Study Programmes 2016-2017
GERM0013-1  
History of Dutch Literature 2
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English4
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general4
Master in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English (120 ECTS)4
Master in linguistics (120 ECTS)4
Master in modern languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS)4
Master in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English (60 ECTS)4
Master in modern languages and literatures : general (60 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Erik Spinoy
Language(s) of instruction :
Dutch language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Survey of the evolution of literary genres and study of the major authors and cultural currents in Dutch literature from 1700 to 1880.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Introduction to the history of Dutch literature in the 18th and 19th century. Improvement of the students' literary and cultural competences, and of their understanding of the mechanisms of literary evolution and historiography. Developing the students' analytical skills. Developing the students' skills to assimilate academic presentations and texts in Dutch.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Good notions of spoken and written Dutch.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Reading of representative text fragments and discussion of significant images. Autonomous reading of two Dutch-language novels.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Duration and period: 30h of theory in the 1st semester.

Site and schedule:
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires


Teaching and learning method: lectures
Recommended or required readings :
Workbook (available online). Compulsory reading:
  • Hendrik Conscience, De Leeuw van Vlaenderen (pdf available on eCampus)
  • Multatuli, Max Havelaar (Prometheus, 2015)
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral evaluation of the compulsory reading in December. Oral exam in the January session.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Erik SPINOY, Full Professor Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 3, Place Cockerill, B-4000 Liège Tel. 0032-4-3665348 erik.spinoy@ulg.ac.be
Véronique DIEU, Assistant Département de Langues et littératures modernes 3, Place Cockerill, B-4000 Liège Tel. 0032-4-3665370 E-mail veronique.dieu@ulg.ac.be(erik.spinoy@ulg.ac.be)
Items online :
Online Notes
Notes are available on eCampus.