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| LGER0165-2 | English literature a (Shakespeare and the Middle Ages)
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus , 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus , 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Teaching Focus, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Research Focus | | 5 |
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| Master in Linguistics, Research focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Research Focus, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Research Focus, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Professional Focus in Translation, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Marc Delrez |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course will start with a brief theoretical introduction which will rehearse the various reasons why Shakespeare is usually considered an author of the Renaissance, while dialectically suggesting that he nevertheless lived in a society which may not have had such a clear awareness of having outgrown what we call the Middle Ages. The latter will be illustrated notably in the light of plays such as Pericles and Troilus and Cressida, amongst others. Three further plays will then be analyzed in detail:
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well that Ends Well
Measure for Measure. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Enhance the students' ability to decode a complex literary text; familiarize them with the idiom of Shakespeare's plays; incite them to a reflection on the pitfalls of historical periodization. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Heuristic seminars. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face(s); but I might turn round. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| See above; any cheap edition of Shakespeare's plays will do the trick. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The students will be requested to write an essay (from 3,000 to 4,000 words) on a course-related topic of their choice. The latter will be then be discussed in the context of an individual oral examination held in January 2015. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course will be organized in the first term, on Mondays from 11h to 13h in Room 'Petit Physique'. |
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Contacts :
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| Everybody welcome; if interested, join the group or write to Marc Delrez, marc.delrez@ulg.ac.be |
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