LROM0007-1 : Commentary on French Authors of the 17th and 18th centuries (in-depth approach)

Study Programmes 2016-2017

LROM0007-1

Commentary on French Authors of the 17th and 18th centuries (in-depth approach)

Duration :

45h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general		4

Lecturer :

Françoise Tilkin

Language(s) of instruction :

French 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 :

The first part will deal with an author from the 17th or the 18th century, his writing, different aspects of his life, his actions and his topicality (this year : Voltaire). The second part will synthesize an aspect of a general literary question relating to the first part of the course (this year : the heritage of the Enlightenment).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Students will be encouraged to develop a deeper view of the seventeenth and eighteenth-century French literature, of its historical background and favorite forms. This will mean direct contact with various texts written by one or more authors and possibly with various documents.
Students will be encouraged to become familiar with basic strategies used in literary research.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

A good background knowledge is required, particularly in the history of France and in French literature.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Students will individually research a component of any one of the topics proposed and present their research orally to the class. A written outline (no more than 2 pages, bibliography included) should have been submitted in advance.

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

See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires Face to face.