French literature: cultures in context

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4020131FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised 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

French

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Tatiana Pieters
Sara Buekens (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

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

Course Content

The course offers an overview of the socio-cultural situation in different French-speaking countries.

The aim of the course is to gain an understanding of the complex conditions of the emergence and development of a French-language literature in and outside of France, the aesthetic currents in which it is embedded, the political, cultural, linguistic and institutional history of the countries involved, the links between literatures from different French-speaking countries.

Students will read 4 contemporary novels (published after 2000) written by French-language authors, deepen their knowledge of the general political-cultural-historical (in certain cases postcolonial) context of the literatures covered, and focus on how each of these writers contributes in his or her own way to a reflection on Francophone culture. Students will also be asked to read Le Monde des livres, the supplement of Le Monde published each Friday.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : powerpoint presentatie + literaire teksten: hoofdstukken/fragmenten + 4 literaire werken + Le Monde des livres, Zie Canvas

Additional info

This course is taught in French.

The list of 4 French-language novels will be provided at the start of the academic year.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students are able to identify, contextualize and explain differences between the different areas of French-language literature, as well as points of divergence, through the notion of la f/Francophonie, its history, its institutions and its cultural mission.

Students are able to illustrate these differences and similarities using examples from the 4 literary works that they read (autonomous reading).

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.

Note: De docent houdt op het examen rekening met de taalkennis, overeenstemmend met het taalverwervingsniveau dat verwacht wordt verworven te zijn, en sanctioneert fouten wanneer deze zich voordoen. Het verwachte taalkennisniveau, en het daaraan gekoppelde aantal en type van aanvaardbare taalfouten, varieert uiteraard naargelang het studiejaar.

Additional info regarding evaluation

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