Face-to-face , second term, 60 hours of theory.

English

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.

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

None

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.

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.).

25-minute oral exam (with 25 minutes of preparation) covering the subject of the two parts of the EU.

If the pandemic risk evolves and returns to partial or total containment, the assessment of this EU may take the form of an oral exam on Teams.

A bibliography with the main references is included in the reading portfolio.

Course taught in 2020-2021.

Course notes with course plan and reading portfolio.

PowerPoint presentations available on Moodle after each session.