Intermedial Aspects in German Texts and Theatre

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020150FNR 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

German

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Inge Arteel (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

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

Course Content

This course deals with the notion of intermediality as a transgressive medial phenomenon. The students read a selection of theoretical texts on the meaning and usage of the notion of intermediality. They then proceed to read and analyse diverse intermedial art forms such as: word and image collages; the literary radio play as a mixture of literature and music or sound; the literary pantomime as an integration of text and gestural language.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Reader Intermedialität, verplichte theoretische en literaire teksten en audiovisueel materiaal, Scans op het leerplatform
Handbook (Required) : Die Stunde da wir nichts von einander wussten, Ein Schauspiel, Peter Handke, Suhrkamp, 9783518242353, 2019

Additional info

In this seminar each student individually presents a thorough reading of one of the required texts. The other students have to read the text as well, so that the seminar develops as an intense exchange of interpretations and analyses.

The seminar takes place both at the VUB and at the ULB. The VUB students are required to attend both the seminars at the VUB and the ULB.

Prof. Arteel organises this seminar in cooperation with Prof. Mitterbauer.

The VUB students are examined by Prof. Arteel, the ULB students by Prof. Mitterbauer.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students are able to trace the meaning and usage of the notion of intermediality.

The students can explain the relation between the diverse media in the selected texts and audiovisual materials.

The students can formulate a research question independently and try to answer it.

The students can bring an exhaustive, scientifically-based presentation of study results in excellent German.

The students can present and discuss with fellow students for 30 minutes and rework it into a full-length paper.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

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

oral examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Note: oral examination testing the insights and verbal skills of students, with preparation time, with reading material

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

Exhaustive paper with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Note: full-length paper on the basis of the presentation, to be submitted at the beginning of the exam period

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

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

Note: exhaustive presentation of 30 minutes on a topic of the course

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

active participation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Note: permanent evaluation of active participation in class

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral presentation is obligatory in order to pass the exam as a whole.

The exam component "oral presentation" cannot be transferred to the second exam term. The results for this exam component are transferred to the second exam term.

Students have to pass the written assignment (paper) as well as the oral exam in order to be able to pass the exam as a whole.

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