UCL - Critical analysis of Modern and Contemporary Texts : the French Language Novel

[ROM1260]

[30h] 4 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s): Vincent Engel

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes

Aims

To be able to produce a relevant and illuminating analysis, with arguments, of a poetic text ; to situate it on stylistic, aesthetical, historical and cultural levels ; to evaluate the crossing between methodological tools and results ; to write an analysis.

Main themes

Detailed analysis of one or more novelistic works, notably by confronting some interpretations elaborated by specialists. This analysis leads to situate the text into the historical, social and cultural configuration in which it has been generated ; to isolate operating tools in order to analyse the novelistic gender ; to estimate the value and limits of the various methods and theoretical orientations in use.
Focalisation on the novelistic gender is not exclusive : in relation with the particular questions treated, works from other genders, or other arts, could also be taken in consideration.