Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Spanish 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 will deal with the linguistic nature of language and generic traditions by focussing particularly on characteristics (compositional, syntactic and typographic etc.) that are specific to the Hispanic world.
We will study the rhetorical and stylistic differences between a large number of linguistic documents in modern Spanish: scientific articles, public articles, reports, editorials, correspondence, etc. We will finish by looking at the particular status of literary texts and their relation to the real world.
This course aims to be meta-reflexive, but also to be solidly practical because it will be structured around a series of document analysis and writing tasks which will be the subject of an individual and/or collective assessment.
The principal objective of the course is to form competent expository and argumentative text-writers in Spanish; writers that are sensitive to the semantic richness of words and the flexibility of syntax; writers who are aware both of the radical heterogeneity of current texts and the fact that the production of a concrete text should satisfy a series of culturally-determined expectations.
Further, we will reflect on the notions of "isotopy" and "theme" on the basis of a topic modeling software (Mallet), we will learn to use textual corpora for lexicographic research (CREA, CORDE, Corpes XXI) as well than for stylistic analysis (Sketch Engine).
At the end of term the student will have carried out an in-depth analysis of a considerable range of documents. These can be used (cautiously!) as textual templates during his or her professional career; he or she will also have developed a critical approach to current authentic texts and will be capable of solving possible problems of structure, register and pragmatics in the Spanish language.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course the students will be able to :
- Describe and recognize the main formal topics and characteristics of fundamental non-literary argumentative or expositive-type text genres within the Hispanic tradition.
- To correct typographic, stylistic, morphosyntactic and logical (supraoracional) mistakes in Spanish textes.
- To demonstrate his or her grasp of metalanguage making it possible to rationalize and evaluate technical and literary works in Spanish.
- Formulate reasoned, circumspect and ordered judgments about technical and literary texts.
- Prove a minimum knowledge of the digital tools presented in the course, and of the linguistic tasks that they can help us complete.
- Prove a C1 level in written and spoken Spanish.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Level B2+/C1 of spoken and written Spanish.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Written exercices, discussions. Students are expected to correct different kinds of text.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face.
This course will be taught in Spanish.
Recommended or required readings
A digital version of work documents and obligatory reading material will be made available to students on the eCampus when required.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Supervised exam including questions about key notions. Oral participation will also be taken into consideration for the final mark and will be worth at least half of one mark.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Álvaro CEBALLOS VIRO Département de Langues et Littératures Romanes Place Cockerill, 3/5 (A2) - 4000 Liège Tel. : 04 366 53 89 E-mail : A.CeballosViro@uliege.be
Items online
Online Notes
Notes available on eCampus.