes in English. Either a syllabus containing the studied texts and / or related documents or didactic editions of original texts including glossaries and various notes are available for students.
Students are invited to actively participate during class sessions.

Assessment methods and criteria :
The evaluation is a written examination focusing on questions of synthesis, translation and commentary of excerpts from works studied in class and also the assessment of personal work base on written and oral work course work.

Recommended or required reading :
Barry Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. 3rd ed. Manchester UP, 2009.
Grellet, Françoise. A Handbook of Literary Terms: Introduction au vocabulaire littéraire anglais. Hachette, 2009.
Hunter, Adrian. The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English. Cambridge UP, 2007.
Scotfield, Martin. The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story. Cambridge UP, 2006.
Shaw, Bernard. Pygmalion. New Mermaids. Methuen Drama. London: [2008].
The Norton Anthology of English Literature / M. H. Abrams, general, ed. [and] Steven Greenblatt, assoc. gen. ed. New York (N.Y.) : Norton, 2000 (7e édition)

Other information :
Syllabus, DVDs, recommended critical editions and personal course notes.