Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
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
This course offers an in-depth presentation of medieval French literary and textual culture, based on the analysis of a particular literary genre (or current or form or other) and its most representative texts and authors (known or anonymous). A general introduction will contextualise the choice of texts, and then overviews of texts and traditions will alternate with close reading and translation of single excerpts.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the textes and auteurs. Our major purpose of the paper will be the literary and philological analysis of a few core texts. This implies a full awareness of the plurality of possible views and methods. Additionally, students will develop their skills and be able to understand and translate Old French texts, to situate them in their historical context and cultural background, to correctly translate them, to appreciate their modernity as well as its cultural distance and alterity.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Work on texts on the basis of a syllabus and / or an anthology. Research activities in the ULiège libraries (if accessible during term), use of databases and other online resources.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
30 hours theory + 15 hours of practical work, 2nd term.
Lectures in class or in videoconference or both (depending on the COVID-19 situation). A detailed agenda with an outline of each leacture will be published on MYULiège shortly after the beginning of the paper.
Recommended or required readings
A syllabus and a complete bibliography will be provided during the course.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Oral exam + written work. The oral exam will consist of discussion of the course contents (50%). For the written work, groups of 5-6 students will submit a critical analysis of a Medieval text based on a selected bibliography approved by the course instructor, to be submitted one week before the final exam (50%).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
nicole.bergkpinto@uliege.be