| 1 | Crossing Borders | LEL024B05 |
This course examines depictions of alienated figures that find themselves at the
intersection of cultures, and scrutinizes texts that bring the experiences of marginalized
subjectivities to the centre. Themes of displacement pervade contemporary fiction, where
crossing borders has become an economic and political necessity, and contemporary
writers have employed the language of exile and transnationalism that featured in many
earlier texts. We will consider how the terms of exile set out in more Modernist works
have been employed by later authors to articulate border crossings of gender, race, and
sexuality. Not surprisingly, many 20th century theorists have reflected on exile and the
identity of movement, and this course will engage considerations of flânerie, Said’s
“Exile,” and Anzaldua’s “Borderlands” to explore changing representations of “in-between” selves. We will begin with Henry
James’s story of a privileged American woman in Europe, and move through to Viet
Thanh Nguyen’s recent collection of stories where characters are forced from their
homelands and grapple with an uprooted sense of self. Exploring the constellation of
these texts by writers from a variety of backgrounds will, of course, reveal the differences
that circumstances of experience have on perceptions of selfhood, but also how the
vernacular of loss and estrangement can be traced back to common sources. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Hoag | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, tentamen | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 2 | 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. |
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| 3 | 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. |
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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. |
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| 6 | Linguistics: Meaning and Use | LET022B05 |
| This course offers an introduction to the semantics and pragmatics of the English grammatical system. Students become acquainted with important semantic and pragmatic concepts, tools and theories. They learn to apply these to actual English language samples by searching for and analyzing examples in authentic texts. The following topics are covered: sentence meaning, thought and reality; sentence relations and truth; event structure and event participants; context and inference; speech acts. These topics are discussed in theories of lexical meaning components and formal semantics. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.M.F. van Dooren | | Docent(en) | J. Kisjesdr. A.M.F. van Dooren | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. NB: Voor het collegejaar 2021-2022 geldt een norm van minimaal 35 ECTS. | | 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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| 7 | Making Meaning | LEL007P05 |
| This course introduces students to literary studies in English. Students will acquire a basic knowledge of literary terminology and of major literary genres in English literature. They will study and discuss a broad range of texts, including poetry, prose, drama and essays, and gain an understanding of their generic as well as of their unique aspects. The critical, analytic and creative engagement with these fascinating texts will provide a sound foundation for the later study of English literature, conveying also, we hope, the many pleasures of reading literature. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. A.K. Maher | | Docent(en) | C.A. Brazendale, MA.dr. A.K. Maher A.G.J.C. Williams, MA. | | 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 written assignments to the satisfaction of the lecturers. 80% attendance in seminars is compulsory. |
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| 8 | Neo-Victorian Literature | LEL025B05 |
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| 9 | Reading Early English | LEO013B05 |
| In this course, students read, translate and analyse text fragments in order to gain an understanding of early Middle English dialects and of their literary and cultural contexts. The weekly lectures will provide introductions to the texts and their language, while the seminars will focus on textual analysis and close reading. In addition, we will study aspects of post-Conquest literary and cultural history for an adequate contextualization of the texts. Students will contribute to the seminars by means of completed translation assignments and active participation. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. K.E.E. Olsen | | Docent(en) | dr. K.E.E. Olsen P.J. Outhwaite, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | digitale toetsing, opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. NB: Voor het collegejaar 2021-2022 geldt een norm van minimaal 35 ECTS. |
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| 10 | Shakespeare & Early Mod. Engl.Literature | LEL008B05 |
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| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J. Flood | | Docent(en) | dr. J. Flood A.K. Shack, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, schriftelijk tentamen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Toegang tot het tweede jaar, d.w.z. minimaal 45 ECTS behaald uit de propedeuse van de BA Engelse Taal en Cultuur. NB: Voor het collegejaar 2021-2022 geldt een norm van minimaal 35 ECTS. |
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| 11 | Sound Structure | LET011P05 |
This course offers an introduction to the sounds of English, the most basic building blocks of the
language. We will look at how sounds are produced in the speaker's mouth, and how we can best
describe the differences between sounds. We will focus on the transcription of English sound systems, and will also consider how differences in sounds contribute to differences in meaning. Finally, we look at how sounds combine into syllables, and why some combinations of sounds are allowed in English and others are not. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers | | Docent(en) | dr. S.R.K.I. Gilbers A.C. Vaatstra, MA. | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | continue toetsing, digitale toetsing, schriftelijk tentamen, wekelijkse opdrachten | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | n.v.t. | | Opmerkingen | 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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| 12 | T&M 3: Taal Leren | LEU044B05 |
Dit college is een inleiding op het gebied van (tweede) taalverwerving. Hoe leren kinderen hun moedertaal? Hoe wordt een tweede taal geleerd, in natuurlijke en in onderwijscontexten? En op welke manier dragen deze verschillende contexten en persoonlijke kenmerken bij aan het succes bij het leren van een (tweede) taal?
In het hoorcollege komen verschillende theorieën en onderzoek over (tweede) taalontwikkeling en -verwerving aan bod, en de werkcolleges verdiepen deze kennis met reflectie, praktische opdrachten en actieve dataverzameling. |
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