Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch 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
Survey of the evolution of literary genres, study of the major authors and cultural currents in Dutch literature, from 1880 up to 1940.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Familiarizing the students with the history of Dutch literature since 1880 and with its context. Improving 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' capacities 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.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Duration and period: 30h of theory in the 2nd semester.
Site and schedule: See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Teaching and learning method: lectures.
Recommended or required readings
Workbook, available online.
Lecture obligatoire:
- Louis Couperus, Eline Vere (Veen, 2015 or Lalito, 2015)
- Willem Elsschot, Kaas (Athenaeum, 2015)
- Paul van Ostaijen, 'De stad der opbouwers' (available online: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/osta002verz03_01/osta002verz03_01_0003.php)
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam in the June session. Oral evaluation of the compulsory reading in April-May.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Erik SPINOY, Full Professor
Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures
3, Place Cockerill
B-4000 Liège
tel. 0032-4-3665348
erik.spinoy@ulg.ac.be
Marie VIERIN, Assistant
Dépt. de Langues et littératures modernes
3, Place Cockerill
B-4000 Liège
tel. 0032-4-3665370