Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
- Critical and historical approach to para-literary genres, from popular novels and romantic novels to SF books or crime novels.
- Construction of a problematic regarding artistic vs. popular literature as a fundamental distinction operating in the francophone cultural universe.
- Introduction to different literary genres.
- Study of the relationships between popular literature and media cultures in the broad sense, with an introduction to the disciplines that take these cultures as their main object (fan studies, cultural studies).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- To understand and explicate in a historical and sociological manner the emergence of para-literature in the 19th, 20th and 21th centuries.
- Enable students to formulate problems within these genres and their relationship with the general literature.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, using interactions with students and reading reviews.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face. Student participation required.
Recommended or required readings
A reading list and a bibliography will be provided at the first class.
Assessment methods and criteria
Work to prepare for the month of May
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teachers
Fanny BARNABÉ
fanny.barnabe@uliege.be
Björn-Olav DOZO
bo.dozo@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
During the confinement period, the course sessions were made available to the students in the form of videos (commented PowerPoints or podcasts) uploaded on MyULg, in the "podcasts" section of the course.
The last session (Tuesday, April 21st) will be given live, via the Blackboard Collaborate platform, from 3pm to 5pm. (Its recording will also be made available on MyULg later on).
Assessment subjects
The course was designed to provide students with an overview of the different disciplinary approaches, theoretical tools or analytical frameworks for studying paraliterary genres. Since the assessment is in the form of writing a personal paper, the course material is not intended to be retold in its entirety, but to feed students' research project and analytical work. Those who have not had easy access to the online content can therefore rely primarily on the in-class sessions to build this project.
Assessment methods
Students must write a 5-page research paper (excluding bibliography) developing an original question linked to paraliterary cultures (and based on the theories exposed in class). The paper should be divided approximately as follows: 2 pages of literature review, 1 page of problematization, 2 pages of analysis (and a bibliography).
The work will be due by May 31, in digital version at bo.dozo@uliege.be and fanny.barnabe@uliege.be.
Contacts
Fanny Barnabé : fanny.barnabe@uliege.be
Björn-Olav Dozo : bo.dozo@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The course was designed to provide students with an overview of the different disciplinary approaches, theoretical tools or analytical frameworks for studying paraliterary genres. Since the assessment is in the form of writing a personal paper, the course material is not intended to be retold in its entirety, but to feed students' research project and analytical work. Those who have not had easy access to the online content can therefore rely primarily on the in-class sessions to build this project.
Assessment methods
Students must write a 5-page research paper (excluding bibliography) developing an original question linked to paraliterary cultures (and based on the theories exposed in class). The paper should be divided approximately as follows: 2 pages of literature review, 1 page of problematization, 2 pages of analysis (and a bibliography).
The work will be due by August 31st, in digital version at bo.dozo@uliege.be and fanny.barnabe@uliege.be.
Contacts
Fanny Barnabé : fanny.barnabe@uliege.be
Björn-Olav Dozo : bo.dozo@uliege.be