Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
English 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
The course will be devoted to postcolonial rewritings of two classics of 19th-century English Literature, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, by Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë. The discussions in class will focus on the notion of rewriting as well as the literary representations of madness.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students are expected to master the main theoretical notions pertaining to rewriting and intertextuality, particularly in the postcolonial context. They will be able to use such notions in the critical analysis of literary works.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Very good knowledge of English
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course involves seminar discussions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
Required readings:
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Penguin)
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (Penguin)
Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin)
Caryl Phillips, The Lost Child (Oneworld)
as well as a few short stories and essays which will be available at the start of the course
Assessment methods and criteria
Written research essay and an oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
In 2019-2020 this course will be taught by Leo Courbot, leocourbot@gmail.com
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Distance learning: weekly email delivery of class notes and bibliographical information related to the seminar's thematic schedule, weekly reception and sharing of presentation papers resulting from previously-planned student team work.
Assessment subjects
English language British and postcolonial literatures.
Assessment methods
Students must write a 3000-word essay dealing with at least two of the novels studied in the seminar and relying on at least five secondary sources such as those provided on ecampus. Papers must be handed in on June 2, 2020 at the latest.
Contacts
leo.courbot@uliege.be