6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4020164FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Stories and storytelling are ubiquitous in society. It seems to be one of the basic communicative, rutual and celebrational activities of humans.
The course offers a critical introduction in storytelling studies. How, when and why do people tell stories? How to study storytelling?
This course also researches writing practices in screenwriting (film, tv, games) and theatre. It studies the genetic trajectory of texts that transform from one medium to another. These transformations are considered as organic processes that are influenced by and through many factors.
Topics will vary from one year to the other, also depending on the guest speakers.
This course is an active research seminar. Attendance and active participation is obligatory.
Each year speciallists (scholars and artists) share their experience and discuss with the students. If possible they also work with the students in hands on excerices.
Examples: 2019-2020: Hans Van Nuffel (writer/director on storytelling for film and for games with writing exercices); Kurt Vanhoutte (Univ Antwerp on Science as performance); Esther Severi (Dramaturg Kaaitheater on dramaturgy as process); Fanny Van Exaerde (Univ. Lille on the genetic study of screenwriting processes).
2020-2021: Jason Mittell, Middlebury College, US; Adil El Arbi, filmmaker, B-USA); Saddie Choua (multimedial artist, B), Lars Elleström (Linnaeus Univ, SE); Alexandra Saemmer (Univ. Paris 8, F); Christel Stalpaert (UGent, B), Kurt Vanhoutte et al (demonstration games as teaching environment).
Students are able to critically analyse different forms of storytelling.
Students are able to discern the different stages and internal/external factors that are related to the writing processes in theater, film or other media. They can describe and analyze these transformations in the context of the whole process.
Students are familiar with and able to use other means of science communication besides academic papers.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Students research a topic of their choice in relation to the course. They use storytelling techniques to present the results. This means that presentations should avoid the formulaic academic paper but adopt the creative form of performances, films, podcasts, texts, etc. In this way, students become familiar with other means of science communication (besides the traditional channels)
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages
Master of Teaching in Languages: 1 taal (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: 2 talen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)