Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
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
This course offers an in-depth presentation of specific aspects of medieval French literature, moving from the study of a particular literary genre (or current or form or other) and its most representative authors (known or anonymous). A general introduction will contextualise the choice of texts, and then overviews of texts and traditions will alternate with close reading and translation of single excerpts.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the genre considered in its formal and structural aspects, as well as in its history. One major purpose of the paper will be the literary and philological analysis of a few core texts. This implies a full awareness of the plurality of possible views and methods. Additionally, students will develop their skills and be able to understand and translate an Old French text, to situate it in its historical context and cultural background, to offer a rigorous interpretation of it, to appreciate its modernity as well as its cultural distance and alterity.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Work on texts on the basis of a syllabus and / or an anthology. Research activities in the ULg libraries, use of online resources.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures and seminars.
30 hours theory + 15 hours of practical work, 2nd term.
See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings
A syllabus and a complete bibliography will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam + written work. The oral exam will consist of discussion of the course contents (50%). For the written work, groups of 5-6 students will submit a critical analysis of a Medieval text based on a selected bibliography approved by the course instructor, to be submitted one week before the final exam (50%).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Items online
Programme&Bibliography (Core Course + Exercises)
Programme&Bibliography (Core Course + Exercises)