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| LITT0005-1 | Comparative literature B: from the 19th to the 21st century
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures, classical orientation, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 3 |
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| Bachelor in information and communication, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, German, Dutch and English, 2nd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Bachelor in history of art and archeology, general orientation, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 3 |
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| Bachelor in history, 3rd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Bachelor in history of art and archeology, musicology orientation, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 3 |
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| Bachelor in philosophy, 2nd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Bachelor in Romance languages and literatures, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Delrez, Christine Pagnoulle |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course bears on three literary movements and moments in the development of European literatures: romanticism (end of the 18th and first half of the 19th century), modernism (end of the 19th and first half of the 20th C, and postcolonialism (after 1960). |
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| Course objective : | (1) Provide students with a survey of literatures written in European languages in the 19th and 20th centuries) ,
(2) highlight connections between various art forms, and between historical context and literary / artistic productions,
(3) promote reading habits (students have to read at least two books, see below),
(4) point to the role of translators. |
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| Prerequisites : | None. |
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| Organization : | See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | Reference texts and a syllabus will be on sale at Flash-copy (a copy shop rue Charles Magnette) in the second half of January.
Reading some theory is obviously commendable, but in view of the amount of work students have to cope with we hardly insist. (Here are some titles just in case: Pierre Brunel, Claude Pichois et André-Michel Rousseau, Qu'est-ce que la Littérature Comparée ?, Armand Colin ; Eric Hobsbawm, L'ère des Révolutions 1789 - 1848, tr. Jean Chevalier, Complexe ; Peter Nicholls, Modernisms: A Literary Guide, Macmillan.)
What is however compulsory is that the students should read one literary work for two of the three movements we look at.
(Romanticism)
- J. W. von Goethe, Die Wahlverwandtschaften - 1809
- Stendhal, Le Rouge et le Noir - 1830
- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights - 1848
(Modernism)
- Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent - 1907
- Franz Kafka, Der Prozess (The Trial) - 1922
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit - 1932
(Postcolonialism)
- Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children - 1981
- Isabel Allende, La Casa de los Espiritus - 1982
- Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco - 1992
- Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient - 1992
- Kossi Efoui, La fabrique de cérémonies - 1997 (Seuil)
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| Assessment : | An MCQ on the content of the taught course and open questions on the books the students have read. |
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| Contacts : | Marc DELREZ
04 366 54 60 - fax 04 366 57 21
Marc.Delrez@ulg.ac.be
Christine PAGNOULLE
04 366 54 38 - fax 04 366 57 21
cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | The course is taught in French. Students whose mother tongue is not French can read in whatever language they choose, but have to take the examination in French.
Colleagues with specific expertise are called upon for presentation in their fields. |
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