Programme
The BCE programme embeds your specialisation in English Studies (120 ECTS) within a wide-ranging common curriculum in European Cultures (60 ECTS). Within this structure, you will be able to make choices that will have an impact on your future academic and professional profile. How this works is explained in the documents available below.
Academic Contents
Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: -
I. Introductory Lectures
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
II. Critical Practice
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
III. English Language
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
IV. Academic Writing
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 4 ECTS -
VI. Literary Studies
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 1
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-1
- Module(s): I. Introductory Lectures
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Understand the central role language plays for human culture. Know central concepts and approaches of linguistics to the analysis of language. Identify and analyse aspects of everyday language use with linguistic methods. -
Description
This course offers a gentle introduction to the basic principles and applications of linguistics starting from the central role of language in everyday life. Not only is language the most important tool for the organization of social practice; it is also a universal symbol system for ordering and making sense of the chaotic world that surrounds us. The fundamental significance of language for human culture will be examined from different thematic perspectives to show the participants how many aspects of our daily lives are mediated or even made possible by language. At the same time, the course provides an introduction to central concepts and analytical perspectives of linguistics as the scientific study of language.The course builds on a multilingual approach by taking the situation in Luxembourg as a starting point for topic development, and by drawing on multiple languages for illustration. In addition, the teaching materials will be developed and made available in all official languages of the BCE. As this is a new course, participants are given the opportunity to actively contribute to the development of the lecture content.Note: Since the course is being taught for the first time this semester, materials will likely not yet be available in all languages of the study program.Reading will be provided on Moodle . -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written exam End-of-Term Assessment 100 % NOT available -
Note
available Semester 1/3/5, preferably taken Semester 1
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-3
- Module(s): II. Critical Practice
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: CREATE connections between literary features (narrative patterns, rhetorical figures, …) and the themes they generate. EXAMINE the impact of cultural practices and historical specificities on the possible meanings of a text. FORMULATE coherent lines of argument that reveal the nuances and complexities of the text. -
Description
For literary scholars and students of literature, text constitutes both the central object of analysis and the medium through which they construct understandings and interpretations of reality. Critical practice is a central feature of this process and relationship. It is less concerned with making value judgments or judgments of quality, than with reading as an active process during which each individual reader negotiates between a text’s generic features, its language, style, and themes, its historical and cultural contexts, and the critical dialogues and perspectives it generates. In short, the purpose of a literary or critical analysis is to reveal the complexity of a topic or text in its relation to the world, and, as a student of literature, you will find that ‘complicating’ your initial response to a text is one of the central skills (or reflexes?) you will be required to acquire and develop. Reading and Writing about Literature 1 is the first in a series of introductions to critical practice. The seminar concentrates on the practice of in-depth reading and thematic engagement with text and emphasises the importance of careful contextualisation in the process of interpretation. Readings do not ‘just exist’: they are produced or crafted. In this introduction to the fundamental approaches to the study of literature, you will be provided with the analytical tools required to elicit viable interpretations from a text and to craft these into convincing and original lines of argument. READINGCourse materials will be provided on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Preparation Tasks NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 UNIT Introductions (2) Continuous Assessment 20 % available Assessment Component 4 In-Class Test Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 5 Critical Case Study Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available -
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Reading and Writing about Literature 1 is a "fundamental course" in the English Studies specialisation track of the Bachelor en Cultures Européennes. This means that: 1. the course cannot be compensated: students must obtain 10/20 to validate this course;2. students have a maximum of two (2) attempts at passing the course;3. the grade 10/20 must be obtained by the end of semester 4 at the latest. Furthermore, this course is a prerequisite for all courses in Modules VII and VIII. The above applies to students majoring in English Studies only.
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-5
- Module(s): III. English Language
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Label instances of English grammatical usage using terminology Describe and explain instances of English grammatical usage using linguistic terminology Reflect critically on English grammatical usage issues -
Description
This course provides an overview of the main grammatical rules of Standard British English. It will enhance your insight into English grammar and introduces you to key grammatical terminology so that you can describe, explain and critically discuss English grammatical usage.Reading Simon-Vandenbergen, A. M., & Taverniers, M. (2016). English grammatical usage: a study guide. Gent: Acco. ISBN 9789462927643 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written exam End-of-Term Assessment 80 % available Assessment Component 3 Seminar tasks Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-214
- Module(s): IV. Academic Writing
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: RECOGNISE the structures of academic writing; ORGANISE and EXPRESS your thoughts in a logical order; EVALUATE your own writing. -
Description
What is Academic Writing? Far from being pompous, impenetrable and authoritarian, it should be clear, concise, and evidence-based. The objective of this course is to equip students with the necessary tools to write effectively within an academic context. The focus is on developing critical reading and thinking skills, thereby allowing students to analyse techniques used by other writers – for example developing thesis statements and supporting arguments. Students will also assess how essays are commonly structured and how ideas are logically connected in a text, as well as what language is appropriate to ensure an academic register. They will complete exercises and write a number of short texts to practice academic writing, working up to writing an essay at the end of the semester. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Active Participation and completion of homework Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Portfolio (3 written assignments) Continuous Assessment 60 % available Assessment Component 4 Final Essay Continuous Assessment 30 % available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-9
- Module(s): VI. Literary Studies
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY the different participants in and factors of literary reception and consumption DIFFERENTIATE between historical and contemporary audiences and their notion of taste ANALYSE and EXPLAIN the construction of authorship and literary fame in different period -
