Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English 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 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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of English.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
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)
Assessment methods and criteria
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.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
First term. Wednesday 10-12.
Contacts
Bénédicte Ledent
04 366 5439
B.Ledent@ulg.ac.be(cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be
)
Items online
Lecture notes
Lecture notes will be made available during the term via the e-Campus platform.