| 1 | Ba Thesis English (Linguistics) | LET999B10 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | G.J. Poarch, PhD. | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbersdr. R.M. Knooihuizen G.J. Poarch, PhD.dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
EAP: Research reports: and relevant second-year course units from the same field as specified below
• for the Linguistics BA Thesis: English Language Change, Meaning and Use, and one other LET course
• for the Modern Literature BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEL codes)
• for the Medieval BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEO and LEL codes) of which at least two on medieval literature (LEO codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars.
This module cannot be taken as an elective. |
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| 2 | Ba Thesis English (Modern Literature) | LEL999B10 |
During this course, students will be supervised while undertaking independent research in preparation for a BA thesis in Modern Literature in English. The initial part of the course will consist of lectures and seminars that introduce students to the manner in which a successful thesis is prepared. Most of the course will be dedicated to independent study and research in the student’s chosen field. This will be carried out under the supervision of an allocated member of staff.
Modern Literature theses can be written on texts from c. 1550 and the present. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | Dr. D.M. Ashforddr. K. de VriesDr. J. FloodDr. A.C. Hoagdr. A.K. MaherDr. S.M. Manizza-Roszak | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie (begeleid) | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
EAP: Research reports: and relevant second-year course units from the same field as specified below
• for the Linguistics BA Thesis: English Language Change, Meaning and Use, and one other LET course
• for the Modern Literature BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEL codes)
• for the Medieval BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEO and LEL codes) of which at least two on medieval literature (LEO codes) | | Opmerkingen | This module cannot be taken as an elective. NB: This course has a maximum enrolment. If it fills up, students will have to write a thesis in another section of the department. |
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| 3 | Ba Thesis English (Older English Lit.) | LEO999B10 |
| The central focus in the course will be on the trajectory to the end result: The BA Thesis in Older Language and Literature. In the first three weeks of the course we will discuss students’ research topics, possible critical methodologies, as well as research and writing strategies. The remainder of the course will concentrate on the writing of the BA thesis. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | Dr. J.R. MattisonDr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie (begeleid) | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
EAP: Research reports: and relevant second-year course units from the same field as specified below
• for the Linguistics BA Thesis: English Language Change, Meaning and Use, and one other LET course
• for the Modern Literature BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEL codes)
• for the Medieval BA Thesis: three Literature course units (LEO and LEL codes) of which at least two on medieval literature (LEO codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 4 | Chaucer | LEO006P05 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer is the most widely studied medieval English writer. His works, composed in the second half of the fourteenth century, reflect and inflect existing English and European literary traditions. French, Italian, and classical influences shimmer through Chaucer’s poems, which engage with an almost encyclopaedic range of topics and interests. Chaucer’s own life is exceptionally well-documented, and his many public roles and jobs offer a window on the social, political, and literary culture of late-medieval London, England, and Europe. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. J.R. Mattison | | Docent(en) | Dr. J.R. Mattison P.J. Outhwaite, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | None | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module follows on from English Literature until 1550 and prepares students for the optional modules in medieval literature in the second and third years. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students take precedence. |
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| 5 | Controversial Literature and Literary Co | LEL022B05 |
| Literature that pushes against social norms, value systems, traditions, and inherited worldviews of a given community are of vital interest for the literary critic and the social historian alike. Texts that address stigmas and taboos not only reveal the parameters of group belonging (what and who lies outside of it, and what must be concealed, repressed, or denied to become or remain part of it); they also tell us about the social role of literature and force new perspectives on ourselves, our histories, and our possible futures. Oftentimes literary controversies are concerned with the truth-claims of fiction, and with the authenticity or authority of the voice that proffers that fiction. This course asks what literary controversy is, why it arises in some cases and not others, and to whom literature is controversial. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase; at least two Literature course units from the second or third year of the English degree programme (LEL codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies |
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| 6 | Controversy and Dispute | LEO021B05 |
| The medieval world, like today’s, was full of controversy and dispute about issues related to social, religious and intellectual life. People debated about the position of women in society, ways of combatting disease, whether young was better than old, or vice-versa, the virtues and vices of different classes, which way best to pursue one’s religion, the Us versus the Other, etc. In this module we will study a number of texts from medieval England in which controversial issues and debates about them appear, either explicitly or implicitly. Not only will we discover a world full of debate and dissent, but we will also explore cross-references to present-day issues of gender, identity, crime and punishment, morality, fundamentalism and social cohesion. The choice of texts may depend on current issues. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekker | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | Texts and secondary literature will be made available via Nestor. 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective, if the student meets the entrance requirements. Major students take precedence. |
