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| LGER0079-1 | Studies of English literary modern texts III
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Christine Pagnoulle |
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| Language : | Langue anglaise |
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| Course contents : | The course introduces students to some lesser known works in anglophone literature and should thus develop their awareness of its cultural diversity. In 2008-9 it bears on works by First Nation Canadian writers. |
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| Course objective : | Increase students' critical reading skills and develop sound habits of checking secondary literature. |
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| Prerequisites : | Good knowledge of English. |
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| Workshops : | Since many will be discovering diversity thanks to the ERASMUS exchange programme, the number of students ought to be sufficiently low for the course to take the form of a seminar with all students actively involved. |
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| Organization : | The course is taught in the first term. Wednesday 10 to 12. See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | Students are invited to read
- poems from the anthology Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthology, Jeannette Armstrong & Lally Grauer (eds), Northview Press, 2001;
- a play by Tomson Highway : The Rez Sisters (Calgary, Fifth House Publishers, 1988) ;
- excerpts from Tomson Highway's autobiographical novel Kiss of the Fur Queen (Doubleday, 1998);
- stories by Thomas King (One Good Story, That One, HarperPerennial, 1993) et d'Eden Robinson (Traplines: Stories, Holt & C°, 1996);
- the novel by Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road (Phoenix, 2005).
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| Assessment : | Students will have to write an essay at home. They will be assessed on their participation in class and on the marks they receive for this essay, but the final mark will be determined by a written examination followed by an oral feedback in January. |
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| Contacts : | Christine Pagnoulle
04 366 5438
cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | Some papers at the conference "Identities under Construction" (16-18 October) should be of interest. |
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