Introduction to the analysis of contemporary literature

3 ECTS credits
77 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023799ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Enrolling for this course means that you simultaneously take 'Deutsche Sprache I' or have successfully passed ‘Deutsche Sprache I’. If you are enrolled in a preparatory programme you can register this course without restrictions. volgen of ervoor geslaagd zijn. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen.

Taught in

German

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Inge Arteel (course titular)
Mathias Meert

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
25 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Based on a selection of 21st century novels the students are introduced to the most recent literary developments in German. In this seminar the students also make themselves familiar with the basic principles of literary analysis.

The seminar and the assignments are in German.

Course material

Practical course material (Required) : power points and handouts voorzien door de lesgever, Arteel - Penné
Practical course material (Required) : selectie recente romans
Handbook (Required) : Familie der geflügelten Tiger, Paula Fürstenberg, KIWI Taschenbücher, 9783462051599, 2018
Handbook (Required) : Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, Fischer Taschenbücher, 9783442774050, 2019
Handbook (Required) : Der Weg der Wünsche, Akos Doma, scan provided by the lecturer, Rowohlt, 2016

Additional info

Each student has to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes on a specific aspect of one of the selected novels. This presentation is later reworked into a paper. The work on the presentation and the paper is closely supported by the assistent.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The students can:

apply basic concepts of literary analysis in their reading of the novels;

give an individual presentation in correct German at a basic level;

write a paper in correct German at a basic level.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
PRAC Presentation determines 40% of the final mark.
PRAC Paper determines 60% of the final mark.

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

Individuele presentatie with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: Individuele presentatie gedurende het semester

Within the PRAC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Paper with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Note: Paper op basis van de presentatie, uit te werken tegen de examenzittijd van juni

Additional info regarding evaluation

Both the presentation and the paper are mandatory assignments. The student has to pass each of the two assignments in order to pass the course as a whole.

The use of GenAI is not allowed for the preparation of the presentation and the paper.

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