2024-2025 / LROM0209-1

Introduction to literary research

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Master en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes, à finalité approfondie5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general, research focus5 crédits 

Lecturer

Gérald Purnelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

45 h

30h Th. (Purnelle and guest scholars) + 15h Pr.

The course has several components:

1. Theoretical presentation on research in Literary studies

2. Group seminar

3. Presentations by guest teachers, on particular areas and methods

For the group seminar, students will be invited to bring:

- personally chosen theoretical readings

- personal issues, discussed in a group.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course "Introduction to Research in Literary Studies" tests the following skills: reading and understanding an important contribution in a specific field, based on a scientific text, freely chosen; situating this contribution in its context; developing a personal point of view, separate from that of the author's, following an original line of enquiry.

The student should follow the typographical standards of scientific writing in the field studied.

 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Reading, oral and writing exercises, summaries. Interactive method.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

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Course materials and recommended or required readings

To be distributed.

Written work / report


Further information:

Oral presentation on a freely chosen theme, possibly related to one of the areas presented during the course.
 

Work placement(s)

non

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Tuesday from 11 am to 12 (local to book)

Wednesday from 9 am to 10 (local to book)

Contacts

Gérald Purnelle

043665507

Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

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