Description
This course focuses on the generic forms associated with popular texts from the 18th century to the present day. Students will become familiar with genres such as chapbooks, sensation novels, detective stories, melodrama, yellow peril fiction, conspiracy fiction, as well as chick-lit. We will examine how notions of taste and quality are constructed and disseminated via reviews—written both by critics and by readers. We will investigate the appeal, function, and continuous reception of popular texts, engaging with theories of reception, consumption, as well performativity and theatricality. Considering the historical context of production, we will reflect on how the message of texts evolves over time.READINGBraddon, Mary Elizabeth, Lady Audley’s Secret (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). ISBN-13: 9780199577033 Brown, Dan, The Da Vinci Code (New York: Second Anchor Books, 2009) [2003]. ISBN-13: 978-0307474278Conan Doyle, Arthur, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0199536955 Hornung, E.W., A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles’ Adventures (n. p.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016). ISBN-13: 978-1530277971 Kinsella, Sophie, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (London: Black Swan, 2000). ISBN-13: 978-0552773461Roehmer, Sax, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (London: Titan Books, 2012). ISBN: 978-0857686039 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study Continuous Assessment 25 % available Assessment Component 3 Essay Continuous Assessment 25 % available Assessment Component 4 In-class Exam Continuous Assessment 50 % available -
Note
Winter (available in Semesters 1, 3 or 5)
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-6
- Module(s): VI. Literary Studies
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: APPRAISE the importance of knowledge and access to knowledge in speculative fiction; DISCUSS the impact of natural, social, and technological environments on literary constructions of ‘the human’; EVALUATE the ways in which speculative fiction both expresses and shapes cultural anxieties. -
Description
Speculative fiction actively engages with the more uncertain dimensions of human experience and the hopes and apprehensions these generate. The texts on the syllabus are anchored in the real, extrapolated from specific points in time and history, and as such, products of and reflections on the societies in which they are produced and read. In this course, we use speculative fiction as a lens to examine how our relationship to knowledge, scientific progress, and to our natural and social environments shape ideas of what it means to be human. We look specifically at cultural anxieties that are manifested in literary forms of terror and horror and we investigate what happens to notions of the human and human agency in their confrontation(s) with the monsters, ‘mad scientists’, and the utopian and dystopian realities of imagined futures. READINGAtwood, Margaret, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985; any edition) Leguin, Ursula K., The Dispossessed (1974; any edition) Shelley, Mary, Frankenstein; or, The New Prometheus (any edition, but please make sure you read the 1818 version of the text) Stevenson, R.L., The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886; any edition) MOVIES/FILMS Frankenstein, dir. by James Whale (Universal, 1931) [on DVD] ‘Episode 5, Season 5: The Post-Modern Prometheus’, The X-Files (Fox Network, 30 November 1997) [on DVD] -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Debate + Report(Grade=80% individual contribution + 20% teamwork) Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Class Activities and Reflection Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Final Written Exam End-of-Term Assessment 60 % available -
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Winter (available in Semesters 1, 3 or 5)
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-199
- Module(s): VI. Literary Studies
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Read and analyse as set of early modern plays by different authors. Identify the main elements of the different early modern dramatic genres and apply them to the plays discussed in this course. Locate each play discussed in this course within its own specific historical, cultural and generic context. -
Description
The theatre played an important part in early modern English culture. London had a vibrant and highly competitive theatrical scene, with several outdoor and indoor theatres commissioning plays from a large number of authors and catering to spectators from across the social spectrum. This seminar will introduce you to early modern English theatrical culture in general and to early modern drama in particular. We will discuss three different early modern plays: John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (1612-13), Thomas Middleton’s comedy Chaste Maid in Cheapside (c. 1613), Richard Brome’s tragicomedy The Queen and Concubine (1635-36). We will read these three fascinating plays closely and locate each of them in its own specific generic, historical and cultural context. READINGIt is important that we all use the same editions of the plays we discuss in this course. Please make sure that you use only the editions listed below:Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine, ed. by Lucy Munro, Richard Brome Online (2010), https://www.dhi.ac.uk/brome/viewTranscripts.jsp?play=QC&act=1&type=BOTH (open access) Thomas Middleton, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, ed. Linda Woodbridge, in Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works, ed. by Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007), pp. 907-958. Ebook (available through a-z.lu)John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, ed. Karen Britland, new edition (London: Methuen Drama, 2021). ISBN: 978-1474295673. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 3 written statements Continuous Assessment 30 % available Assessment Component 3 oral exam End-of-Term Assessment 70 % available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 0
- Course number: BCE-18
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Note
The Reading circle on 14 December will take place at the Maison Sciences Humaines (MSH), Floor: E02 AQUARIUM – 0245140
Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: -
I. Introductory Lectures
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
II. Critical Practice
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
III. English Language
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
IV. Academic Writing
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 4 ECTS -
V. Language and Linguistics
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
VI. Literary Studies
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 2
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-61
- Module(s): I. Introductory Lectures
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: ANALYSE and EXPLAIN the multiple links between language, identity and migration CONNECT theoretical concepts to ‘real life’ situations and issues EXAMINE and EVALUATE contemporary debates about multilingualism, education and globalization -
Description
This course will provide an introduction to the area of sociolinguistics. We will study the function of language in the real world, grappling with such issues as the nature of meaning; accent, dialect, and language; language and gender; linguistic landscapes; language change, and language ideologies. Students will also explore the key issues of multilingualism, migration and language policy in the age of late modernity.No essential textbook is set for this course. Texts will be handed out or provided on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 End of year exam End-of-Term Assessment 100 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-182
- Module(s): I. Introductory Lectures
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: – Have an overview of and be able to identify the different epochs of English literary history. – Have an overview of and be able to identify the main literary genres of English literary history. – Have an overview of and be able to identify a selection of literary works (and their authors) from all epochs of English literary history. -
