3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020956AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd 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
Hans Vandevoorde (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
10 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Historical themes are treated (during six sessions): f.i. novels from the fin de siècle or poetry and prose of vitalism.

During the (four) analysis sessions narratological concepts and reading methods such as close reading & isotopical reading are learned. Two sessions will be devoted to written assignments. 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Hand-outs
Digital course material (Required) : Reader (primaire en secundaire literatuur)
Digital course material (Required) : Ppts
Practical course material (Required) : Schrijven met stijl
Practical course material (Required) : Teksten
Additional info

This course is taught in Dutch. The students receive hand-outs and powerpoints, and take notes during class.

For each course, students must prepare texts and secondary literature in connection with the texts and methods discussed. 

For the required literature there is a reader in which primary texts and secondary literature concerning the discussed texts and methods is foreseen. Summative list of terms will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

- The student is able to independently interpret texts presented to him or her and has general insight into the authors and periods studied.

- He or she also has insight into the connection between the texts and their context, and into the structure of the works/series/collections.

- In analyzing the individual texts, the student is able to apply the primary methods for analyzing texts and to explain the proper terms used.

- Additional excercises teach students to find secondary literature and to write analyses in which they can demonstrate that they can discuss texts and situate them in the context of their creation.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 75% of the final mark.

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

  • Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

    Note: Mondeling examen met schriftelijke voorbereiding (min. 15 minuten). Studenten kunnen niet slagen als ze het standaard Nederlands niet beheersen. De schriftelijke voorbereiding van het mondelinge examen dient uitsluitend als steun voor de studenten, wordt aan het eind van het examen ongewijzigd afgegeven maar wordt niet beoordeeld.

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

  • Portfolio with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 75% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

All assignments must be submitted by students if they wish to sit the oral examination.

The mandatory evaluation is specified in a study manual provided by the lecturer at the start of the semester.

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: 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)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Frans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Engels (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language - TTK (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: two languages (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language - after third lng (only offered in Dutch)