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| 7 | Crossing Borders | LEL024B05 |
This course examines depictions of alienated figures that find themselves at the
intersection of cultures, and scrutinizes texts that bring the experiences of marginalized
subjectivities to the centre. Themes of displacement pervade contemporary fiction, where
crossing borders has become an economic and political necessity, and contemporary
writers have employed the language of exile and transnationalism that featured in many
earlier texts. We will consider how the terms of exile set out in more Modernist works
have been employed by later authors to articulate border crossings of gender, race, and
sexuality. Not surprisingly, many 20th century theorists have reflected on exile and the
identity of movement, and this course will engage considerations of flânerie, Said’s
“Exile,” and Anzaldua’s “Borderlands” to explore changing representations of “in-between” selves. We will begin with Henry
James’s story of a privileged American woman in Europe, and move through to Viet
Thanh Nguyen’s recent collection of stories where characters are forced from their
homelands and grapple with an uprooted sense of self. Exploring the constellation of
these texts by writers from a variety of backgrounds will, of course, reveal the differences
that circumstances of experience have on perceptions of selfhood, but also how the
vernacular of loss and estrangement can be traced back to common sources. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | Dr. A.C. Hoag | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for premaster students, exchange students and students in the Literature and Advanced tracks of the minor English Studies only. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture can take this course by way of compensation, after consultation with the study advisor of English Language & Literature only. |
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| 8 | EAP: Argumentation | LEV013P05 |
| The focus of this course is argumentation. Specifically, this course focuses on writing a structured sociolinguistic essay in an academic style with sound argumentation and accurate and conventional documentation of sources, and on discussing sociolinguistics topics with sound argumentation in an academic style. |
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| 9 | EAP: Composition | LEV011P05 |
| The focus of this English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course is on producing structured literary analysis essays using academic language with accurate and conventional documentation of sources, and on discussing and presenting on literary subjects in an academic register. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Docent(en) | M.P. Milagros Garcia, PhD.dr. B. Postema A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies only. |
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| 10 | EAP: Debate and Discussion | LEV018B05 |
| This course concentrates on the practical language skills needed in complex dynamic interactions. After successful completion of this module, students will be able to debate in formal contexts and deliver persuasive speeches and questions with sound argumentation, a clear focus and relevant supporting detail. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. | | Docent(en) | dr. B. Postema M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | mondeling tentamen, verslag | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels.
80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges.
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| 11 | EAP: Persuasive Expression | LEV012P05 |
| The main focus of this course is on writing and speaking skills, with an emphasis on using an appropriate academic tone. Specifically, students will learn how to discuss literature-related topics using an academic register and how to compose coherent argumentative paragraphs on these topics. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Docent(en) | Dr. A.C. Hoagdr. B. Postema A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels. 80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 12 | EAP: Popular Contexts | LEV017B05 |
| University students often gain considerable language skills, but these are focused on academic language use. That this level of English might also be translated to a non-academic professional context is made explicit in Popular Contexts. This course examines a number of genres of creative writing, teaching students to generate short pieces in each of the genres. In addition, students learn how to work in editorial teams, focusing on giving and receiving effective feedback. Finally, students learn how to consider presenting their work to non-academic parties, with the intent of interesting said parties in the work, thus getting students to think about how they can create text for a non-academic context. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Docent(en) | M.P. Milagros Garcia, PhD. M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie (begeleid) | | Toetsvorm | portfolio | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels. 80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 13 | EAP: Research Reports | LEV019B05 |
| The focus of this English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course is research. Specifically, this course focusses on conducting research, writing a research paper, and giving a formal presentation on a research project within the field of either modern literature, medieval literature, or linguistics. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | T.V. Kassenberg, MA. | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. GilbersDr. A.C. Hoag T.V. Kassenberg, MA. P.J. Outhwaite, PhD. A.G.J.C. Williams, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie (begeleid) | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture including at least EAP: Persuasive Expression | | Opmerkingen | 80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels. Van studenten wordt verwacht dat zij actief participeren aan alle werkcolleges en alle opdrachten buiten de colleges tijdig en correct uitvoeren. Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 14 | English as a Lingua Franca | LET029B05 |
As a consequence of post-World War II globalisation, English has become the most widely spoken language in the world. Native speakers are easily outnumbered by non-native speakers, for whom English has become the default option for intercultural communication. At the same time, we see a political and cultural disengagement of the two major Anglophone nations, the United States and the United Kingdom, from the world stage. This necessitates us to review what English is, and what it does.
