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	Study programmes 2010-2011 Last update : 11/04/2011
	LGER0080-1   Studies of English literary modern texts IV Duration :   30h Th Credits/ECTS :   Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures, German, Dutch and English, 3rd year Second semester 4 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 3rd year Second semester 4 One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Linguistics Second semester 4 One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, germanic orientation Second semester 4 One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation Second semester 4 Holder(s) :   Marc Delrez Language :   English language Course contents :   The course will provide an introduction to critical whiteness studies (a theoretical movement which emerged in the American academy and is exemplified in the work of bell hooks, Toni Morrison, Richard Dyer and Ruth Frankenberg), with a view to gaining a purchase on a selection of contemporary postcolonial texts ostensibly concerned with the way in which 'whiteness' constructs dominant epistemologies. The following novels in particular will be discussed in class: J. M. Coetzee, Foe (1984) Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) David Malouf, Remembering Babylon (1993) Organization :   See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires Assessment :   Assessment will be based on a personal written essay, followed by an oral debriefing with the teacher. Contacts :   Marc Delrez E-mail: marc.delrez@ulg.ac.be Tel. 04-3665460 Remarks :   Ms Delphine Munos, research assistant, will teach the section of the course devoted to Mohsin Hamid, The Relectant Fundamentalist. Contact: Delphine.Munos@ulg.ac.be Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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