5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Bertrand Ingrid;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Level B1 of the Common Europea Framework of Reference for Languages
Main themes
Close in-depth critical study of contemporary canonical texts. This course introduces students to narratology, stylistics and genre theory. Several literary texts (poems, novels, short stories, plays) are analysed.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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By the end of this module students will have acquired an appropriate range of methods to analyze one or more literary genres through the analysis of canonical contemporary texts (19th, 20th, 21st century). Students will be able to interpret a poem, a short story, a novel and/or a play with basic scholarly methods and tools to approach a literary text critically. |
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
Introduction to the nature and functions of literary texts. Literary history and literary theory. Genres and genre studies. How to read a poem ? Introduction to narratology (Fitzgerald, Danticat, Lahiri) What is a novel ? Theoretical approaches to literature : (post) structuralist, Feminist, Marxist, ecocritical approaches to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Focus on English Drama : from Shakespeare to Beckett. Analysis of Harold Pinter's Betrayal.
Teaching methods
Teaching method : formal lectures + 10 hours of tutorial (seminar sessions).
Evaluation methods
Written exam.
Other information
Course materials : Coursebook available at DUC.
Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
LMOD