Description
This lecture course covers the different epochs of English literary history, starting in the medieval period and ending in the twenty-first century. We will focus on selected texts from each epoch, discussing its stylistic and generic particularities as well as locating it in its specific historical-cultural context. At the end of the course, you will have a good overview not only of the epochs of English literary history, but also of the different genres, a variety of canonical and non-canonical texts and their authors. Reading:Greenblatt, Stephen, ed, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 10th edition, volumes A-F (New York: Norton, 2018) -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written exam End-of-Term Assessment 100 % available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-62
- Module(s): II. Critical Practice
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: Yes
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: UNDERSTAND the function of and relationship between different types of sources (primary sources, co-texts, secondary literature). COMBINE the theoretical approaches introduced in this course into an effective analytical framework (‘critical lens’). FORMULATE coherent and critically informed lines of argument that reveal the nuances and complexities of the text. -
Description
For literary scholars and students of literature, text constitutes both the central object of analysis and the medium through which they construct understandings and interpretations of reality. Critical practice is a central feature of this process and relationship. It is less concerned with making value judgments or judgments of quality, than with reading as an active process during which each individual reader negotiates between a text’s generic features, its language, style, and themes, its historical and cultural contexts, and the critical dialogues and perspectives it generates. In short, the purpose of a literary or critical analysis is to reveal the complexity of a topic or text in its relation to the world, and, as a student of literature, you will find that ‘complicating’ your initial response to a text is one of the central skills (or reflexes?) you will be required to acquire and develop. Reading and Writing about Literature 2 builds on the approaches developed in Reading and Writing about Literature 1 and combines them with literary theory and criticism. The schools of thought explored in this course agree on the principle that texts are not merely expressions of someone’s thoughts and ideas but that language – the medium through which meaning is expressed – governs (organises and categorises) thought and experience, and thereby shapes how reality is perceived. Critical practice, in this course, will require you to complicate your initial readings by examining the impact of distinct critical perspectives on your interpretation(s) of a text and the meanings they generate and to craft these into convincing and critically informed lines of argument.Course materials will be provided in class or made available on Moodle by the instructor. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Source Assessment Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 3 Critical Case Study Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Discussion Paper + Response Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-64
- Module(s): III. English Language
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Label instances of English grammatical usage using terminology Describe and explain instances of English grammatical usage using linguistic terminology Reflect critically on English grammatical usage issues -
Description
This course is a continuation of Grammar 1 and provides an overview of the main grammatical rules of Standard British English. We will study the remaining chapters of our textbook. The course will enhance your insight into English grammar and introduces you to key grammatical terminology so that you can describe, explain and critically discuss English grammatical usage.BibliographySimon-Vandenbergen, A. M., & Taverniers, M. (2016). English grammatical usage: a study guide. Gent: Acco. ISBN 9789462927643 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Seminar tasks Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Final written exam End-of-Term Assessment 80 % available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-220
- Module(s): IV. Academic Writing
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
RECOGNISE the structures of academic writing; ORGANISE and EXPRESS your thoughts in a logical order; EVALUATE your own writing. -
Description
What is Academic Writing? Far from being pompous, impenetrable and authoritarian, it should be clear, concise, and evidence-based. The objective of this course is to equip students with the necessary tools to write effectively within an academic context. The focus is on developing critical reading and thinking skills, thereby allowing students to analyse techniques used by other writers – for example developing thesis statements and supporting arguments. Students will also assess how essays are commonly structured and how ideas are logically connected in a text, as well as what language is appropriate to ensure an academic register. They will complete exercises and write a number of short texts to practice academic writing, working up to writing an essay at the end of the semester. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Active Participation and completion of homework Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Portfolio (3 written assignments) Continuous Assessment 60 % available Assessment Component 4 Final Essay Continuous Assessment 30 % available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-221
- Module(s): V. Language and Linguistics
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
UNDERSTAND and EVALUATE methods of sociolinguistic data collection and analysis; APPLY sociolinguistic methodology to key topics of sociolinguistic research, such as multilingualism, social interaction, language attitudes, reginal variation, code switching, social media PLAN and EXECUTE a sociolinguistic research project (collecting and analysing data and presenting the results of your research) -
Description
This course provides a hands-on introduction to empirical methods in sociolinguistics. The course will familiarize you with basic methodological approaches and analytical frameworks in sociolinguistic research using different domains of application as examples. This includes topics like multilingualism, social interaction, language attitudes, regional variation, code switching, or social media analysis. You will read texts about basic theoretical considerations underlying the different methods, analyse methodological approaches as for their strengths and weaknesses, and apply empirical methods to sample data. As part of the assessment for the course, you will participate in a class research project in which you will collect and analyse data focusing on one domain of sociolinguistic research. Although this course is part of an English major programme, being a course on methods and analysis it focuses on basic competencies required for sociolinguistic field work. Students of other majors (e.g. French, German, history) are also warmly encouraged to enrol.No textbook is assigned to this course. Weekly readings will be made available to you on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Data collection Continuous Assessment 30% NOT available Assessment Component 3 Research report Continuous Assessment 30% NOT available Assessment Component 4 Class project Continuous Assessment 30% available Assessment Component 5 Participation NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 10% NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-223
- Module(s): VI. Literary Studies
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
ANALYZE the interaction between the content of a poem and its (per)form(ance) PRESENT an informed reading of a poem, including on a linguistic level QUESTION the practice and tradition of English-language poetry -
Description
