LROM0156-1 : Advanced research seminar in French literature during the 17th and 18th centuries I

Study Programmes 2015-2016

LROM0156-1

Advanced research seminar in French literature during the 17th and 18th centuries I

Duration :

30h SEM, 5d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits :

Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS)		9

Lecturer :

Stéphanie Biquet, Françoise Tilkin

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The seminar will address a subject or a group of subjects which students will choose together during a preparatory session organised at the start of the academic year. As part of this, each student will be responsible for studying a question which they will attempt to answer through research, and present in a written piece of work in the form of a scientific article. Group work (oral presentations at different stages of the research to facilitate exchange of information and shared problem solving) and individual interviews will occur throughout the research. As the opportunity arises, students may be required to attend scientific meetings.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The course aims to give students the possibility of acquiring the theoretical and methodological bases as well as the techniques involved in oral and written expression required for carrying out research in the chosen theme: the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.

www.gedhs.ulg.ac.be

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

A good general knowledge of French literature of the Enlightenment.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Oral seminar presentations (presentation of the problem in question, then progress and the results of the research); and a written paper (a scientific article).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

A meeting with the students around the middle of September: http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires