Research seminar in English literature [ LGERM2872 ]

To have successfully followed the courses on the history of English literature in the Bachelor programme, and to show a strong interest in this area of research. Writing a master’s dissertation on a topic of the seminar is not a condition for registering.

The content of the seminar depends on the research carried out in the unit and the master dissertations undertaken by the students; it thus changes every year.

To give the students a chance to participate in a collective research project and pursue their own research project within this methodological framework, possibly in connection with the writing of their master’s dissertation and other research activities.

Continuous assessment of each student's participation in the seminar. Oral exam. The writing of a paper is optional.

 

This year, the seminar will have as its overall topic "The Shock of the Modern: Themes and Images in English Literature of the Renaissance." The major transition from a more traditional society based on religion to a more secular society will be considered on the basis of texts by Thomas More (Utopia), William Tyndale, The King James Bible, and John Donne.

One-day visit to the Plantin Moretus Museum, Antwerp.