Séminaire d'Europe centrale

Explore the history, literature and cultures of Central Europe through literary analysis and translation.

The aim of the course is to deepen students' knowledge of Central European cultures through the analysis of literary texts and their translation. The aim is to confront students with the semantic difficulties involved in translation, thereby helping to provide them with the tools they need to think critically. The course also aims to broaden students' skills in literary criticism by applying an interdisciplinary perspective to textual sources whose understanding is enriched by an appreciation of the cultural and historical issues they raise.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

According to the relevant regulations of the LTC faculty and the ULB. 

The seminar is made up of lectures given by the co-teacher, literary and translational analysis exercises and presentations by members of external academic staff who are experts in the field.

Contribution to the teaching profile

Developing critical thinking skills, understanding intertextuality, mastering literary genres and their evolution, and acquiring techniques for analysing, interpreting and translating texts. One of the aims of developing these skills is to provide the tools needed for a proper understanding of a context and the issues at stake, so as to be able to embrace the various elements that make up the literary phenomenon.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

The bibliography will be given at the beginning of the course.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Astrid Muls
Astrid.Muls@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Personal work
• Other

Personal work

Other

Students will be assessed on the basis of their ongoing work throughout the course (analysis of texts and translations) and a written essay on their forthcoming dissertation topic, developed through the analytical perspectives studied.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

The mark will be divided equally between personal work and written work.

Language(s) of evaluation

• french
• (if applicable english, Czech )