Histoire littéraire et culturelle des pays anglophones II

The course provides a survey of the main developments in British history and poetry from the 10th Century to the end of the Renaissance.
The course reads representative texts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

The course aims to make students familiar with major literary-historical currents in English poetry based on a selection of important texts and extracts and to introduce them to techniques and terminology for analysing poetry.

Cours co-requis

Academic lectures with slides
Seminars on analysing poetry

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

The reading list is communicated to students via the Virtual University.

Contacts

graham.riach@ulb.be
gregory.watson@ulb.be 

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Examen oral

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Oral examination - 100% of the final grade

The grade is broken down as follows:
80% for knowledge of course materials
20% for English proficiency
 

The oral examination with Dr. Riach assesses students' understanding of literary history, the works commented covered in class, and their ability to understand and discuss the key cultural, historical, and geographical keywords of the period.

1) Literary History (Question A): students answer one of the questions from a set list
 
2) Literary Interpretation (Question B): students interpret a text read in class. Note that interpretations do not appear in full on the slides, which makes regular class attendance highly recommended.
 
3) Cultural literacy (Question C): students define a keyword – a cultural, historical, or geographical term or a chronological landmark – chosen from a set list 

Language(s) of evaluation

• english