3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020934AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
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
Birgit Van Puymbroeck (course titular)
Alison Luyten
Marcela Scibiorska
Ruben Vanden Berghe
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
18 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course offers a historical overview of the main literary movements within (Western) European literature. It studies literary developments in their socio-cultural context and highlights the most important genres and authors for each movement. By studying representative examples, students gain insight into the various movements, their interrelations and developments. The course provides a literary-historical framework that serves as a basis for further literary study.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : PowerPoint presentaties, Reader (tekstbundel), Aanvullende informatie, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : European Literary History. An Introduction, De Pourcq Maarten en Sophie Levie, Routledge, 9781138886735, 2018
Additional info

The course is taught in Dutch. 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

1. Students know the main European literary movements from Antiquity to the present day and can situate these in a socio-cultural context.
2. Students are familiar with the most important genres, authors and works for each movement and can situate these in time and space.
3. Students have insight into the way movements develop and relate to each other.
4. Students are able to interpret representative examples.
5. Students can apply literary-historical concepts correctly.
6. Students understand how literary value judgements are historically determined.

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

  • Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam with multiple choice questions and open questions. No higher pass mark for the multiple choice questions. 

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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-English (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Spanish-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Languages: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)