Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
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 course of this year will have for object " The Belgian literature today ". It will envisage the Belgian French-speaking literary production of last two years, and in particular the narrative prose. The objective of the course, which will take the shape of a seminar requiring the participation of the students, is to forge tools and methods to analyse a contemporary literary production. What means to be a " Belgian author " today? Can we track down in the contemporary Belgian production recurring thematic configurations, or striking stylistics or aesthetics? Does this production present an identical dimension?
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, the student will be able to :
- Build the literary and editorial trajectory of an author;
- Characterize a work of a point of thematic and esthetic view(sight);
- Determine the Belgian inscription of a text.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Have followed the course of Histoire approfondie des littératures francophones et spécialement de la littérature belge (Bac 3 Romane).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will be given as a seminar.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
A list of references and readings will be given in the beginning of c the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course giving itself under the shape of a seminar, the students will be evaluated on their oral presentations. They will also have to put back a written final work in the form of critical essay.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
ben.denis@ulg.ac.be