Commentary on French Authors of the 17th and 18th centuries

Duration

45h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Françoise Tilkin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The first part will deal with an author from the 17th or the 18th century, his writing, different aspects of his life, his actions and his topicality (this year : Casanova and Rétif). The second part will synthesize an aspect of a general literary question relating to the first part of the course (this year : the utopia in the late eighteenth-century).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• Students will be encouraged to develop a deeper view of the seventeenth and eighteenth-century French literature, of its historical background and favorite forms. This will mean direct contact with various texts written by one or more authors and possibly with various documents.  
• Students will be encouraged to become familiar with basic strategies used in literary research. 
  

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

A good background  knowledge is required, particularly in the history of France and in French literature. 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students will individually research a component of any one of the topics proposed and may present their research orally to the class. A written outline (2 pages then no more than 5 pages, bibliography included) must be submitted. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Distance education course using Collaborate.

Recommended or required readings

A bibliography, an anthology and a list of books to read will be provided at the beginning of the four-month period. 

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Oral examination using Collaborate. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Françoise Tilkin, chargée de cours Département de Langues et littératures romanes Place Cockerill, 3 B-4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 56 47 - Fax 04 366 58 16 E-mail : F.Tilkin@ulg.ac.be