Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| Introduction to Modern English Literature III (minor) | ||
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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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| Bénédicte Ledent | ||
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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 first semester, review in January | ||
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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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Learning unit contents :
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| The course will focus on biographical fiction, a hybrid genre which has become increasingly popular in the field of literature and film. The texts analysed in class will lead to an examination of the generic issues around this literary form and will enable us to address the complex links between reality and fiction, between verisimilitude and imagination. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| By the end of the course students will have increased their reading skills and developed sound habits of checking secondary literature. They will also have developed a reflexive outlook on the productive tension between fact and fiction and on the artistic choices that underlie literary creativity. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Good knowledge of English. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The teaching methods will be as dynamic as possible, involving the active participation of students in the discussion of the set texts and secondary sources. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Articles and short stories will be made available at the beginning of the course, which will focus on these three novels:
Virginia Woolf, Orlando (London: Vintage) Jill Dawson, The Great Lover (London: Harper) Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark (London: Vintage) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The students will have to take both a written and an oral exam. They will have to demonstrate their ability to write an original essay on the texts analysed in class and discuss related secondary sources. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| First term. Wednesday 11-13. | ||
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Contacts :
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| Bénédicte Ledent
04 366 5439
B.Ledent@ulg.ac.be(cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be
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