What is poetry and how do we read it? What kind of (non-)textual knowledge can we use to produce a reading of a poem? These questions are fundamental to the genre, yet we tend to engage with this type of text rather carelessly. Throughout the course, students are invited to question their own assumptions about poetry and explore different ways of reading it. The corpus of texts for this course ranges from English Romanticism to current-day Luxembourgish poetry.We will engage with the medium and tradition of poetry in a general sense, although our work is almost exclusively with English-language poetry. Nonetheless, students will explore the notions of metre, rhyme, language, and poetical devices; and how (in)applicable they are to the study of poetry.Critical sources:• Furniss, Tom, and Bath, Michael, Reading Poetry, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).• O’Donoghue, Bernard, Poetry: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).• Culler, Jonathan, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997). (Select chapters)• Bradford, Richard, A Linguistic History of English Poetry, (London: Routledge, 1993).Students will be provided with additional reading materials (poems and the like) throughout the semester. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Poem Analysis Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Reflection on Live Performance Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Moodle Reaction Forum Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Active Participation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 0
- Course number: BCE-114
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Lecturer
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- Number of ECTS: 0
- Course number: BCE-236
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Lecturer
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Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: -
III. English Language
Foundation module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
V. Language and Linguistics
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
VI. Literary Studies
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
VII. Advanced Literary Studies
Core module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
VIII. Electives
Elective module
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 18 ECTS -
X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 3
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-211
- Module(s): II. Critical Practice
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Lecturer
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: EXAMINE the purposes and limits of traditional academic categories, such as periods, canons and genres; ANALYSE the relationship(s) between critical categories and reception; FORMULATE a coherent argument on how perceptions of history and society influence constructions of reality and everyday practices. -
Description
For literary scholars and students of literature, text constitutes both the central object of analysis and the medium through which they construct understandings and interpretations of reality. Critical practice is a central feature of this process and relationship. It is less concerned with making value judgments or judgments of quality, than with reading as an active process during which each individual reader negotiates between a text’s generic features, its language, style, and themes, its historical and cultural contexts, and the critical dialogues and perspectives it generates. In short, the purpose of a literary or critical analysis is to reveal the complexity of a topic or text in its relation to the world, and, as a student of literature, you will find that ‘complicating’ your initial response to a text is one of the central skills (or reflexes?) you will be required to acquire and develop.Reading and Writing about Literature 3 builds on the approaches to critical practice introduced in the first two Reading and Writing about Literature courses and examines the impact and effects of categories such as periods, canons, and genres on literary and other texts. We will concentrate on shorter texts and extracts to explore how these categories are generated, what their use and limitations are, and how they influence reading, reception, and prevailing value systems.SET TEXTSChristie, Agatha, Cards on the Table (London: HarperCollins, 2001). ISBN: 978-0007119349FURTHER REFERENCEKnight, Stephen Thomas, Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)Frow, John, Genre (London; New York: Routledge, 2006)Priestman, Martin, The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003)Scaggs, John, Crime Fiction (Routledge, 2005) -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Reflection Paper Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 3 Decalogue Challenge Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Class Activities and Reflection Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-210
- Module(s): III. English Language
- Language: EN
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY the parts of the vocal tract; CLASSIFY English vowels and consonants and DESCRIBE their production ANALYSE English phonetic and phonological phenomena using precise terminology; and TRANSCRIBE words phonemically -
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This course provides a grounding in phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) with a focus on English. You will be introduced to the general principles of phonetic description and analysis, including an outline of speech production mechanisms and vowel and consonant classification. We will also review basic phonological concepts such as the phoneme and syllable structure and will look at factors affecting the precise realization of sounds including connected speech and varieties of English.ReadingCarley, P., Mees, I. M., & Collins, B. (2018). English phonetics and pronunciation practice. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-88634-6 (paperback); ISBN: 978-1-315-16394-9 (ebk)Please make sure you have bought this textbook before we start the course.Additional course materials will be provided in class or made available on Moodle -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written exam End-of-Term Assessment 90 % available Assessment Component 3 Transcription tests Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-237
- Module(s): V. Language and Linguistics
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-9
- Module(s): VI. Literary Studies
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY the different participants in and factors of literary reception and consumption DIFFERENTIATE between historical and contemporary audiences and their notion of taste ANALYSE and EXPLAIN the construction of authorship and literary fame in different period -
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This course focuses on the generic forms associated with popular texts from the 18th century to the present day. Students will become familiar with genres such as chapbooks, sensation novels, detective stories, melodrama, yellow peril fiction, conspiracy fiction, as well as chick-lit. We will examine how notions of taste and quality are constructed and disseminated via reviews—written both by critics and by readers. We will investigate the appeal, function, and continuous reception of popular texts, engaging with theories of reception, consumption, as well performativity and theatricality. Considering the historical context of production, we will reflect on how the message of texts evolves over time.READINGBraddon, Mary Elizabeth, Lady Audley’s Secret (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). ISBN-13: 9780199577033 Brown, Dan, The Da Vinci Code (New York: Second Anchor Books, 2009) [2003]. ISBN-13: 978-0307474278Conan Doyle, Arthur, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0199536955 Hornung, E.W., A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles’ Adventures (n. p.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016). ISBN-13: 978-1530277971 Kinsella, Sophie, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (London: Black Swan, 2000). ISBN-13: 978-0552773461Roehmer, Sax, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (London: Titan Books, 2012). ISBN: 978-0857686039 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study Continuous Assessment 25 % available Assessment Component 3 Essay Continuous Assessment 25 % available Assessment Component 4 In-class Exam Continuous Assessment 50 % available -
