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| LGER0166-2 | English literature b (The Grotesque)
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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 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 : | Michel Delville |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French 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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| This course investigates the notion of the grotesque - as well as a number of related or adjacent categories such as the comic, the bizarre, the absurd, the baroque, the monstrous, the disgusting, the weird and the ridiculous - examining a wide variety of texts by writers and artists as diverse as Hieronymus Bosch, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Beckett, Herman Melville, Sherwood Anderson, H. G. Wells, Mikhail Bakhtin, Philip Roth, William Burroughs, Chuck Palahniuk, and David Lynch. Our discussions will be leavened and alleviated by video recordings and other supporting materials. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Happy Days (any edition)
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (Vintage)
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (Vintage)
+ a syllabus of critical texts, poems and short stories |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written exam or research paper |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Michel Delville
mdelville@ulg.ac.be |
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