| 1 | BA Stage English Language & Cult | LETXXB15 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.P.M. Jansen | | Docent(en) | | | Onderwijsvorm | stage | | Toetsvorm | stageverslag | | ECTS | 15 |
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| 2 | Ba Thesis English (Linguistics) | LET999B10 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | Docent(en) | G.J. Poarchdr. 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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| 3 | 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. D.M. Ashford | | Docent(en) | dr. D.M. Ashford A.K. Maher, PhD. | | 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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| 4 | 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 seven 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 | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekkerprof. S.I. Sobecki | | 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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| 5 | Broken Images: Anglophone Modernism | LEL018B05 |
| This course will explore literary modernism in English, from some of its most celebrated beginnings in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, to its transformations and its dissipation after the renewed horror of WWII. Through close textual analysis and careful consideration of critical and theoretical developments during this period, this course will map the ways in which modernist writers broke with the traditions they felt they would otherwise have inherited. It will also show how the politics of literature is manifested in the formal innovations associated with these writers. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. D.M. Ashford | | Docent(en) | dr. D.M. Ashford | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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| 6 | 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 | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | A.A. Douma, MA.prof. S.I. Sobecki | | 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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| 7 | 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 if literature should satisfy and reaffirm dominant ideologies, or if it should posit radical alternatives. It asks whether literary artefacts ought to be candid about their claims and about their relationship with reality. And, it asks whether shock value has any value at all. |
| 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 (LEL codes) | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies |
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| 8 | 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” and Braidotti’s “Nomadic Subjectivity” 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 a common source. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 9 | 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. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra | | Docent(en) | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, mondeling tentamen, portfolio | | 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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| 10 | EAP: Composition | LEV011P05 |
| The focus of this course is on producing structured literary 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 | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | zelfstudie, hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | 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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| 11 | 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, write persuasive speeches and questions with sound argumentation, a clear focus and relevant supporting detail, and be able to recognize and adapt to cultural differences in communication styles. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. | | Docent(en) | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. T.J. Wigham, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, mondeling tentamen, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels.
80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges.
Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 12 | 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 | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie, hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | portfolio, tentamen | | 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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| 13 | 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 | R.L. Fletcher, BA. | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries R.L. Fletcher, BA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, zelfstudie (begeleid) | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, mondeling tentamen, portfolio | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels. 80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 14 | EAP: Research Reports | LEV019B05 |
| Students will carry out small-scale investigations within the field of English language and linguistics and will report on their studies in a well-structured written research report and in a formal presentation. Students will become familiar with academic research conventions, will learn to work with scientific databases and search engines (e.g. RUG Combine, Smartcat, Google Scholar and EBSCOhost), and will learn to read, to interpret academic articles and refer to these correctly using MLA, CMS or APA citation formats. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra | | Docent(en) | R.L. Fletcher, BA.dr. A.C. Hoag A.C. Vaatstra | | 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 and EAP: Composition | | 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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| 15 | 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. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Docent(en) | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | 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 betreffende major. | | 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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| 16 | English Employed | LEV020B05 |
| The focus of this course is on consolidating knowledge from across the degree program in order to give students practical skills they can use in the job-market. Possible topics include: copy-editing, translating, teaching, journalism and policy-writing (but please note that the exact topics covered will vary year to year). Students will also engage with alumni in relevant fields of employment to gain an understanding of possible career trajectories. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | NN | | Docent(en) | NN | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | mondeling tentamen, portfolio | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during seminars and to duly carry out all assignments in and outside class. |
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| 17 | 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)
