| 1 | Ba Thesis English (Linguistics) | LET999B10 |
| In this module, students will be supervised while undertaking independent research in preparation for a BA thesis in English linguistics. During the first half of the semester, they will work on setting up their linguistics research project. If and when relevant to the students' projects, there will be classes on linguistic background, qualitative and quantitative methods, statistics, practical research skills, etc. During the second half of the course the students will focus on executing their own research and writing the BA thesis that reports on the research project. The instructor provides supervision and coaching throughout the process. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Docent(en) | dr. M.C.J. Keijzerdr. A.M.H. van Hout | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase, English Proficiency 4: Major, and at least two English Linguistics course units. | | 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. J. Flood | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vriesdr. J. Flooddr. A.C. Hoagprof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdowndr. T.D. Mecsnober | | Onderwijsvorm | zelfstudie (begeleid), werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
English Proficiency 4: Major and relevant second and third-year course units from the same field. • for the Modern Literature BA Thesis: two Literature course units (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century, Modernism and Beyond), including at least one on modern literature (Shakespeare and early Modern Literature, The Long 19th century, or Modernism and Beyond) | | 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 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 | dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | zelfstudie (begeleid), werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | scriptie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
English Proficiency 4: Major and relevant second and third-year course units from the same field. For the Medieval BA Thesis: two Literature course units (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century, Modernism and Beyond) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 4 | 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 | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Docent(en) | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | 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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| 5 | 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. |
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| 6 | Contemporary Writing I | LEL012B05 |
| This course explores literature of the period from the end of the Second World War to the 1970s. Its focus will be on the responses in literary form, to historical context such: as the balance of geopolitical power in the post-war era; the Cold War; the Sexual Revolution; and the Feminist cause in the 1960s; and the post-colonial struggles of the mid twentieth century. Students will study the shifts in philosophical and political enquiry over this period, and, in particular, the evolution of modernism, and the advent of postmodernist thought. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Docent(en) | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two Literature course units from the second and third years of the English degree programme (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century, Modernism and Beyond), including at least one on modern literature (Shakespeare and early Modern Literature, The Long 19th century, or Modernism) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 7 | Contemporary Writing II | LEL013B05 |
| This course explores literature from the late 1960s to the present day. It can be taken following Contemporary Writing I, or as a stand-alone course. Its focus will be on the responses in literary form to historical contexts such as the rise of neo-liberalism, globalisation, the fall of the Berlin Wall, global terrorism, and environmental anxieties. Students will study the shifts in philosophical and political enquiry over this period, and, in particular, the reception and refinement of post-modernist thought, and the increasingly mutable and contestable role of narrative authority. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Docent(en) | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two Literature course units from the second and third years of the English degree programme (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century, Modernism and Beyond), including at least one on modern literature (Shakespeare and early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 8 | EAP: Argumentation | LEV013P05 |
| The course focuses on argumentation and on how to write a well-developed argumentative academic essay and achieving a high level of language accuracy in both written and spoken English (C1). To develop skills in writing an argumentative academic essay, students will analyse and evaluate content knowledge in academic papers, write concise summaries, and write essays in which they develop their own position within an essay, and present that position in a coherent manner. To achieve accuracy, students are expected to learn mainly implicitly through the input they receive, but where needed relevant language issues will be discussed. To develop a high level of oral fluency and accuracy, students will hold academic discussions, based on informed input in class. EAP 2 deals with linguistic topics, mainly sociolinguistic ones. |
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| 9 | EAP: Composition | LEV011P05 |
| The focus of this course is on producing structured literary essays in an academic language with accurate and conventional documentation of sources. Spoken fluency concentrates on expressing oneself in an acadmic register on literary subjects. Most student time will be spent on assignments outside classes using the electronic learning environment Nestor. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | A.C. Vaatstra | | Docent(en) | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, zelfstudie, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Engels B2/vwo. Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars and lectures. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during seminars and to duly carry out all assignments in and outside class. This module cannot be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. |
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| 10 | EAP: Debate and Discussion | LEV018B05 |
