Literature, Society and the City

3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1024017BNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.

Semester

1e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Niet mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Inschrijvingsvereisten

Students must have taken ‘Foundations of literary analysis’, before they can enroll in ‘Literature, Society and the City’

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Faculteit

Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Onderwijsteam

Marcela Scibiorska
Elisabeth Bekers (titularis)

Onderdelen en contacturen

26 contacturen Hoorcollege
12 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen

Inhoud

This course examines literature’s relation to the city and society at large by means of a variety of literary texts belonging to various literary movements and genres and produced in different historical, geographical and sociocultural contexts. Special attention is paid to cultural and sociological approaches to literature, authors belonging to minoritised groups and trends such as modernisation, urbanisation, the rise of capitalism, globalisation, diversity, human rights and climate change.

Studiemateriaal

Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : TBA, Bekers Elisabeth & Scibiorska Marcela, updated annually, CANVAS
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Aanbevolen) : The Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature, McNamara Kevin (ed.), Cambridge UP, 9781139235617, 2023
Handboek (Aanbevolen) : The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, Baldick Chris, 4th edition, Oxford UP, 9780198715443, 2015

Bijkomende info

Interactive lectures are accompanied by reading assignments that guide the students’ home preparation as well as the discussion in class. Active participation in the course is essential.

Students are assumed to have intermediate skills in literary analysis (including a solid knowledge of literary terms and concepts) and a good level of reading, listening, speaking and writing skills in English. Students in the preparatory programme are advised to take/audit Foundations of Literary Analysis (BA1).

See Canvas for more detailed information.

In order to take this class, compulsory additional costs may be charged in addition to the invoice sent to you as a student by the Student Administration Centre: for participation in literary events off campus a minimum contribution of €7 and a maximum contribution of €15 will be required. The costs are borne by the student and can neither be passed on to fellow students nor recovered from the lecturer or faculty. The amounts stated are approximately correct. If you experience payment difficulties as a result of these additional costs, you can contact Student Social Services via sociale.dienst.studenten@vub.ac.be or + 32 2 629 23 15. More information can also be found on https://my.vub.ac.be/en/social-services.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

The students deepen their insight into the relation of literature to the city and society at large and into cultural and sociological literary studies. They broaden their awareness of the interconnectedness of literary trends and broader societal evolutions. They are able to use a range of cultural and sociological approaches to literature to interpret literary texts by themselves and can report on their interpretations. They advance their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills as well as their intermediary skills in analysing literary texts.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Written met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Written exam in January. The evaluation may include some assignments that contribute to up to 10% of the final result. Students who fail to complete these assignments may be excluded from the written exam in January.

In the second session the format of the exam may differ.

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context