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Course details 2012-2013  
    
History of literature
Course Code :1004FLWTLT
Study domain:Literature
Semester:Semester: 1st semester
Contact hours:45
Credits:6
Study load (hours):168
Contract restrictions: No contract restriction
Language of instruction :Dutch
Exam period:exam in the 1st semester
Tutor(s)Paul Pelckmans

 


1. Prerequisites

At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:

  • Competences corresponding the final attainment level of secondary school

An active knowlegde of :
  • Dutch
A passive knowledge of :
  • Dutch

2. Learning outcomes

Give students a large overview of the main currents in literature as these are conceived in genre, style and narrative structure.

After this course students must have achieved historical insight and a broad panoramic overview in the historical developments of literary texts.

 




3. Course contents

The course explores, among other inquiries, how 'religious' medieval literature was, what courtesy meant for seventeenth century writers, and in what way the nineteenth century novel was giving rise to the so called 'historical' novel and to the whodunit.

The last courses of this term will be dedicated to a large overview of the novel in the twentieth century.

 




4. Teaching method

Class contact teaching:
  • Lectures

  • Personal work:
  • Assignments:Individually



  • 5. Assessment method and criteria

    Examination:
  • Oral with written preparation
  • Closed book


  • 6. Study material

    Required reading

    This course is taught in Dutch.

    Handouts and episodes of the different novels can be bought at Acco.



    Optional reading

    The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:

    n/a




    7. Contact information

    The lecturer is available at his maiadres paul.pelckmans.1@ua.ac.be

     


    (+)last update: 28/03/2012 12:38 paul.pelckmans.1  

     
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