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Winter (available in Semesters 1, 3 or 5)
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- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-8
- Module(s): VII. Advanced Literary Studies
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: ANALYSE the interplay between texts and their contexts across changing social, economic, and cultural conditions; COMBINE key scholarly perspectives on the two set texts into a nuanced and informed critical position of your own; FORMULATE your own coherent argument on the impact of context on your (initial) reading and reading practices. -
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This course examines the significance of context in the process interpretation. It is designed to encourage you to situate your own reading in relation to the conditions in which texts are produced, published, read, assessed, and re-imagined. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, for instance, was published in 1813, and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in 1899. How relevant is this information? What does it reveal about the novels, their authors, and the worlds they depict? How remote – in space, time, and culture – do they seem to you? Why are they still read and debated? This course invites you to explore these issues and to reflect on whether what you know or do not know about texts and their contexts ultimately matters, and why.READINGAusten, Jane, Pride and Prejudice, ed. by Donald Gray and Mary A. Favret, 4th edn (New York and London: Norton, 2016). ISBN: 978-0393264883Conrad, Joseph, Heart of Darkness, ed. by Paul B. Armstrong, 4th edn (New York and London: Norton, 2006). ISBN: 978-0393926361MOVIES Apocalypse Now, dir. by Francis Ford Coppola (United Artists, 1979) [on DVD]Pride and Prejudice, dir. by Simon Langton (BBC, 1995) [on DVD]Bridget Jones’ Diary, dir. by Sharon Maguire (Universal, 2001) [on DVD]Further reading and additional materials are available on Moodle. The Norton Critical Editions of the novels cited above provide contextual information as well as critical essays. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study + Report Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Preparation Tasks NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Critical Source Assessment(2 sources) End-of-Term Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Final Written Exam End-of-Term Assessment 70 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-12
- Module(s): VIII. Electives
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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By the end of this course, you should be able toEXAMINE the claims to universality embedded in the founding documents of the United States of America and their impact on constructions of American identities; ASSESS the hegemonic power of dominant ‘American’ narratives in a set of key texts and debates;CONTEXTUALISE and EVALUATE the diachronic and synchronic impact of literary and non-literary sources methodically and critically. -
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This course focuses on the narratives and ideas that shape contemporary perceptions of the United States of America. By looking at a selection of key literary and non-literary texts, we will examine and test preconceived beliefs about ‘America’ and the complex web of signification the term evokes against the historical, social, and cultural complexities of ‘American’ realities. Starting with The Declaration of Independence and selected defining moments in the history and culture of the United States of America, we will explore the variety of meanings associated with the idea of ‘America’ and the narratives that produce and/or disrupt them. The coursework and the class activities combine factual enquiry with debates and traditional literary criticism. This combination should allow you to develop a better understanding of some of the difficult conversations that shape contemporary ‘American’ identities and concerns.READINGBeecher-Stowe, Harriet, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ed. by Elizabeth Ammons, 2nd edn (New York: Norton, 2010). ISBN: 978-0393933994 [Excerpts]Douglass, Frederick, ‘Independence Day Speech’, in J. T. Skerrett, Literature, Race, and Ethnicity: Contesting American Identities, The Longman Literature and Culture Series (New York: Longman, 2002), pp. 43-48.Hawthorne, Nathaniel, The Scarlet Letter, ed. by Leland S. Person, 4th edn (New York: Norton, 2005). ISBN: 978-0393979534Jacobs, Harriet A., Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, ed. by Jean Fagan Yellin (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000). ISBN: 978-0674002715 [Excerpts]Miller, Arthur, The Crucible (London and New York: Penguin, 2000). ISBN: 978-0141182551 Thoreau, Henry David, ‘Civil Disobedience’ and Other Writings, ed. by William Rossi, 3rd edn (New York: Norton, 2008). ISBN: 978-0393930900ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READINTakaki, Ronald T., A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, revised edn (Boston, New York and London: Back Bay Books, 2008). ISBN: 978-0316022361Please note: set readings may be updated. Information will be provided on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Active Participation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Reader’s Journal Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Trial Simulation + Report Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Essay (2000 words) End-of-Term Assessment 50 % available -
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Winter (available in Semester 3 or 5)
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- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-140
- Module(s): VIII. Electives
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY and INTERPRET postcolonial narratives of identity and belonging UNDERSTAND and APPLY reading practices that characterise the field CONDUCT self-directed research and demonstrate the ability to present coherent argument -
Description
In this course, we explore texts representing places with a history of colonialism. We investigate how colonial values and discourses engendered particular ways of thinking and modes of perception that perpetuated the subservience of the colonised body. The course specifically engages with postcolonial discourses that allow us to investigate how postcolonial thought challenges and questions the language of colonial power. Central to the course is the inner conflict, or the split belonging to cultural heritage, and the complex expression of national identity that characterise the postcolonial condition. READINGDesai, Kiran, The Inheritance of Loss (2006; any edition) Kincaid, Jamaica, The Autobiography of My Mother (1996; any edition) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat (1967, any edition) Salih, Tayeb, Season of Migration to the North (1966; any edition) -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study Presentation Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Essay Continuous Assessment 60 % available Assessment Component 4 Class Activities and Reflection Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available -
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Course available from semester 3 onwards
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- Number of ECTS: 0
- Course number: BCE-18
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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The Reading circle on 14 December will take place at the Maison Sciences Humaines (MSH), Floor: E02 AQUARIUM – 0245140
Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
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VII. Advanced Literary Studies
Core module
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X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 4
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-228
- Module(s): IX. Electives
