Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
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
The course will focus this year on a set of questions relating to the epistemology of literary studies: object, value, edition, reading, interpretation, research, objectivity vs subjectivity, diachrony vs synchrony, history, poetics, stylistics...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The purpose of the course is to prepare students to carry out a scientific type of research.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
"Initiation à la recherche en études romanes" (LROM0196-1), Bac 3, LLFR, Fr. Provenzano, L. Demoulin.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical presentation of concepts and "gestures" related to research in literary studies; critical readings and discussions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face to face.
Recommended or required readings
- Annick Louis, Sans objet. Pour une épistémologie de la discipline littéraire, Paris, Hermann, 2021.
- Yves Citton, Lire, interpréter, actualiser. Pourquoi les études littéraires?, Paris, éditions Amsterdam, 2007 [2e éd. 2017].
- Jean-Marie Schaeffer, Petite écologie des études littéraires. Pourquoi et comment étudier la littérature ?, Vincennes, éditions Thierry Marchaisse, 2011.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
January exam session
- In-person
oral exam
May-June exam session
- In-person
oral exam
August-September exam session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Writing assignment and oral examination
Work placement(s)
non
Organizational remarks
Course schedule to be agreed with the students.
Contacts
Jean-Pierre Bertrand: JP.Bertrand@uliege.be
Laurent Demoulin: ldemoulin@uliege.be
Justine Huppe: Justine.Huppe@uliege.be