Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory.

English

The course of History of English Literature attempts to identify and highlight the specific characteristics of the main literary currents and to situate them in their socio-cultural context. It also aims to familiarise students with the most significant authors and works of English literature from its beginnings up to the present day.
At the end of the course, the students should be able to situate the main literary currents in their respective contexts and to identify their main characteristics. They will have also to know the most significant authors in English literature from each of the periods studied and be able to provide key interpretation notions for the works covered.

For the Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Letters : General :

For the Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters: German, Dutch and English :

For the Bachelor in Philosophy :

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This second part of the course of History of English Literature covers the period extending from the Restoration up to the present day. The focus will be placed, among others, on the major romantic poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, etc.), the novels of the Victorian period (Dickens, George Eliot), modernism (T.S. Eliot, Woolf, Joyce) and postmodernism (the plays of Beckett and Pinter; the novels of John Fowles and Margaret Atwood).
This course simultaneously offers a panorama of the period studied, and a thorough study of a selection (of excepts) of representative works from this period, by means of textual analyses.

Class sessions combining lectures illustrated by means of PowerPoint presentations and other audio-visual aids; interaction with the students.

Brief individual or group oral presentation (15% of the final grade).
Oral examination (85% of the final grade).

Compilation of (excerpts of) the texts listed in the course outline
Recommended editions (for the works studied in their entirety).

Handouts
Compilation of (excerpts of) the texts listed in the course outline
Recommended editions (for the works studied in their entirety)
Students' notes taken during class.