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: Read carefully and to write in an argued manner about a broad array of Irish literary work, showing evidence of the ability to analyse and explain key themes and motifs, both textual and contextual. Have acquired a considered understanding of a range of scholarly writings relating to the studied texts, and be able to competently analyse, explain, and cite them in your written work. Differentiate clearly between modes of analysis and demonstrate judgement and awareness when adopting a particular approach to a chosen text. -
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This module will introduce students to a broad range of Irish literature in English, from James Joyce to Sally Rooney, and will help students situate this writing in its historical andcultural contexts. In doing so, the course will introduce students to the idea of an Irish literary tradition written in English, related to but distinguishable from, other Anglophone literatures.Primary TextsSheridan Le Fanu – ‘Carmilla’ from In a Glass DarklyBram Stoker – DraculaW.B Yeats – ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘The Second Coming’, and ‘Easter 1916’ from Collected PoemsJames Joyce – ‘The Dead’ from DublinersPatrick Kavanagh – ‘The Great Hunger’ and ‘Spraying the Potatoes’ from Collected PoemsFlann O’Brien – ‘Drink and Time in Dublin’, ‘A Martyrs Crown’, and ‘Two in One’ from The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien Samuel Beckett – Waiting for GodotSeamus Heaney – ‘Punishment’ and ‘Whatever You Say Say Nothing’, from NorthJan Carson – FirestartersLucy Caldwell – ‘Poison’ from MultitudesRoddy Doyle – Two PintsSally Rooney – Normal PeopleRecommended Secondary ReadingTerence Brown – Ireland’s Literature: Selected Essays______, Northern Voices: Poets from UlsterDavid Cairns – Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and CultureAnthony Cronin – Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist______, No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O’BrienSeamus Deane – A Short History of Irish Literature¬¬¬¬_____, Strange Country: Modernity and Nationhood in Irish Writing Since 1790Richard Ellmann – Yeats: The Man and the MasksBrian Fallon – An Age of Innocence: Irish Culture 1930 – 1960Jimmy Hansen – Terror and Irish Modernism: The Gothic Tradition from Burke to BeckettNorman Jeffares – A New Commentary on the Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats ______, Anglo-Irish Literature Declan Kiberd – Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern NationThomas Kinsella – The Dual Tradition: An Essay on Poetry and Politics in Ireland Vivian Mercier – Modern Irish Literature: Sources and FoundersJulian Moynihan – Anglo-Irish: The Literary Imagination in a Hyphenated Culture Antoinette Quinn – Patrick Kavanagh: A Biography Frank Shovlin: Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners, and the Literary RevivalCarol Taaffe – Ireland Through the Looking Glass: Flann O’Brien, Myles na gCopaleen and the Irish Cultural DebateRobert Tracy – The Unappeasable Host: Studies in Irish Identities Norman Vance – Irish Literature: A Social History ______, Irish Literature Since 1800 Helen Vedler – Seamus HeaneyGuy Woodward – Culture, Northern Ireland, & The Second World War -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written Essay Continuous Assessment 50 % available Assessment Component 3 Oral Presentation End-of-Term Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Character Study Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Essay Presentation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-227
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY relevant sociolinguistic concepts PLAN and CONDUCT your own case study ANALYZE and INTERPRETE data -
Description
Luxembourg offers a range of opportunities to study a selection of sociolinguistic concepts in practice. Throughout the class we will study the function of language in the real world, investigating theories on concepts such as multilingualism; literacy; linguistic landscapes; language policy, and language ideologies, in Luxembourg’ society. In order to make the link between theory and practice, students will explore these concepts and conduct small case studies. No essential textbook is set for this course. Texts will be handed out or provided on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Case study NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Case study NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Presentation Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Essay End-of-Term Assessment 70 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-145
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: CONTEXTUALISE major pieces of medieval literature from England within larger European currents EXPLAIN how these pieces express cultural values or attitudes with the help of concrete examples IDENTIFY and ANALYSE major medieval literary topoi -
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This course will look in more depth at some topics from History of the English Language (ca. 400 – ca. 1600) and at works mentioned in English Literature: A History. It will explore a multi-lingual selection of literary pieces from medieval England that were heard or read by its Anglo-Saxon settlers, Scandinavian invaders, Norman aristocrats, and English burghers. The class will study these works in their political, cultural, and socio-linguistic contexts, paying particular attention to how they fit into larger European currents. Since this class is aimed at advanced students, it will try to do justice to their particular interests and encourage initiatives of their own.ReadingBeowulf. La Chanson de Roland / The Song of Roland.Geoffrey of Monmouth, De gestis Britonum / Historia Regum Brittaniae. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Active Participation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 In-Class presentations Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 1 End-of-Term Essay (3000 words) End-of-Term Assessment 50 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-14
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: Comment on first language acquisition theories and case studies using course content and learning from the micro-teaching and case studies Conduct and write up a case study integrating course content and literature Summarize and present research literature on first language acquisition in a way that demonstrates and promotes an understanding of the key points -
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Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Micro-teaching Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Case study child bilingual language acquisition Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Literature study Continuous Assessment 30 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-103
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY different ways in which illness is experienced and articulated ANALYSE and EVALUATE the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship UNDERSTAND and EXPLAIN how patients refuse to surrender to medical authority -
Description
In this course, we explore how illness narratives give expression to the lived experience of a disease or medical condition. We will investigate how illness is conveyed by looking at the wider implications of living with a disease such as treatment, recovery, the types of losses it generates, and patients’ interactions with medical professionals. Students will be encouraged to critically analyse a selection of illness narratives through in-class activities, discussions, and independent research.Cahalan, Susannah, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (any edition)Frank, Arthur W., At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness (any edition)Grealy, Lucy, Autobiography of a Face (any edition)Lorde, Audre, The Cancer Journals (any edition) -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study Presentation Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Essay Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 4 Class Activities and Reflection Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 1
- Course number: BCE-155
- Module(s): V. Research Seminar