In this course we take a 'sociology of language' approach to the concept of English. We will engage critically with such notions as standard language and standard language ideology, correctness, the native speaker, varieties of (World) English, and linguistic imperialism. We will look at the influence of the international use of English on the form of the language, and on how the language is taught to language learners.
Additionally, we will develop more widely applicable active research skills by setting up and executing questionnaire-based research into language attitudes in the area of English as a Lingua Franca. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | 80% aanwezigheidsplicht. Studenten worden geacht actief te participeren in alle werkcolleges en alle opdrachten buiten de colleges tijdig en correct uit te voeren. |
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| 15 | English Language Variation | LET014B05 |
The English language is not a monolithic and uniform entity, but in fact is extremely varied along a number of dimensions (geographical, social, stylistic, etc.). The variation is not random; rather, it shows what William Labov has called ‘orderly heterogeneity’. The aim of this course is to uncover the order underlying the apparent chaos of linguistic variation and to understand its social and/or linguistic meanings. For this we will read widely in the relevant literature and learn to use the standard tools and software used in variationist linguistics.
This course is built around a joint research project and the content will therefore differ significantly from one year to the next. Research projects from previous years include:
- analysis of American English (performed) speech of three Australian actors (second-dialect acquisition)
- analysis of intra-individual variation in the speech of a single speaker of Scottish Standard English (social and stylistic variation)
- analysis of inter-speaker variation in the speech of nine speakers of English from Aruba (social variation)
This year, we will investigate the sociophonetics of L2 English with a focus on standard sociolinguistic variables (e.g. age, gender, sexuality).
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Docent(en) | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, opdrachten, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase, Language Change, Meaning and Use and one other LET course from the second or third year of the English
degree programme | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars.
This module can be taken as an elective, if the student meets the entrance requirements.
Major students take precedence. |
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| 16 | English Linguistics: Language in Interac | LET028B05 |
This course focuses on how conversation partners must continuously pay attention to and
construe each other’s signals at different levels, in different modes (verbal and non-verbal),
and in different layers (serious and pretending) to be able to understand each other. We
will focus especially on the differences between conversations by first- and second-language
speakers. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase, Language Change, Meaning and Use and one other LET course from the second or third year of the English
degree programme | | Opmerkingen | 80% minimum attendance requirement for seminars |
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| 17 | English Linguistics: Morphology | LET026B05 |
| The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the most important theories of morphology and to train them in doing linguistic analyses. After an overview of some basic concepts ("what is a word?"), we will concentrate on current issues in morphology, like morphological productivity ("Though many things are possible in morphology, some are more possible than others" -Aronoff, 1976: 35) and compounding (do we have to assume an underlying verb *to truckdrive for the word truck driver?). In addition, students will be familiarized with research methodology and heuristics, and will also learn more about how word and word formation processes work in the mind. With that an introduction to psycholinguistic processes involved in morphology will also be given. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, practicum, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, werkstuk(ken), schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Introduction to English Linguistics (or equivalent).
Admission to the second year, in other words at least 45 ECTS from the propaedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | Active participation in all assignments and activities is required, No more than 20 % of the class meetings may be missed. This module can be taken as an elective, if the student meets the entrance requirements. Major students take precedence. |
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| 18 | English Linguistics: Sentence Structure | LET010P05 |
| This module is an introduction to the study of the English Language. Students will learn about sentence structure in the English language. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | G.J. Poarch, PhD. | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers T.V. Kassenberg, MA. G.J. Poarch, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics track of the minor English Studies take precedence. |
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| 19 | English Linguistics: Sociolinguistics | LET009P05 |
| De Engelse taal wordt geplaatst in de context van sociale en cognitieve aspecten. Aan de orde komen onder andere de geschiedenis van de Engelse taal, en taalvariatie afhankelijk van gender, sociale status, opleiding, leeftijd, regio, etnische achtergrond. |
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| 20 | English Linguistics: Syntax | LET027B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Docent(en) | dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture
Successful completion of Sentence Structure |
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| 21 | English Literatures from 1550 | LEL008P05 |
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| 22 | English Literatures until 1550 | LEO007P05 |
| In this course, students become acquainted with a selection of representative vernacular pre-modern texts written in England. Particular attention is paid to external political and cultural influences, such as the coming of the Anglo-Saxons to Britain, their conversion to Christianity, the Viking invasions, the Norman Conquest, language politics, courtly love, and cultural translation. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | P.J. Outhwaite, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module follows on from Introduction to English Literature 1 and 2 and prepares students for Chaucer and for the optional modules in Medieval Literature in the second and third years. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students take precedence.