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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 | | 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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| 18 | 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 | | Docent(en) | diverse docenten | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase, Language Change, Meaning and Use and one other LET course | | Opmerkingen | 80% minimum attendance requirement for seminars |
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| 19 | 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 | prof. dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | Docent(en) | P.B. Busstraprof. dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | 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 take precedence. |
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| 20 | 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. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.P.M. Jansen | | Docent(en) | dr. J.P.M. Jansendr. R.M. Knooihuizen A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat open als bijvak en/of Open College. Hoofdvakstudenten hebben voorrang op bijvakstudenten. |
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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 medieval English texts. Attention is paid to external political and cultural influences, such as the coming of the Anglo-Saxons to Britain, the Christianisation of England, the Norman Conquest, as well as to internal developments in Church and society |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekker | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | 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 | 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, in particular the distinction between the discursive and non-fictional literature of knowledge and the imaginative and poetic literature of power: what differentiates them, and what they have in common. 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, particularly through certain themes and threads in the material: youth and age, authority and rebellion, order and anarchy, colonialism, race, justice, and the voices of women. |
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| 24 | Language & Culture: Anglo-Saxon England | LEO011B05 |
| 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 | schriftelijk tentamen, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two 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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| 25 | 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 | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 26 | Linguistics: Lexicon | LET025B05 |
| What constitutes a word and how do we process it? In this course, we will explore the nature and the structure of the English lexicon, both from the point of view of linguistic theory and that of psycholinguistics. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.A. Sprenger | | Docent(en) | dr. S.A. Sprenger | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture; for Syntax successful completion of Sentence Structure | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars |
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| 27 | Linguistics: Meaning and Use | LET022B05 |
| This course offers an introduction to the semantics and pragmatics of English grammar. Students become acquainted with important semantic and pragmatic notions and theories. They learn to apply these to English language in use by finding and analyzing examples and problems in natural communication and written texts. The following topics are covered: Meaning, thought and reality; Word meaning; Sentence relations and truth; Situations and participants in sentence semantics; Context and inference; Speech acts; Meaning components; 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 | wekelijkse opdrachten, digitale toetsing | | 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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| 28 | Linguistics: Phonology Laboratory | LET023B05 |
| This course focuses on the phonetic and phonological analysis of English. After an introduction to speech production and the acoustic characteristics of speech, we will discuss several more advanced principles of English phonology. These principles are then applied to phonological processes, historical sound changes, first language acquisition and second language acquisition. Finally, we will consider recent developments in phonological theory. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. W.M. Lowie | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. W.M. Lowie | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture; for Phonology Laboratory successful completion of Sound Structure | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 29 | Linguistics: Research Tools | LET024B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. N.H. Hilton | | Docent(en) | dr. N.H. Hiltonprof. dr. M.C. Michel | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 30 | 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. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vriesdr. T.D. Mecsnóber | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | None | | Opmerkingen | This module can also be taken as an elective and Open Module. Major students take precedence. |
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| 31 | 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. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries A.K. Maher, PhD.dr. T.D. Mecsnóber | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en), schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | none | | Opmerkingen | To be eligible to sit the exam, students must complete a number of oral and written assignments to the satisfaction of the lecturers. 80% attendance in seminars is compulsory. |
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| 32 | Marvels, Monsters, and Mysteries | LEO016B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 33 | MINOR Stage English Language & Cult | 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. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.P.M. Jansen | | Docent(en) | | | Onderwijsvorm | stage | | Toetsvorm | stageverslag | | ECTS | 15 |
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| 34 | Neo-Victorian Literature | LEL025B05 |
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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 Anglo-Saxon 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 | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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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 | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | opdrachten, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 37 | Saints and Sinners in Medieval England | LEO004B05 |