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: DEFINE a productive and viable research area and topic;COMPOSE an organised and representative annotated bibliography;DEVELOP a long piece of academic writing. -
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The purpose of this Research Seminar is to provide students with general guidance in the development and writing of their Bachelor thesis in the field of English Studies. The course proposes a series of collaborative workshops, in which you will be introduced to the main aspects of research in English literature and linguistics.Research Seminar 1 (Semester 4)The first part of the Research Seminar consists of hands-on in-class activities and assignments that are designed to help you to develop the skills and strategies you will need to define your research questions and thesis topic. We will focus on the importance of critically assessing and selecting your source materials (critical source assessment), developing a critical or theoretical framework that will inform both your choice of data and sources and their analysis (annotated bibliography), and to plan and formulate initial ideas and components of your study (abstract and draft research proposal). -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Preparation Tasks NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 3 Researcher's Journal Continuous Assessment – MANDATORY 80% NOT available Assessment Component 4 In-Class Tasks Continuous Assessment – MANDATORY 20% NOT available Assessment Component 5 Abstract NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% available Assessment Component 6 DRAFT Research Proposal NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-223
- Module(s): VI. Form and Genre
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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ANALYZE the interaction between the content of a poem and its (per)form(ance) PRESENT an informed reading of a poem, including on a linguistic level QUESTION the practice and tradition of English-language poetry -
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What is poetry and how do we read it? What kind of (non-)textual knowledge can we use to produce a reading of a poem? These questions are fundamental to the genre, yet we tend to engage with this type of text rather carelessly. Throughout the course, students are invited to question their own assumptions about poetry and explore different ways of reading it. The corpus of texts for this course ranges from English Romanticism to current-day Luxembourgish poetry.We will engage with the medium and tradition of poetry in a general sense, although our work is almost exclusively with English-language poetry. Nonetheless, students will explore the notions of metre, rhyme, language, and poetical devices; and how (in)applicable they are to the study of poetry.Critical sources:• Furniss, Tom, and Bath, Michael, Reading Poetry, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).• O’Donoghue, Bernard, Poetry: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).• Culler, Jonathan, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997). (Select chapters)• Bradford, Richard, A Linguistic History of English Poetry, (London: Routledge, 1993).Students will be provided with additional reading materials (poems and the like) throughout the semester. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Poem Analysis Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Reflection on Live Performance Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Moodle Reaction Forum Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Active Participation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-67
- Module(s): VII: Literature and Society
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: DEMONSTRATE an understanding of a variety of themes in Victorian literature, art and popular culture; QUESTION views of the Victorian age as generally associated with structural social discipline and emotional repression; ANALYSE and EXPLAIN the relation between literary works and the context of their production. -
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This course presents an overview of literary texts produced (predominantly) in Britain between the mid-1830s and 1900, a period that is characterised by deep-rooted social, economic, political and cultural changes. We will analyse the links between the individual and society, examining ideas of physicality, sexuality, the emotions and the domestic sphere in light of macro-societal developments such as industrialisation, secularisation, scientific innovation, consumer culture and social mobility. Our interdisciplinary investigation of literary works will draw connections between literary texts and visual culture, press discourse and socio-economic contexts..ReadingBrontë, Charlotte, Jane Eyre, ed. by Stevie Davies (London: Penguin Classics, 2011). ISBN: 978-0141441146Shea, Victor and Whitla, William, Victorian Literature: An Anthology, 1st edn (Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2014). ISBN: 978-1405188746 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1MANDATORY AttendanceNON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY0%NOT availableAssessment Component 2Source Discussion Continuous Assessment40%availableAssessment Component 3Critical Case Study Continuous Assessment40%NOT availableAssessment Component 4Active Participation Continuous Assessment20%NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-68
- Module(s): VIII. Writers and Writing
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY the theoretical debates that have shaped how critics approach literature since the 1950s. FORMULATE critical arguments about the interaction(s) between texts, writing and reading. EVALUATE the relationship between literature and perceptions / constructions of the ‘real’ from a critical perspective. -
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This course provides a critical introduction to the major developments in literary theory and criticism since the 1950s. It encourages students to engage with key theoretical concepts and positions and to explore the ways in which critical schools and the assumptions they operate on affect not only how we read, but also how we conceptualise and interact with the worlds we are a part of. Ultimately, this course aims to inspire students to experiment with different critical lenses and to consciously seek out ways of reading that challenge their initial interpretations. Bennett, Andrew, and Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 5th edn (London and New York: Routledge, 2016). ISBN: 9781138119031. Set text.Barry, Peter, Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, 4th edn (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2017). ISBN: 9780719079276. Highly recommended.ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READINGLodge, David and Nigel Wood, Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader, 3rd edn (Harlow, U.K. and New York: Pearson Longman, 2008). ISBN 978-0582784543Woods, Tim, Beginning Postmodernism, 2nd edn (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2009). ISBN: 978-0719079962 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Handout + Discussion Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Reading Reflection Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 4 A/Synchronous Participation Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: -
VII. Advanced Literary Studies
Core module
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VIII. Electives
Elective module
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X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 5
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-113
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Semester Structure
Modules – English Studies
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
The study programme is designed to support academic progression. Foundation Modules (Modules I-IV) should be completed within the first two years. Students will be able to choose more specialised Core Modules (Modules V-VII) throughout their studies. Modules V-VI are open to first-year students and you will be able to start choosing more advanced Core Module VII and Electives (Module VIII) courses from your second year onward. Modules remain open until the end of your studies.
