Analyse de textes littéraires anglais I

Taught in the first term (from mid-September to end of November), the course focuses on contemporary British short stories.

IMPORTANT: The course is supplemented by tutorials given by Mr. G. Watson, the assistant, as well as by a battery of online tests over the Virtual University during the first term, in order to help students prepare for their interview in December. 

This course introduces students to methods enabling them to analyse modern and contemporary fiction in English. Students are in particular introduced to the specialized vocabulary and aesthetic categories needed to discuss texts both at the thematic and narrative levels.

Courses requiring this course

Formal lectures + tutorials relating to the fundamentals of narratology + battery of online tests over the Virtual University.

Contribution to the teaching profile

• Developing concepts/techniques of literary analysis and interpretation.

• Learning to develop and structure an analysis/a question.

• Developing a mastery of literary and scholarly English.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Bibliographical background will vary according to the nature of the works analysed in any given year. Set reading list posted online on the Virtual University at the beginning of the semester.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Additional information

Please note that the course is taught in the first semester.

Contacts

Dr. F. BELLARSI:

e-mail: franca.bellarsi@ulb.be

Tel. 02/650 67 47 (office) or 02/650 38 24 (secretariat)

Interviews with students by appointment only.

Mr. G. WATSON
e-mail: gregory.watson@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Oral examination

Oral examination

• Out-of-session examination

• Open question with short answer
• Open question with long development

Out-of-session oral examination with the assistant, Mr. G. Watson.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

The overall mark is broken down as follows: 75% for class contents + 25% for the command of spoken English.

N.B.: should a student not succeed in a given academic year (overall grade below 10/20), PLEASE NOTE THAT PARTIAL GRADES ATTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE ACADEMIC YEAR TO THE NEXT.

IMPORTANT: in conformity with Article 40 of the "Règlement des études" (Regulations Governing Studies at ULB) and the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools defined therein, students are prohibited from resorting to GAI in order to complete a learning task or demonstrate the acquisition of a skill meant to be assessed in a given examination ("recourir à une IAG pour effectuer la tâche ou démontrer la compétence sur lesquelles porte l’évaluation concernée"). If an answer offered during the evaluation process is clearly IAG-based, this will automatically lead to the cancellation of the examination pure and simple. 

Language(s) of evaluation

• english