Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to spanish-american short fiction.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The latin-american short story. The student should be able to situate the short story as a genre in latin-american literature. He can explain f.e. the following literary concepts: the theory of literature by Borges, the fantastic, magical realism, etc. He will also be capable to situate some important latin-american writers such as Borges, Fuentes, Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, García Márquez and Monterroso.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
course: SPANISH I
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex cathedra with active participation by the students.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face to face. Fiste semester. The student must make his preparation weekly.
Some help will be offered so as make the students capable of writing a paper in spanish.
Recommended or required readings
Antology with short stories and literary criticism will be available at the Copy Shop Flash Copy from the 18 Septembre 2018.
- Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo. Madrid: Cátedra, 2009.
- Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada. Debolsillo.
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Los cachorros, Cátedra.
Students will have the opportunity to by the books at the beginning of the year.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written and oral exam in January. Personal paper (30% of the global result).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
September-December, Wednesday, 14 à 16h. Course in spanish.
Contacts
kristine.vandenberghe@uliege.be
assistante: Rahel Teicher rahel.teicher@uliege.be