Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Introduction to Modern English Literature II | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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 second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| The course will consist of close readings of a sample of short stories by contemporary English-speaking authors, among whom Janet Frame, Angela Carter, Muriel Spark, Anita Desai and others. A second part will subsequently focus on Damon Galgut's Then Impostor, a novel that will be placed in the context of post-Apartheid South Africa, with a view to alerting the students to the political implications of some post-colonial literature. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Enhance the students' ability to understand and interpret literary texts of whatever denomination, and to provide written analyses in the form of articulate essays in English. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| The course is entirely taught in English. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Next to the seminars, some attention will be devoted to the difficulties of essay-writing and to the conventions governing the compilation of a bibliography. | ||
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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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| Apart from the short stories (which will be circulated in class) and the novel by Galgut, the students must read two further novels (chosen freely from a list which will be made available; see below).
Damon Galgut, The Impostor (Grove Press; Black Cat) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written and an oral exam will be organized in May/June and in August/September, 2016. The written exam will consist of an analysis of a (short) short story, while the oral exam will take the form of a discussion of The Impostor and of two novels (of the student's free choice; see above), read in the light of the relevant secondary literature. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is organized in the second term. | ||
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Contacts :
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| Marc Delrez E-mail: marc.delrez@ulg.ac.be Tel. 04-3665460 |
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