Aspects of poetry study

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020133FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Hans Vandevoorde (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

13 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
75 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In this course, thematically related poems are compared. A trend (e.g. surrealism after 1945) or a genre (e.g. current historical poetry, elegy) is analysed in detail, or an institutional phenomenon (poetry selections and magazines), poetry in new media) is studied, an aspect of poetry study (e.g. pathos and emotion) or a theme from the visual arts (e.g. portret, landscape) is covered.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Reader met teksten
Digital course material (Required) : Hand-outs
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpointpresentaties, Canvas
Practical course material (Required) : Teksten
Practical course material (Required) : Schrijven met stijl

Additional info

This course is taught in Dutch. The students take notes during class and will receive hand-outs. A reader with texts will be made available.
Additional study material will be communicated during the classes.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

- The student has knowledge about the thematic coherence of poems, the international embedding of poets, and /or the diachronic tradition of poetic genres. He/she also has insight into the functioning and effect of a modern poem, and of its relationships with other texts.
- The student is able to analyze a complex poem in a critical and scientific way. He/she does so by means of the presented methodologies. In addition, he/she shows an independent and creative ability, and he/she is capable to communicate in a group and reflect about the gained insights.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Note: Het mondeling examen is in de eerste plaats een verdediging van de paper.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: Bijv. bloemlezing

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Paper with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: Paper & logboek

Additional info regarding evaluation

Paper (with prior oral presentation), oral exam (primarily a defence of the paper) and permanent evaluation. Only for the second examination period the permanent evaluation is replaced by a written task. Tasks for the second examination period must be handed in before 31st of July.

In a study manual provided by the lecturer at the start of the semester, the evaluation is detailed in a binding way.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context