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GERM1351 - English : Literary text analysis and special questions
Credits :
6
Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 60 hours of theory.
Timetable :
Second term
Wednesday from 13:30 to 15:30 at 109 Marais 610
Thursday from 10:45 to 12:45 at 109 Marais 610
Language of instruction :
English
Learning outcomes :
At the end of the course, students should be able to
- critically approach an author, a literary text, period, movement or critical method;
- to produce a structured, well-argued discourse that integrates the specific vocabulary and concepts used in literary studies;
- to analyse a literary text using the knowledge acquired through the course.
Prerequisites :
 For the Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters: German, Dutch and English :
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
This course first deals with English literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. It evokes modernism, postmodernism and beyond, stressing how English literature progressively opens up to the rest of the world and a multiplicity of new voices and forms. The course then focuses on the concept of rewriting (including postcolonial and postmodern rewritings) through texts like Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea or Michael Cunningham's The Hours.
The students who have already followed one part of the course will be required to complete an alternative task (essay) for this part of the course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures. Students are encouraged to actively prepare and take part in the discussions through weekly compulsory reading tasks and the creation of a short video on one aspect of the course.
The lectures make ample use of audio-visual material and technologies (extracts from film adaptations or performances, interactive quizzes with voting devices, etc.).
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam on the sessions devoted to rewritings. Three parts: gap-fill test, semi-open questions and one open question. 50% of the final mark.
Oral exam (3 questions) on the sessions devoted to the historical part of the course. With preparation time. 50% of the final mark.
The students who have already followed one part of the course will be assessed as follows for this part of the course:
- essay: 60% of the mark for this part of the course;
- oral exam based on the essay: 40% of the mark for this part of the course.
Recommended or required reading :
A bibliography with the main references is included in the reading portfolio.
Other information :
Course taught in 2019-2020.
Course notes with course plan and reading portfolio.
PowerPoint presentations available on Moodle after each session.
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