This course is not open to students of English who started before September 2016. |
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| 23 | King Arthur, Romance, and Empire | LEO009B05 |
| More than any other secular variety of premodern writing, romances connect the literature of the Middle Ages with that of both earlier and later periods. They blend classical myth with Celtic mystique, and oriental exotica with local concerns. Romances tell stories about King Arthur and his court, the crusades, and ancient English princes, many of which recur in the works of Shakespeare, Tennyson, or Eliot. In this course we will explore the romance tradition in England, with special attention to the origin and development of the Arthurian canon, the ideological meaning of Englishness and Britishness, the self-examination of courtly ethics and gender relations, and ideological origins of the British Empire. The course will not only examine the aristocratic culture of medieval England, but it will also demonstrate how premodern writings inform the literature of later periods. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. J.R. Mattison | | Docent(en) | Dr. J.R. Mattison | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars.
This module can be taken as an elective, if the student meets the entrance requirements. Major students take precedence |
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| 24 | Knowledge and Power | LEL010P05 |
| Following ‘Making Meaning: Introduction to English Literatures I’ and its examination of literary techniques and devices, this course will continue to introduce students to the study of literary interpretation, adding to the students' literary-critical practice a consideration of the place of literature and literary criticism in the world. This will include a discussion of the political and cultural power attributed to forms of literature. Students will discuss and analyse texts, fictional and non-fictional alike, in oral and written assignments. This course aims to cultivate ever more nuanced and more questioning approaches to literature and its place in culture. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries M.R. MacVeagh, PhD. A.G.J.C. Williams, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | none | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies take precedence. |
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| 25 | Language & Culture of Early Medieval ENG | LEO022B05 |
| Students read, translate and analyse text fragments in order to gain an understanding both of the Old English language and of their literary and cultural contexts. For this purpose they will regularly use the electronic lexica and corpora that are available online via the Arts library. Each week there is a three-hour seminar, in which we will examine (fragments of) texts comprising a complete survey of the Old English corpus. In addition, we will study aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural history, in order to allow adequate contextualisation and analysis of the texts. Students make an active contribution to the seminars by completing translation exercises. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekker | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least one Medieval Literature course units from the second year of the English degree programme (LEO codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 26 | Learning and Teaching English | LEV021B05 |
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| 27 | Legacies of the Enlightenment | LEL029B05 |
The “Long” Eighteenth-Century is one of the great transformative periods in Western thought, and we are still living with its legacy: liberal modes of government, economics, history and ethics, empirical science, natural philosophy, and information technology, all have their inception in this extraordinary era, with English literature playing a pivotal part in this transformation. Every literary movement since might be understood as a reaction against, or as a reaffirmation of, Enlightenment values: and everyone living today is inevitably caught up in that ongoing battle of ideas…
The often vicious political satire of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift speaks to our contemporary era in particular, with its social media. Pioneering experiments in long-form prose-fiction by writers like Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding produced what remains the dominant literary-form in our own time: the Novel. The dictionaries and catalogues created by figures like Samuel Johnson, William Jones and Erasmus Darwin present many parallels with our own age of information-technology and big data. The political philosophers of the Glorious Revolution, American War of Independence and French Revolution generated the contradictions between Liberalism and Populism that remain unresolved in our own bitterly divided political culture, while activists such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Edmund Burke and Olaudah Equiano presented a template that continues to be vital in efforts to redress injustices of the Enlightenment: #MeToo, Stop the War, Black Lives Matter…
This module will present a survey on the literature of this period in all its variety, from the triumph of Liberalism in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, to the controversies surrounding the French Revolution, and the emergence of the new, Democratic politics of the nineteenth-century. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. D.M. Ashford | | Docent(en) | Dr. D.M. Ashford | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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| 28 | Linguistics: Language Change | LET021B05 |
| The English language has a history spanning some thirteen centuries, and has undergone significant linguistic change in that period. With the help of texts we will become acquainted with the shape of English in different periods, and investigate what changes have taken place at all levels of linguistic analysis. We look at how language changes, and how speakers of English have been dealing with language change through the ages. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Docent(en) | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the minor English Studies only. |
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| 29 | Linguistics: Meaning and Use | LET022B05 |
| This course offers an introduction to the semantics and pragmatics of the English grammatical system. Students become acquainted with important semantic and pragmatic concepts, tools and theories. They learn to apply these to actual English language samples by searching for and analyzing examples in authentic texts. The following topics are covered: sentence meaning, thought and reality; sentence relations and truth; event structure and event participants; context and inference; speech acts; proposition and predicate logic. These topics are discussed in theories of lexical meaning components and formal semantics. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Docent(en) | dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase.