| In dit college ligt de nadruk op het verwerven van vaardigheden op het gebied van complexe en dynamische taalinteracties. Aan de orde komen onder meer het voeren van debatten, het analyseren van spontaan gesproken Engels van native speakers en de reflectie hiervan in samenvattingen en verslagen. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | N. Vandeweerd, MA. | | Docent(en) | M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. N. Vandeweerd, 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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| 11 | EAP: Persuasive Expression | LEV012P05 |
| The main focus of this course is on structuring writing and presentations on literary subjects, with an emphasis on using an appropriate academic tone. Specifically, students will learn how to compose coherent paragraphs and organize group presentations that engage an academic register. Most student time will be spent on assignments outside classes using the electronic learning environment Nestor. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. M.H. Verspoor | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag M.A.J. Reezigt, MA. A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege, zelfstudie | | Toetsvorm | portfolio, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Engels B2/vwo. Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars and lectures. Students are expected to participate actively in discussions during seminars and to duly carry out all assignments in and outside class. This module cannot be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. |
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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 | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. K. de Vries | | 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 |
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| 13 | 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 | dr. K. de Vries | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag T.V. Kassenbergdr. T.D. Mecsnober | | 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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| 14 | 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. Some of the topics to be covered include: copy-editing, translating, teaching, journalism and policy-writing. Students will also engage with alumni in relevant fields of employment to gain an understanding of possible career trajectories. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | N. Vandeweerd, MA. | | Docent(en) | N. Vandeweerd, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing | | 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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| 15 | English Language Change | LET013B05 |
| 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 | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, essay | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two of the following three course units:
English Words, English Linguistic Analysis, English Semantics and Pragmatics | | 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 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 | opdrachten, essay, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two of the following three course units:
English Words, English Linguistic Analysis, English Semantics and Pragmatics | | 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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| 17 | 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 | T.V. Kassenberg | | Docent(en) | T.V. Kassenberg | | 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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| 18 | 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. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Docent(en) | dr. J.P.M. Jansendr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 80 % Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat open als bijvak en/of Open College. Hoofdvakstudenten hebben voorrang op bijvakstudenten. |
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| 19 | English Literatures from 1550 | LEL008P05 |
This course focuses on the importance of cultural background for the understanding of texts. It has two main components: (a) an outline of the characteristics of different English literary periods, giving students an overview of literature written since 1550; (b) it introduces the biblical and Classical backgrounds of English literature. Students are encouraged to read literary works in terms of their cultural backgrounds and their intertextual relationships.
For further details see: John Flood's website |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J. Flood | | Docent(en) | dr. J. Floodprof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdowndr. T.D. Mecsnober | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 80% compulsory attendance in seminars. This module can be taken as an elective and/or Open Course Unit. Students with Major in English take precedence.
This course is not open to students of English who started before September 2016. |
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| 20 | 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. Dekkerdrs. M.N. Kuipersdr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | 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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| 21 | English Proficiency 5, Major (C1) | LEV003B05 |
| In dit college ligt de nadruk op het verwerven van vaardigheden op het gebied van complexe en dynamische taalinteracties. Aan de orde komen onder meer het voeren van debatten, het analyseren van spontaan gesproken Engels van native speakers en de reflectie hiervan in samenvattingen en verslagen. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | N. Vandeweerd, MA. | | Docent(en) | N. Vandeweerd, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, mondeling tentamen, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase | | Opmerkingen | Alleen toegankelijk voor major studenten Engels. 80 % Aanwezigheidsplicht bij werkcolleges. Dit vak staat niet open als bijvak. |
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| 22 | English Sem. & Pragm.: Language in Use | LET019B05 |
| 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 | digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase | | 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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| 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 | prof. dr. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. 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 | | 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 | Kings in the North | LEO015B05 |
During the fifteenth century, England was in the hands of two northern dynasties, the houses of Lancaster and York. The Lancastrians dominated much of that period, whereas the violent conflict between these two dynasties in the latter part of the century led to a period of instability and upheaval, now dubbed the Wars of the Roses.
