6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4016384FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
We will discuss the intellectual and self-defining (identitarian) construction in Latin America, through the analysis of Spanish America essays.We will begin with a discussion of the status of the essay as a genre, providing an overview of its historical development as well. The sum of this analysis will help to redefine the essay through its essential characteristics.The principal corpus deals with essays about the identity construction.
Course will be taught in Spanish.
The syllabus must be acquired from the beginning of the course.
Extra material in Canvas.
The student
- has insight of the role played by the essayists as founders of cultural and literary awareness in Latin America.
- analyzes some Hispanic essays whose subject deals with the question of identity.
- develops a research question.
- makes a critical selection of bibliographic sources.
- carry out a research and present it orally and in writing.
- analyzes the essays through their essential characteristics, recognizing and understanding the specificity of the Hispanic American essay, considering the comparative dimensions of this literary subject.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Written paper: Preparatory work 30%, Final work 70%.
Partial grades of the oral presentation and the written paper "preparatory work” cannot be transferred to a later exam session.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 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 Linguistics - 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 Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition - 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 Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycho- and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism & Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 1 Language Double Degree
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality 2 Languages Double Degree
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)