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FRAN-B215

Initiation à l'ancien et au moyen français

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Craig BAKER (Coordinator) and Mattia CAVAGNA

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Reading and commentary of various texts belonging to representative genres that takes into account both the linguistic difficuties (grapho-phonetic, morphological, syntactical) and their aesthetic aspects.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Bring students in direct contact with mediaeval French texts, and draw attention to the linguistic and formal diversity of mediaeval language and literature. By course end, student will have acquired a mastery of mediaeval language sufficient to correctly analyze and translate texts.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex-cathedra lecture.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Raynaud de Lage, Gaston, Introduction à l'ancien français, 2e éd. revue et corrigée par G. Hasenohr, Paris, SEDES, 1993. – Moignet, Gérard, Grammaire de l'ancien français, 2e éd., Paris, Klincksieck, 1984. –Marchello-Nizia, Christiane, La l angue française aux XIVe et XV e siècles, nlle éd., Paris, Colin, 2005.

Other information

Contacts

cbaker@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Oral examination

Oral examination

Oral exam

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Oral exam (100%)

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

Programmes