Poetry and Intermediality

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4020142FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

French

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

David Gullentops (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

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

Course Content

First, a general introduction is given to the traditional and cognitive perception and interpretation strategies of creativity in general and specifically poetry. Then, it is investigated how these theories contribute to the study of related forms of expression, such as novels, theatre, song, opera, film, or graphic and plastic arts, .

For the exercise section, students are asked to write a paper in which they apply a part of the theory in a text corpus of their choice.

Subject 2021-2022 : sociological approach of French "chanson".

Subject 2022-2023 : the intermedial relationship between poetry, theatre and film by Jean Cocteau.

Course material

Course text (Required) : Poésie et intermédialité, David Gullentops
Practical course material (Recommended) : Bibliografie, Zie syllabus

Additional info

This course is taught in French. A course textbook is available at the start of the course.
Complementary study material: Bibliography: see course book.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The study of the perception and interpretation strategies of poetic texts and related forms of expression (alternating sections about poetry - graphic arts - plastic arts - song and sections about poetry - novels - theatre - opera - film).

The students are able to recognize, to explain, to place in a broader context and to apply a theory to an unseen literary text or intermedial artwork.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
LEC Practical Assignment determines 80% of the final mark.

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

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Note: Lecturing and exams will take into account the linguistic acquisition according to the level of the student and the expected progress. Adjustments may be suggested and mistakes noticed when they appear. The degree of acquisition, the possible amount of errors and the specificity of the language skills will of course depend on the achieved level of language.

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

paper with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The paper is submitted before the beginning of the examinationperiod and discussed during the oral exam. Students who are studying other languages than French are allowed to follow this course and to write their paper in their own language.

Assessment paper : 100 %

Evaluation matrix:

Since this course is evaluated by a paper, the evaluation criteria are defined by the examination correction keys.

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