Study Programmes 2016-2017
LROM0193-2  
Introduction to literary research and end-of-cycle project (minor)
Duration :
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5
Bachelor in information and communication5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5
Bachelor in history5
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5
Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5
Bachelor in philosophy5
Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5
Lecturer :
Luciano Curreri, Sara Decoster
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
30th
 
 
 
18h Th. (9h Curreri, 9h Decoster) + 12h Th (6h chacun : invités)
 
 
 
Curreri :
 
 
 
2h : Esthétique, éthique... écologie des études littéraires
 
 
 
texte proposé : Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Petite écologie des études littéraires. Pourquoi et comment étudier la littérature?, Vincennes, Thierry Marchaisse, 2011, 124 p.
 
 
 
2h : Histoire des idées
 
 
 
texte proposé : Marc Angenot, L'Histoire des idées, Liège, PULg, 2014, p. 49-123.
 
 
 
2h : sociologie de la littérature : d'Antonio Gramsci à Jacques Dubois
 
 
 
texte proposé : Jacques Dubois, Stendhal une sociologie romanesque, Paris, éditions la découverte, "textes à l'appui / laboratoire des sciences sociales", 2007, p. 170-194 (cf. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/130005).
 
 
Stendhal, La Chartreuse de Parme (1839), édition de M. Di Maio, Paris, Gallimard, "Folio Classique", 2004.
 
2h : Réalité, pactes, fiction, poétique des valeurs
 
textes proposés : Luciano Curreri, Fiction, propagande, témoignage, réalité. La représentation de la guerre civile espagnole en Italie. 5 micro-essais, Roma-Macerata, Quodlibet, «Elements», 2016 ; Vincent Jouve, Poétique des valeurs, Paris, P.U.F., « Ecriture », 2001.
 
 
+ 6h : invités : Jacques Dubois, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Laurent Demoulin, Benoit Denis, Luca Di Gregorio, Maud Hagelstein
 
 
 
 
 
Decoster :
 
 
 
2h : Histoire littéraire et histoire de la littérature
 
 
 
texte proposé : Henri Béhar et Roger Fayolle, L'Histoire littéraire aujourd'hui, Paris, A. Colin, 1990.
 
 
 
2h : Interdisciplinarité et Cultural studies
 
 
 
texte proposé : Jan Baetens, Cultural studies n'égalent pas études culturelles, "MEI Média & information", 24-25, 2007, p. 35-42.
 
 
 
2h : Littérature et linguistique
 
 
 
texte proposé : Dominique Maingueneau, Manuel de linguistique pour le texte littéraire, Paris, A. Colin, 2015.
 
2h : Texte, paratexte, hypertexte, architexte
 
 
 
+ 6h :  invités : Semir Badir, Jan Baetens, Pascal Durand, Gerald Purnelle, François Provenzano, Françoise Tilkin
 
 
 
  
Curreri & Decoster :
 
2h : Génétique et ecdotique
2 invités : Nadine Henrard, Nicola Morato
 
15h Pr. (Curreri & Decoster)
 
 
 
Introduction to the writing of the FBP : students are requested to write three pages (7500 signs, including footnotes and spaces) as well as a bibliography (2500 signs) on a research issue of their choice. The paper should describe the research problem, the corpus, the research method, the aim of the study, and should, of course, contain a bibliography.
Students are free to choose the professor with whom they will prepare their bachelor's thesis, independently of the persons teaching the course "Introduction to research in literary studies".
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
  Introduction to the writing of the bachelor's thesis
The FBP's objective is to prepare students to produce a master's thesis, by introducing them to scientific investigation and writing. More specifically, the FBP tests the following skills: reading and understanding an important contribution in a specific field; situating this contribution in its context; developing a personal point of view, separate from that of the author's, following an original line of enquiry.
The FBP is produced based on a scientific text, chosen from a list provided at the beginning of the 2nd term. Startinf from their chosen text, students identify a potential extension of the author's analysis and develop a reasoned research plan backed by at least two other approved references on the topic.
 
The FBP should follow the typographical standards of scientific writing in the field studied, and be no longer than 10,000 characters, spaces included. A bibliography is provided as an appendix to the project (this does not count toward the 10,000 character limit).
 
The choice of a FBP (branch of study and specific topic) in no way determines future of the students' studies (master's thesis, adviser, speciality or optional courses).  
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
LITT0004-1 - Introduction aux grandes littératures occidentales
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Different works (reading, oral and writing exercises, summaries) aiming at the global and detailed comprehension of texts. Interactive method.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
cfr. course contents
Assessment methods and criteria :
Writing of FBP and oral examination
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Sara Decoster : Monday from 11 am to 12
Luciano Curreri : Tuesday from 11 am to 12 (Salle Lumière)
Curreri & Decoster : Thursday from 8 am to 9 am
 
The FBP's schedule is as follows:
 
- early February: students are provided a list of articles to choose from;
 
- before the Easter holiday: students choose a topic and an adviser, keeping in mind that each adviser cannot be in charge of more that 5 students each year.
 
- May 9, 2016 (for the first-session exam): students give the final draft of their FBP to their adviser (in both printed and electronic form);
 
- August 22, 2016 (for the second-session exam): students give the final draft of their FBP to their adviser (in both printed and electronic form)    
Contacts :
  Luciano Curreri (6h) : mardi, 11h00-12h00
04-366 53 66 ; luciano.curreri@ulg.ac.be
Sara Decoster (6h) : jeudi, 9h00-10h00
04-366 53 93 ; sara.decoster@ulg.ac.be