Seminar : Literary History

Teacher(s)

Guiderdoni Agnès; Zanetta Julien;

Language

French

Main themes

The seminar will deepen localized issues. Depending on subjects and issues, texts from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century French literature will be selected.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	It is thus presented as an introduction to personal research and preparation for the thesis in its various phases (analysis, problem setting, writing) from the point of view of literary history.

Content

In 2019-2020, the seminar is led by Professor Agnès Guiderdoni. This year, the seminar will be devoted to the notion of Baroque and will study its contemporary extensions, that is the neo-baroque. Based on a corpus of primary texts and secondary literature, we will question the development of the notion itself in the 20th century, its implicit foundations, the controversies it gave rise to, and the mutations it underwent in the forn of the neo-baroque.

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

The seminar is led every other year by one of its two lecturers: in 2018-2019, by Professor Zanone and, in 2019-2020, by Professor Guiderdoni. Most of the sessions take place at the beginning of the term and, after an introduction to the subject, are designed to develop various concepts of problematisation. Students are then encouraged to work on their own; there are two sessions to oversee the progress and subsequent completion of this work.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Written essay to be prepared individually.

Other information

For any information, please contact by email Professor Agnès Guiderdoni agnes.guiderdoni@uclouvain.be

Faculty or entity

ELAL