English Literature : Introduction to a Critical Approach of Literary Texts [ LGERM1124 ]
3.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Bragard Véronique (coordinator) ;
Bertrand Ingrid ;
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| Language |
English
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Prerequisites |
The course is accessible to all students of first year who followed language courses during the first "quadrimestre".
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| Main themes |
Close in-depth critical study of contemporary canonical texts. This course will introduce students to narratology, stylistics and genre theory. Several literary texts (poems, novels, short stories, plays) will be analysed.
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| Aims |
Acquiring a method of analysis for one or more literary genres though the analysis of canonical contamporary texts (19th, 20th, 21st century). This course will provide students with basic scholarly methods and tools enabling him/her to approach a literary text critically (poems, novels and short stories, plays).
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| Evaluation methods |
Assessment : written exam on the contents of the course and required reading.
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| Teaching methods |
Teaching method : formal lectures + 10 hours of tutorial (seminar sessions).
Course materials : The Norton Anthology of English Literature II. Audio-visual materials will be used to illustrate the course.
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| Content |
This course will provide students with in-depth analyses of canonical literary works (in modern English). Il will also give students a basic introduction to some theories to approach a literary text, such as narrative perspective, historical and cultural perspectives, (post)structuralist, psychoanalytic, postcolonial and genre studies.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> LMOD
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