Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French 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
This course offers an in-depth presentation of specific aspects of medieval French literature, based on the analysis 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)
30 hours theory + 15 hours of practical work, 2nd term.
Lectures. A detailed agenda with an outline of each leacture will be published on MYULiège shortly after the beginning of the paper.
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
- lessons and exercises : the programme of each lesson is made available on weekly basis (on Modays, i.e. two days before the course) on MyUliège in PDF format. The key learning outcomes, readings, audio and video materials, other support material, exercises and the answers to the more specific questions asked in the previous lesson, are indicated in the programme of each lesson.
- team work (see above)
- discussion of the contents of each lessons, of the exercises and of the progress of the team work during videoconferences with 4-6 students (30 min for each group, on Lifesize).
Assessment subjects
- assessment of the team work realised during the course
- présentation orale du travail
- presentation, reading, translation and analysis of texts included in the anthology and in the programme
- discussion about the contents of the course
NB: during the oral examination, students are allowed to have their notes with them and to read from their personal copy of the antology.
Assessment methods
- assessment of presentations and essays realised during the course
- oral examination on Lifesize (timetable to be agreed with the course delegates right after the end of the course)
In the case in which one or more students do not dispose of a stable internet connexion, an alternative solution will be agreed during the week following the end of the course.
Contacts
email: nicola.morato@uliege.be
For the Lifesize extension code, please write to the address above.
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
Lesson 6 : Animal rights and ethics. The case of Le Roman de Renard
Lesson 6 : Animal rights and ethics. The case of Le Roman de Renard
Lesson 7 : A case of theriomorphism : the Giant. Le cycle de Guillaume
Lesson 7 : A case of theriomorphism : the Giant. Le cycle de Guillaume
Lesson 8 : Nature and Creation. The `Roman de la Rose¿
Lesson 8 : Nature and Creation. The `Roman de la Rose¿
Lesson 9 : Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour
Lesson 9 : Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour
Lessons 10-12 : Optional activities
Lessons 10-12 : Optional activities
Programme. Theological Animals and Where to Find Them
Programme of the paper.