| Religion played a very important part in the life-experience of medieval people, and works dealing with the (related) topics of sin and sanctity comprise one of the most fascinating and rich categories of surviving medieval texts. This course will look at English texts of the Middle Ages in order to discover more about notions of sanctity and sinfulness, and to witness examples of holy and unholy behaviour. Such texts provide the reader with some of the earliest windows on the experiences of real individuals, and in the Book of Margery Kempe we encounter the earliest specimen of (women?s) autobiographical writing. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekker | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, 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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| 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 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance at and participation in seminars. |
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| 39 | Shakespeare in Stratford | LEL007B05 |
| This is a special module based on a week's full-time study in Stratford-upon-Avon in May or June 2017. There are four preparatory meetings and an evaluation session in June. The module is organized by the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford, and consists of performances of some five plays from the repertory of the Royal Shakespeare Company, lectures about the plays, post-performance discussions, discussions with actors or directors, a back-stage tour of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and other cultural experiences unique to Stratford. A visit to the Globe theatre in London is included. The module costs approximately €850 (includes travel, bed and breakfast, lectures and theatre tickets). An excellent command of English is necessary. Enquiries and registration: Dr J.P.M. Jansen, j.p.m.jansen@rug.nl The module will only take place if there are enough participants. Students of English take precedence. |
| 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 | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | 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 | A.C. Vaatstra | | Docent(en) | S.R.K.I. Gilbers, MA. A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, schriftelijk tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | There is an attendance requirement of 80% for the seminars of this course. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Major students 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 2019-20 is ‘Madness and Poetry: Thomas Hoccleve’s The Series'. Students will read Thomas Hoccleve’s 15th-century cycle of five poems, The Series, and his earlier Le Male Regle. These poems are among the most personal and remarkable works produced in medieval England. We will discuss premodern concepts of authorship, (auto)biography, social identity, and mental health. We will follow cutting-edge research and examine Hoccleve’s works in surviving manuscripts written in his own hand. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | prof. S.I. Sobecki | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | 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 Century of the Self: English Lit. | LEL023B05 |
| Every century is a ‘century of the self’, as that is an evolving paradigm in human experience from its origins. But it is true that the twentieth century put a series of new twists on that universal interest. Modern people reacted against the Victorian period; they absorbed the potential of psychology and psychoanalysis; women’s experience was mirrored more frequently and in greater depth; Anglophone individuals from beyond the American and British centres began to be heard; and the tumultuous political events of the twentieth century themselves shaped the biographical stories that were told with them as a context. This subject will concentrate entirely on non fiction — biography, autobiography, letters, and journals — to shed light on this powerful concept in Modern literature. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase; at least two Literature course units (LEL codes) | | Opmerkingen | All of these books are available second-hand; some are available on Kindle. There is no need to find the exact edition specified by the ISBN. |
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| 43 | 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 | A.K. Maher, PhD. | | Docent(en) | A.K. Maher, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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| 44 | The Romantic Revolution | LEL017B05 |
| The Romantic movement at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth was the last holistic intellectual revolution in the western world, with incalculable effects on thought and behaviour. In essence and in effect it marked a reaction to and a reversal of the European intellectual tradition established in the Renaissance and brought to a practical climax in the Enlightenment. Quite suddenly a group of northern European intellectuals — above all in Germany and England — decided not simply that the ideals of the Enlightenment were unachievable, but that they were completely misguided. If modernity has its origins in the seventeenth century rationalism of Descartes and Bacon, then Romanticism is also, in effect, the first ‘post-modern’ movement. Through supported study of some major writers of the Romantic period in England (1790-1830), this subject examines not just the poetic and fictional styles of the period, but the lasting changes in attitude of which they were the result: changes in attitude that have shaped the way many of us think and live today. To understand Romanticism is, in part, to understand ourselves. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 45 | World Literatures in English | LEL019B05 |
| This course will scrutinise the English Literary canon by looking at the texts, specifically works of prose fiction, that have traditionally been excluded from its province of dead white British men: writers originating from former colonies of the British Empire (excluding North America) in Anglophone Africa, the Caribbean, Australasia, and South Asia, but also from postcolonial diasporas. Students will engage with literary criticism and theory that has sought to understand, resist, and undo the exclusionary practices of (neo)colonialist cultural norms. Texts will range from mid-twentieth-century adoptions of the English novel form to reimagine the beginning of the colonial project in the nineteenth-century, to contemporary fictions that look to reveal the complex nexus of social, cultural, and political relations that characterise the globalised present. Such texts deal with issues ranging as widely as reactionary nationalism; faith, sectarianism, and secularism; the politics of ethnicity; cultural heritage; and relationships with the modern State, with corporate interests, and with contemporary communications technologies. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | | Opmerkingen | 80% attendance rule applies. |
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