This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics or Advanced track of the minor English Studies only. |
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| 30 | Linguistics: Research Tools | LET024B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | G.J. Poarch, PhD. | | Docent(en) | G.J. Poarch, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. |
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| 31 | Literary Theory for English Studies | LEL009P05 |
| This course introduces students to some fundamental concepts in the study of English literature and to the critical approaches that can be used to understand and analyse these concepts. It aims to prepare students for working on literary texts at university level, giving them the tools and concepts necessary to reflect upon the terms they use when discussing literary works. It also explicitly relates the study of literature to wider social and political issues including gender, sex, class and ethnicity - as well as to other, cognate disciplines, such as history, theoretical linguistics, the arts and media. |
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| 32 | Making Meaning | LEL007P05 |
| This course introduces students to literary studies in English. Students will acquire a basic knowledge of literary terminology and of major literary genres in English literature. They will study and discuss a broad range of texts, including poetry, prose, drama and essays, and gain an understanding of their generic as well as of their unique aspects. The critical, analytic and creative engagement with these fascinating texts will provide a sound foundation for the later study of English literature, conveying also, we hope, the many pleasures of reading literature. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.K. Maher | | Docent(en) | M.R. MacVeagh, PhD.dr. A.K. Maher | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en), schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | none | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Literature track of the minor English Studies take precedence. |
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| 33 | MINOR Placement English L&C | LET030B15 |
| Within the BA English Language and Culture, you can choose to do a programme-specific Minor placement of 15 ECTS. To eventually get 30 ECTS, you complete these 15 ECTS with a package of 15 ECTS from a Faculty or University minor. Please check the information on Study Portal, https://student.portal.rug.nl/infonet/studenten/let/opleidingsinfo/minoren/extra-option. |
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| 34 | Neo-Victorian Literature | LEL025B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module is open for premaster students, exchange students and students in the Literature and Advanced tracks of the minor English Studies only. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture can take this course by way of compensation, after consultation with the study advisor of English Language & Literature only. |
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| 35 | Pirates and Poets: Viking Encounters | LEO014B05 |
| This course focuses on significant military and cultural encounters between Scandinavian raiders and settlers and the inhabitants of the British Isles during the Viking Age. We will examine a selection of Old English, early Irish, and Old Norse texts that offer different perspectives on Viking culture and its influence in early medieval England and Ireland. Embodying socio-religious alterity, the Vikings were, if not outright feared, viewed with suspicion by their Northwest European neighbours. At the same time, however, they were also known for their achievements in literature and art. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. |
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| 36 | Reading Early English | LEO013B05 |
| In this course, students read, translate and analyse text fragments in order to gain an understanding of early Middle English dialects and of their literary and cultural contexts. The weekly lectures will provide introductions to the texts and their language, while the seminars will focus on textual analysis and close reading. In addition, we will study aspects of post-Conquest literary and cultural history for an adequate contextualization of the texts. Students will contribute to the seminars by means of completed translation assignments and active participation. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen P.J. Outhwaite, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Admission to the second year, i.e. at least 45 ECTS obtained from the propaedeutic phase. This module is open for major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the minor English Studies only. |
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| 37 | Schoolyards and Haunted Houses | LEL028B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. S.M. Manizza-Roszak | | Docent(en) | Dr. S.M. Manizza-Roszak vacature | | Toetsvorm | essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase; at least two Literature course units (LEL codes) from the second or third year of the English degree
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| 38 | Shakespeare & Early Mod. Engl.Literature | LEL008B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. J. Flood | | Docent(en) | Dr. J. Flood | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 39 | Shakespeare in Stratford | LEL007B05 |
This module will be taught in Groningen, but still concentrate on understanding and viewing many Shakespeare plays in production. After the course you will have come to understand how interpretations and production choices influence the way a play is perceived.
