2019-2020 / LROM0128-1

Metric and modern and contemporary poetic forms

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Gérald Purnelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Introduction to history of poetic forms in France and in french poetry since the 19th century : metrical verse, alexandrine, free verse, typographical features of the poems, relation between verse and syntax, rhyme.
First part: principles of french metrics; methodology.
Second part: evolution of the alexandrine verse; rhyme; structures.
Third part: The poem and the typography; contemporary forms.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will have been sensitized to the formal aspect of poetry; he / she will be able to differentiate the forms, to apply to them a methodical descriptive analysis, to observe their historical and poetic function. She / he will be able to analyze a formal corpus.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Oral course with projection of poems.
 

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Personal research on choosen subject.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher : Gérald PURNELLE C.I.P.L. Tél. 04 366 55 07 Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

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