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| LROM0123-1 | Thorough history of the French-speaking literatures and especially of the Belgian literature
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Benoît Denis |
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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 second semester |
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Course contents :
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- a) Methodological introduction : the notion of literature. Outline of the sociocultural situation of the countries of the Francophony. Introduction to the «gravitational model».
- b) History and evolution of the French-speaking literature of Belgium, in its relationships with the french and belgian societies : centrifugal phase (1830-1920), centripetal phase ( 1920-1960 ), dialectical phase ( 1960-2003).
- c) Specificities and constants of the French-speaking literature of Belgium.
- d) Présentation of important events and questions of the French-speaking literature of Belgium.
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course, the student will be able:
- To use the institutional approach of the literary fact as a conceptual framework to think of the relationships between the peripheral French-speaking literatures and the Parisian center;
- To correlate the cultural facts and the social facts;
- To apply to singular objects the overview of the situation of the French-speaking literatures of the North which will have been given to him;
- To implement a thorough knowledge of the French-speaking literature of Belgium and its history.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| It is desirable that the student possesses a good knowledge of the history of the modern French literature as well as the main lines of the political, social and economic history of Belgium. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| - A list of readings. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| J.-M. Klinkenberg et B. Benis, La littérature belge. Précis d'histoire sociale, Bruxelles, Labor, 2005. This book contains a detailed bibliography of the main references in the concerned domains. A list of compulsory readings is supplied (available via «My ULg»). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The examination will be a written test, and will concern both the course and the program of readings. Besides precise questions, the student will also be brought to make a long argued answer in essay style. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course, the readings and the examination are exclusively in French. |
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Contacts :
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| ben.denis@ulg.ac.be |
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