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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
LROM0011-1  Paraliterary genres (French)
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures, 3rd yearSecond semester3
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus , 1st yearSecond semester5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus , 2nd yearSecond semester5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Research Focus, 1st yearSecond semester5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Research Focus, 2nd yearSecond semester5
Holder(s) :  Björn‑Olav Dozo
Language :  French language
Course contents :  
  • Critical and historical approach to para-literary genres, from popular novels and romantic novels to comic books or crime novels.
  • Construction of a problematic regarding artistic vs. popular literature as a fundamental distinction operating in the francophone cultural universe.
Course objective :  
  • To introduce students to para-literary genres (popular novels, fantastic literature, crime novels, science-fiction, songs, romantic novels, etc.).
  • To understand and explicate in a historical and sociological manner the emergence of para-literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Enable students to formulate problems within these genres and their relationship with the general literature.

Prerequisites :  None.
Organization :  See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Written notes :  Bibliographical references will be furnished at the beginning of the class.
Assessment :  June session.
Contacts :  Instructor
Jean-Pierre BERTRAND, professeur ordinaire
Département de Langues et littératures romanes
Place Cockerill, 3
4000 Liège
Tel. 04 366 54 07
Assistant
Björn-Olav DOZO, Postdoctoral Researcher F.R.S.-FNRS
bo.dozo@ulg.ac.be
Secretary
Vanessa HAMOIR
Tel. 04 366 56 50


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