| 1 | Biography and History | LLS052M10 |
| De biografie kan zich steeds meer zowel binnen als buiten de wetenschap verheugen op grote belangstelling. Hoe komt dat en welke rol spelen biografieën in het academische en publieke debat? In de relatie tussen geschiedschrijving en biografie kunnen enkele interessante trends worden aangewezen: waar in de negentiende eeuw vooral ‘mannen van betekenis’ een biografie kregen, zijn de laatste decennia ook de voorheen minder zichtbare individuen een biografisch onderzoek waard gevonden. In deze collegereeks wordt een introductie gegeven in theoretische benaderingen die binnen Biografie Studies te onderscheiden zijn. Van studenten wordt verwacht dat ze de theoretische literatuur bestuderen en presenteren, op basis daarvan een onderzoekplan en vervolgens een paper schrijven. Gebaseerd op een van de aangereikte onderwerpen. Hoewel het college een sterk interdisciplinair karakter heeft, zal het accent op de historische benadering liggen. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. J.W. Renders | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. J.W. Renders | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, presentatie, schriftelijke opdracht(en), werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Bachelor behaald en toegang tot het Masterprogramma (zie hiervoor de Onderwijs- en Examenregeling van de opleiding) | | Opmerkingen | - Paper (60%), presentatie (20%) en aandeel in college en referentschap (20%).
- Aanwezigheidsplicht van 80% minimaal. Studenten worden geacht actief te participeren in werkcolleges en opdrachten buiten de colleges tijdig en correct uit te voeren.
Deze module staat open voor zowel historisch als modern letterkundigen, historici en classici. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 2 | Literature and Conflict in the 20th Cen. | LLS048M10 |
“The basis of every art is conflict”, noted Sergei Eisenstein in 1929, and described the aesthetic as a “transformation of the dialectic principle”. Apart from characterizing a key aspect of artistic composition, this expression is also paradigmatic for a more fundamental reciprocity in the relation of art to life: The aesthetic can be both a source and an indicator of conflicts. As conflict is inherent to artistic production and aesthetic experience, it is also one of the key topics of modern art – at the sociopolitical level as well as in epistemological and philosophical contexts.
In this course, we will investigate ways in which art – in particular literary texts, but also cultural theory, the fine arts, music and film – have reflected on and interacted with some of the crucial social, political, epistemological and philosophical conflicts that shaped Europe throughout the 20th and at the beginning of the 21st century.
A main focus will lie on the century’s first decades, the era of European Modernisms – a time in which literature and cultural theory responded in radical ways to the modern condition, producing unprecedented levels of cultural experimentation. Of special interest in this context will be literary and artistic depictions and cultural analyses of characteristic social and epistemological crises (regarding e.g. industrialisation, alienation, the rise of nationalism, scientific and technical revolutions, but also the so-called “crisis of the ego” (Nietzsche) and of the humanist ideals of rationality and autonomy) which paved the way to the First World War. A second main focus will lie on cultural representations of some of the political and cultural dividing lines that dominated the further course of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries.
Drawing on a wide range of literary and artistic sources as well as theory texts, we will approach these issues in selected case studies and discuss them in a trans-European framework. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 3 | Mapping the Present | LLS049M10 |
Floods, freak hail showers, drought, dead bees, nuclear waste, infertility, mutations - the contemporary world seems more dystopian and unintelligible than ever. The present is characterised by a sense of crisis and anxiety: our notion of the future is infused by the threat of dispersed and intangible phenomena such as climate change and extinction.
This course will explore contemporary strategies of making sense of surviving on a damaged planet. How can literature, the arts and different media help develop perspectives on life in the Anthropocene? We will collaboratively explore spatial and embodied approaches to materiality, posthumanism and extinction, drawing on cases from a variety of media, ranging from literature to film, photography, art and other media. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. V. Alexander | | Docent(en) | Dr. V. Alexanderdr. J.F. Jansma | | Onderwijsvorm | project-based team work, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, schriftelijke opdracht(en), werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Bachelor obtained and admission to the MA programme (check the degree programme’s Teaching and Examination Regulations | | 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. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 4 | Migrant and Minority Writers | LLS050M10 |
| In this course we propose to examine the theory of cultural transfer in relation to migrant writing and the notion of minority cultures. We are interested in the role of migrant and minority writers as cultural transmitters and bridge builders between cultures. We will contextualize literature of migrant authors and descendants of ‘guest workers’ that for political and/or economic reasons have migrated to or within Europe or Canada. We will also investigate to what extent literature of historical minorities can be contextualized in the same way. In order to define the notion of migrant and minority cultures and to have a critical tool-set ready, we will discuss theoretical texts that focus on different methodological approaches such as post-colonialism, hybridity, transculturality and subalternity. Particular attention will be paid to the position of young post-migration writers in the literary field, and to literary and media discourse regarding urban youths and street culture values. We will examine texts written by authors that pinpointed cultural minorities in the postcolonial era. Special attention will be given to developments in Indigenous methodologies. As the theoretical categories partially overlap, the course will cover a variety of literary landscapes. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.M.L. den Toonder | | Docent(en) | dr. J.M.L. den Toonder | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | essay, opdrachten, presentatie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Completed Bachelor programme in Arts or other study relevant to this course. | | 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. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 5 | Passions of the Soul | LLS051M10 |
|
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. T.B. Lap | | Docent(en) | dr. T.B. Lap | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en), werkstuk(ken), presentatie | | ECTS | 10 |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 6 | Reading Cultures in Premodern Europe | LLS055M10 |
| Reading in the premodern world (until 1800) was a multifaceted activity, including orality, textuality and aurality, and was both solitary and communal. What is “reading” and how can we study the act of reading in the premodern period? The course will approach these questions from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective combining material studies (manuscripts and early printed books as objects with recognizable and distinct material features), textual studies (which texts were actually read during the premodern period? How about languages? Is there a difference between reading in Latin and in the vernacular?), and socio-cultural approaches (who were premodern readers? How did they get access to books and texts? How were reading communities formed and which role did these communities play in the transmission of knowledge?). It will also address the so-called “performance of reading” and study how reading techniques were created, taught and transformed and which impact books and reading had in the formation and evolution of premodern societies. "Cultures of Reading in Premodern Europe" will promote and stimulate a pan-European approach to the study of premodern (textual) cultures. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Prof. Dr. S. Corbellini | | Docent(en) | Prof. Dr. S. Corbellini | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege, werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | presentatie, schriftelijke opdracht(en), werkstuk(ken) | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Bachelor obtained and admission to the MA programme | | 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. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 7 | Res. sem. III: Dimensions of Citizenship | LUX020M10 |
|
|
| terug naar boven |
| |
| 8 | Theoretical approaches to European Lit. | LEU001M10 |
| This course introduces students to selected theoretical approaches to literature. In the course we will focus on three traditions of literary and cultural analysis that have been dominant in literary scholarship throughout the last decades, namely the study of 1) form, 2) representation and 3) reception. In each week, students will be introduced to one, sometimes two theoretical approaches related to these fields of criticism and will become aware of their advantages and and possible limitations when applied to textual analysis. In the seminars, course participants learn how to use theoretical approaches and/or concepts as tools for critical literary and film analyses. |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | H.M. McDonnell, PhD. | | Docent(en) | H.M. McDonnell, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | actieve participatie, onderzoekswerkstuk, presentatie | | ECTS | 10 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Admission to the track European Interculturality and Literature in the MA Literary Studies. |
|
| terug naar boven |
| |