Multilingualism and Literature

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4021411ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Ann Peeters (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

13 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
110 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course will focus on the presence and the function of multilingualism in literary works. The main types of literary multilingualism and code switching will be discussed.

More specifically the following topics will be treated:
- historical overview of multilingualism in Western literature
- internal and external multilingualism
- creative multilingualism as a form of literary innovation
- multilingualism in migrant literature

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Literary corpus, Ann PEETERS, 2018
Digital course material (Required) : Scientific articles, Ann PEETERS, 2018

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

- students can explain and apply concepts and theories related to literary multilingualism
- students can critically analyze primary texts while applying the above-mentioned concepts and theories
- students can present their findings in an academic presentation

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 50% of the final mark.

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

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

presentation with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Further instructions for the paper will be communicated during the first course.

Participation to the oral exam is possible only after the submission of the individual presentation.

Students must participate in all parts of the evaluation process in order to pass the course. Absence of a mandatory part of the evaluation leads to an absence as a final result.

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