This course will explore the literary and political writings produced for Lancastrian and Yorkist rulers during the fifteenth century. We will see how leading poets such as John Gower, Thomas Hoccleve, and John Lydgate seek to intervene in political affairs, and we will explore how Thomas Malory and William Caxton react to and reflect on war and propaganda. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. S.I. Sobecki | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase, at least two Literature course units from the second and third years of the English degree programme (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Reading Middle English Texts) | | Opmerkingen | BA in English obtained and admission to the MA programme. |
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| 25 | 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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| 26 | 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. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Onderwijsvorm | practicum, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propaedeutic phase,
at least two Literature course units from the second and third years of the English degree programme (King Arthur, Romance and Empire, Saints and Sinners, Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature, The Long 19th Century, Modernism and Beyond, Reading Middle English Texts) | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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| 27 | 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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| 28 | 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 |
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| 29 | Linguistics: Meaning and Use | LET022B05 |
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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, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 30 | 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 |
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| 31 | Linguistics: Research Tools | LET024B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | Docent(en) | dr. M.C.J. Keijzer | | 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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| 32 | 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. Mecsnober | | 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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| 33 | 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 Vriesdr. T.D. Mecsnober | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | 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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| 34 | Modernism and Beyond:English Literat. | LEL011B05 |
| 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 World War II. Through close textual analysis and careful consideration of critical developments during this period, the course will map the ways in which modernist writers broke with the traditions they felt they would otherwise have inherited. Students will have a chance to engage critically with digitalised versions of original modernist publications. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. T.D. Mecsnober | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoagdr. T.D. Mecsnober | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | English Propedeutic phase or equivalent completed. | | Opmerkingen | A number of assignments must be completed in order to be allowed to take the exam.
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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| 35 | 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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| 36 | Reading Middle English | LEO010B05 |
| The study of medieval English literature requires a close and complete reading of texts as well as an understanding of manuscript context and textual tradition. Reading a literary text in the original language reveals its true potential as a work of literature text with words and sentences as the primary building blocks of meaning. In this module we will therefore read and study a selection of English literary texts from the second half of the Middle Ages c. 1150–1500, with special attention to the determination of meaning by looking closely at the language. We will explore the full length and breadth of the high Middle Ages from Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde to John Barbour’s account of Robert de Bruce. Students will learn to read and interpret the original texts with the help of modern electronic corpora and the theory of new philological criticism. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C. Dekker | | Docent(en) | dr. C. Dekker | | Onderwijsvorm | practicum, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Propedeutic phase completed. | | Opmerkingen | 80% Compulsory attendance in seminars. |
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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 | prof. dr. S.I. Sobecki | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. S.I. Sobecki | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege, hoorcollege | | 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 |
| The course covers the period from the late-sixteenth century to c. 1750. As its name suggests, there is a focus on Shakespeare, but the course is a good deal broader than this. It aims to expose students to the varied kinds of writing that were practiced at the time. It looks at texts in the light of their historical and cultural backgrounds (e.g. the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Civil War) as well as in the context of the contemporary conventions used by dramatists and poets. The texts on the course vary from religious meditations on death to erotic comic verse. For some more details see: John Flood's website |
| 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 | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen | | Docent(en) | dr. R.M. Knooihuizen A.C. Vaatstra | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, schriftelijk tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | 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 | 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 | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Docent(en) | C.W. Gibson, 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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| 42 | 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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| 43 | Viking Encounters in the British Isles | 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 | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture |
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| 44 | 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 | C.W. Gibson, PhD. | | Docent(en) | C.W. Gibson, 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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