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| GERM0055-1

 | Seminar in English Literature E

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| Duration : | 45h SEM | |
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| Holder(s) : | Christine Pagnoulle | |
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| Course contents :
| This course is also part of a cross-section programme in gender studies. It focuses on a dozen women poets writing in English in the last century (particularly in the last three decades). | |
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| Course objective :
| The course has three main objectives: share the pleasure of reading poems, contextualise within historical and cultural developments, vindicate the literary position of women. | |
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| Prerequisites :
| A very good knowledge of English. | |
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| Workshops :
| Students are expected to be actively involved. | |
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| Organization :
| The course in taught in seminar form. A session will be devoted to a poetry reading by one of these women poets. | |
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| Written notes :
| Some poems will be handed out in class, but students are advised to get hold of the following anthologies: - The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Women Poets, Jeni Couzyn ed., Bloodaxe, 2000, - Modern Women Poets, Deryn Rees-Jones ed., Bloodaxe, 2005. | |
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| Assessment :
| Students are expected to hand in two essays of 3,000 to 3,500 words. An oral examen mainly bears on those essays. | |
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| Contacts :
| Christine PAGNOULLE, chargée de cours et chef de travaux,
cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be
04/366 54 38 fax 04/366 57 21 | |
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| Remarks :
| The course is taught in English. | |
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