Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
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 and context of Dutch literature since 1880. 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.
Teaching and learning method: lectures.
Recommended or required readings
Workbook, available online.
Lecture obligatoire:
- Louis Couperus, Eline Vere (Veen, 2015)
- Willem Elsschot, Kaas (Polis, 2017)
- 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
3, Place Cockerill
B-4000 Liège
tel. 0032-4-3665348
E-mail erik.spinoy@uliege.be
Marie VIERIN, Assistant
Department of Modern Languages
3, Place Cockerill
B-4000 Liège
tel. 0032-4-3665370
E-mail marie.vierin@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The (greater) part of the workbook which was not discussed in class has been made available with audio recordings on eCampus.
Assessment subjects
The part of the course book discussed in class and in the audio files on eCampus.
The test on the compulsory reading is cancelled.
Assessment methods
Oral exam by means of video conferencing tools.
Contacts
See above.
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The part of the workbook that was treated in class or in the audio files on eCampus.
Assessment methods
Oral exam by means of Collaborate (eCampus).
Contacts
04-3665348
erik.spinoy@uliege.be
Items online
Online Notes
Notes are available on eCampus.