Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Questions of rhetoric and semiology | ||
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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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| François Provenzano | ||
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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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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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| After an introduction to the history and current status of rhetoric and semiology in the area of the human sciences, the course will focus on that specific topic: genre. This issue will be addressed primarily through Jean-Marie Schaeffer's Qu'est-ce qu'un genre littéraire ?, which reading will be mandatory. The course will end with different concrete case studies on literary and non-literary corpus. Students will have themselves to produce a case study on a freely chosen corpus. The concrete modalities of this work will be discussed and negociated at the beginning of the course. As a preparation to the final examination, and on request from the students, the last session of the course will be dedicated to the topic of verbal interactions. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, students will be able to : - know the main historical and conceptual steps of the development of rhetoric and semiology among human sciences and literary studies; - know and locate the main theories of genre; - read and discuss a hard theoretical piece of work; - produce an original and sharp case study on a literary or non-literary cultural production. - deal with a verbal interaction such as an oral examination at the university. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students should have studied linguistics or semiotics in some form, prior to taking this course. The instructor will frequently refer to aspects of teaching points in semiotics or linguistics that he articulated during the first cycle. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course will at first consist in a series of lectures, and then the instructor will make assignments to students for seminar-type presentations. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face only. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Mandatory reading:
Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Qu'est-ce qu'un genre littéraire ?, Paris, Seuil, coll. "Poétique", 1989.
Other references will be presented to the students at the beginning of the course.
Selected bibliography: Aristote, Poétique, trad. J. Hardy, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1932. Aristote, Rhétorique, Livres I et II : texte établi et traduit par Médéric Dufour, Livre III : texte établi et traduit par Médéric Dufour et André Wartelle, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1961-1973. Barthes (Roland), « L'ancienne rhétorique : aide-mémoire », Communications, 16.Recherches rhétoriques (1970), Paris, Seuil, coll. « Points-Essais », 1994, pp. 254-333. Fontanier (Pierre), Les Figures du discours, Paris, Flammarion, 1977. Genette (Gérard), « La rhétorique restreinte » [1970], Communications, 16.Recherches rhétoriques, Paris, Seuil, coll. « Points-Essais », 1994, pp. 233-253. Groupe µ, Rhétorique générale, Paris, Larousse, 1970 [Seuil, 1982]. Groupe µ, Traité du signe visuel, Paris, Seuil, 1992. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Marking is based on results of an oral examination, taking place during the regular exam session. The examination covers 1) encyclopaedic knowledge presented in lectures, 2) analytical ability, tested using a particular case, 3) oral defence of a written exposition, whose content, method and time for completion will be arranged in consultation with the instructor.
Participation by students in course activities will be taken into consideration in assigning marks. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course will take place on Fridays, 2nd Term, from 3 to 5 PM, classroom A2/4/12. Resumption : Friday 5th February 2016. Students who are interested in this course can contact the teacher by September 2015 to ask their questions. | ||
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Contacts :
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François PROVENZANO, chargé de cours
Département de Langues et littératures françaises et romanes
Service de Sciences du langage et rhétorique
Place Cockerill, 3-5, bât. A2, 4000 Liège.
Tél. 04 366 56 45
Mail : Francois.Provenzano@ulg.ac.be
Surgery hours: Wednesdays, from 9.30 to 11, office A2/4/4 (from September 23)
Secretary Ariane Nusgens : 04 366 56 50 |
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