Poetry and Intermediality

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4020142FNR 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 present course aims to map the link between poetry and music, by exploring the definitions of and interpretation strategies for poetry, and by examining how these theories can be used for the study of related poetic forms such as the sound poetry and rap music.

The course will show how play with sounds and rhythm can influence the interpretation of a poem and contribute to the meaning of a poem; how, in the case of poetry set to music, sounds can add to the meaning of and change the interpretation of the poem; and how technological innovations and multimedia have fostered unprecedented tools – acoustic and sound effects – which poets also draw on.

Course material

Course text (Required) : Poésie et intermédialité, David Gullentops

Additional info

This course is taught in French.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students are able to explain the links between poetry and music by applying definitions and interpretation strategies of poetry, and by illustrating how these theories can be used for the study of related poetic forms such as the sound poetry and rap music. They can explain how sounds and rhythm can influence the interpretation of a poem and contribute to the meaning of a poem and how, in the case of poetry set to music, sounds can add to the meaning of and change the interpretation of the poem.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

examen mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: De docent houdt voor de paper en 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