UCL - Literature and artistic movements in Europe

[EURO1202]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Jean-Claude Polet

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Lectures will go through cultural history, more precisely European literature, in order to understand how the European civilization has emerged, from Antiquity until Modern times. EU member states will be of taken into account, as well as European states that are not part of the Community but still contribute to shape the European civilization.

Main themes

Literatures (in the broadest sense) will be analyzed, i.e. all the writings that have been decisive for the European civilization. Fine arts and music will also come under scrutiny.

Content and teaching methods

- Jewish and Christian, Greek and Latin, Celtic, German and Slavonic traditions
- Medieval Europe.
- European Classical times, from Renaissance Humanism until the end of 18th century.
- Romanticism.
Lectures will also be illustrated by sounds and images.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Period: 2nd semester in the first year of minor options.
Periodicity: yearly.
Language: French.
Prerequisite: none.
Evaluation: written or oral examination.
Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.
References: to be determined by the professor in charge.