2. Provide an example of a completed study in comparative literature.
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | Analyze one period and one or more streams of European literature using a comparative perspective. Provide students with a basic understanding of this period and streams of literature, placing the latter in the broader context of the connections that European culture has progressively established across different countries, constituting a unique civilization sharing common evidence, references and connivances. Familiarize students with the aims, essence and methodologies of comparative research, and introduce them to the theoretical foundations of the comparative approach. Students are expected to demonstrate that they have acquired the skills taught during the course and that they have mastered the historical background and literary material characterizing the period and the streams of literature analyzed throughout the course. |
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”.
- Personal reading/watching of 3 novels and 3 films + 1 novel or film to be selected
- Active participation to the discussions on the novels and films
The paper will be submitted on the first day of the exam session of January (and/of September). Two versions will be submitted: a printed version in the teacher’s pigeonhole (Erasme College, 3rd floor, B-wing) and an electronic version (word) posted on Moodle.
The evaluation mode is the same for each session.
The books may also be read in the original language, depending on the language skills of each student.
- Trois films obligatoires (Good Bye, Lenin! de Wolfgang Becker ; Tabou de Miguel Gomes ; Midnight in Paris de Woody Allen)
- Les œuvres au choix seront indiquées au début du cours
- Un syllabus avec des extraits de textes littéraires (e. a. Homère, Ovide, Pétrarque, el Inca Garcilaso, Du Bellay, Rousseau, Wordsworth, Proust, Nabokov) et de textes théoriques (e. a. Sigmund Freud, Jean Starobinski, Svetlana Boym, Fredric Jameson, John J. Su, Walter Benjamin, Katharina Niemeyer) sera disponible à la DUC.
