History of book and reading

Teacher(s)

Lisse Michel;

Language

French

Prerequisites

None

Main themes

Content : The book and its techniques, from manuscripts to printed works. Description of the techniques of bookmaking and publishing. A study about the reading and the circulation of books.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	To bring the students to think about the book as a material object.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

The "book" is approached in a general manner from the first manuscripts to the current developments in computer science. Focussing on book production conditions and the evolution of book production through the ages, the course shows the constant relation between texts, book production techniques, and potential readers.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Evaluation methods

Written examination for the part of Prof. R. Dekoninck
For professor Erica Durante's course.
This part of the course evaluation will include 2 aspects.
1) A series of short essays on reading which will have a formative value. Students are required to submit each of these essays before certain classes.
2) A longer final paper on reading which will have a certificative value. Students are required to submit this paper on the first day of the exam session.
If some formative essays are missing, students' mark for the final paper will be reduced to a lower one.

Other information

Support : student notes, handbook "Introduction à l'histoire du livre" de Jean-François Gilmont (Cefal, 2005), documents on i-campus.

Bibliography

Lectures obligatoires au programme pour la partie assurée par le prof. Erica Durante :
- Mabanckou Alain, Verre cassé, Paris, Seuil, 2006.
ISBN : 9782020849531.                                                                                
- Murakami Haruki, « Sommeil », in L'Éléphant s'évapore, trad. par Corinne Atlan et Véronique Brindeau, Paris, 10/18, 2009.
ISBN : 9782264047724.                                                                                
- Piglia Ricardo, Le Dernier lecteur, trad. par André Gabastou, Paris, Christian Bourgois Éditeur, 2008.
ISBN : 978-2-267-01961-2. 

Faculty or entity

FIAL