Sadly, a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon cannot be part of this course this year, since the programme on offer there is too limited. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.P.M. Jansen | | Docent(en) | dr. J.P.M. Jansen | | Onderwijsvorm | excursie, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | This module can be taken as an elective. Major students take precedence. Please contact the teacher for more information |
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| 40 | Sound Structure | LET011P05 |
This course offers an introduction to the sounds of English, the most basic building blocks of the
language. We will look at how sounds are produced in the speaker's mouth, and how we can best
describe the differences between sounds. We will focus on the transcription of English sound systems, and will also consider how differences in sounds contribute to differences in meaning. Finally, we look at how sounds combine into syllables, and why some combinations of sounds are allowed in English and others are not. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, schriftelijk tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students of the BA English Language & Culture and students in the Linguistics track of the minor English Studies take precedence. |
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| 41 | Special Topic: Medieval Literature&Cult. | LEO012B05 |
This course allows students to pursue a special topic in premodern literature and culture in depth. In addition to studying a particular theme or topos, students will be exposed to current developments in theoretical approaches to premodern literature.
The special topic for 2022-23 is 'The Personal Voice in the Old English Elegies'. Exile, mutability and death are familiar themes in Old English elegiac verse. We encounter many characters in the poems who express their pain and desperation when faced with the finite nature of human existence. In the course, we shall read various Old English elegies in their original language, paying particular attention to the struggles of these characters, as they try to come to terms with their suffering. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | Dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two Medieval Literature course units from the second and third years of the English degree programme (LEO codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 42 | The Class Struggle in Modern Fiction | LEL016B05 |
| Notions of class and class-consciousness are a persistent and seemingly dogged influence on the literary cultures of the British Isles. Sometimes deeply conservative and nostalgic in motivation, sometimes radical and iconoclastic; class is never altogether absent. Setting a literary work in time and place is perhaps no more important than its placement in relation to the dynamics of social strata and power relations. Class also gets easily tangled up in forms of identity politics: in relationships with authority and the State, with education, gender roles, and cultural tastes. This course will consider class as a foundation for the critical analysis of prose fiction from the sweeping social insights of realist novel of the nineteenth-century, to the atomized struggles of the post-modern subject in contemporary fiction. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.K. Maher | | Docent(en) | dr. A.K. Maher | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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| 43 | The Victorian Age: Progress and Anxiety | LEL020B05 |
| The Victorian era remains one of the great periods speaking to today's conception of British culture. From its focus on the realist novel, to its invention of many iconic literary heroes and Gothic villains, Victorian culture occupies a central place of interest in the imagination. Yet it was also a period of social and cultural upheaval and of vehement contrasts. Industrialisation and colonialism brought unimaginable wealth and unimaginable suffering, while scientific pursuits transformed Britain into its modern form even as they displaced many. This course will equip students with an understanding of the Victorian cultural context so that we can both attempt to make sense of the Victorians from a modern perspective, and understand how the Victorians viewed themselves and their imperial project. |
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| 44 | World Literatures in English | LEL019B05 |
| This course will scrutinize the English literary canon by examining texts that voice experiences marginalized by histories of colonialism. Students will study works by writers originating from colonies (former and current) in Africa, The Caribbean, North America, The Indian subcontinent, and postcolonial diasporas, and they will contextualize their readings with literary criticism and theory that has sought to understand, resist, and undo exclusionary practices of colonialism. Careful reading of primary texts, including poetry, plays and prose written from the mid-twentieth century to the present will help illuminate the variety of complex social, cultural and political relations that constitute each work, and reveal how each piece engages with and challenges English literary traditions. These texts offer consideration of issues such as cultural heritage, language, politics of ethnicity and identity, nationalism, and the lasting effects of violent colonial histories on the globalized present. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | Dr. A.C. HoagDr. S.M. Manizza-Roszak | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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