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VII. Advanced Literary Studies
Core module
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VIII. Electives
Elective module
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IX. Research Seminar
Bachelor Qualification
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X. Portfolio
Bachelor Qualification
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XI. Bachelor Thesis
Bachelor Qualification
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 16 ECTS
Modules – Cultures Européennes
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
One third of the BCE-English studies programme is dedicated to the Common Curriculum in European Cultures (Cultures Européennes). Cultures Européennes modules are open from S1-6. Please consult the Cultures Européennes tab to find out more about available modules and courses.
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 60 ECTS
Full time ECTS credit: 30
Course offer for English Studies, Semestre 6
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-228
- Module(s): IX. Electives
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: Read carefully and to write in an argued manner about a broad array of Irish literary work, showing evidence of the ability to analyse and explain key themes and motifs, both textual and contextual. Have acquired a considered understanding of a range of scholarly writings relating to the studied texts, and be able to competently analyse, explain, and cite them in your written work. Differentiate clearly between modes of analysis and demonstrate judgement and awareness when adopting a particular approach to a chosen text. -
Description
This module will introduce students to a broad range of Irish literature in English, from James Joyce to Sally Rooney, and will help students situate this writing in its historical andcultural contexts. In doing so, the course will introduce students to the idea of an Irish literary tradition written in English, related to but distinguishable from, other Anglophone literatures.Primary TextsSheridan Le Fanu – ‘Carmilla’ from In a Glass DarklyBram Stoker – DraculaW.B Yeats – ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘The Second Coming’, and ‘Easter 1916’ from Collected PoemsJames Joyce – ‘The Dead’ from DublinersPatrick Kavanagh – ‘The Great Hunger’ and ‘Spraying the Potatoes’ from Collected PoemsFlann O’Brien – ‘Drink and Time in Dublin’, ‘A Martyrs Crown’, and ‘Two in One’ from The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien Samuel Beckett – Waiting for GodotSeamus Heaney – ‘Punishment’ and ‘Whatever You Say Say Nothing’, from NorthJan Carson – FirestartersLucy Caldwell – ‘Poison’ from MultitudesRoddy Doyle – Two PintsSally Rooney – Normal PeopleRecommended Secondary ReadingTerence Brown – Ireland’s Literature: Selected Essays______, Northern Voices: Poets from UlsterDavid Cairns – Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and CultureAnthony Cronin – Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist______, No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O’BrienSeamus Deane – A Short History of Irish Literature¬¬¬¬_____, Strange Country: Modernity and Nationhood in Irish Writing Since 1790Richard Ellmann – Yeats: The Man and the MasksBrian Fallon – An Age of Innocence: Irish Culture 1930 – 1960Jimmy Hansen – Terror and Irish Modernism: The Gothic Tradition from Burke to BeckettNorman Jeffares – A New Commentary on the Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats ______, Anglo-Irish Literature Declan Kiberd – Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern NationThomas Kinsella – The Dual Tradition: An Essay on Poetry and Politics in Ireland Vivian Mercier – Modern Irish Literature: Sources and FoundersJulian Moynihan – Anglo-Irish: The Literary Imagination in a Hyphenated Culture Antoinette Quinn – Patrick Kavanagh: A Biography Frank Shovlin: Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners, and the Literary RevivalCarol Taaffe – Ireland Through the Looking Glass: Flann O’Brien, Myles na gCopaleen and the Irish Cultural DebateRobert Tracy – The Unappeasable Host: Studies in Irish Identities Norman Vance – Irish Literature: A Social History ______, Irish Literature Since 1800 Helen Vedler – Seamus HeaneyGuy Woodward – Culture, Northern Ireland, & The Second World War -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Written Essay Continuous Assessment 50 % available Assessment Component 3 Oral Presentation End-of-Term Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Character Study Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Essay Presentation Continuous Assessment 10 % NOT available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-227
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY relevant sociolinguistic concepts PLAN and CONDUCT your own case study ANALYZE and INTERPRETE data -
Description
Luxembourg offers a range of opportunities to study a selection of sociolinguistic concepts in practice. Throughout the class we will study the function of language in the real world, investigating theories on concepts such as multilingualism; literacy; linguistic landscapes; language policy, and language ideologies, in Luxembourg’ society. In order to make the link between theory and practice, students will explore these concepts and conduct small case studies. No essential textbook is set for this course. Texts will be handed out or provided on Moodle. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Case study NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Case study NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 4 Presentation Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 5 Essay End-of-Term Assessment 70 % available
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- Number of ECTS: 5
- Course number: BCE-103
- Module(s): IX. Electives
- Language: EN
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: IDENTIFY different ways in which illness is experienced and articulated ANALYSE and EVALUATE the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship UNDERSTAND and EXPLAIN how patients refuse to surrender to medical authority -
Description
In this course, we explore how illness narratives give expression to the lived experience of a disease or medical condition. We will investigate how illness is conveyed by looking at the wider implications of living with a disease such as treatment, recovery, the types of losses it generates, and patients’ interactions with medical professionals. Students will be encouraged to critically analyse a selection of illness narratives through in-class activities, discussions, and independent research.Cahalan, Susannah, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (any edition)Frank, Arthur W., At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness (any edition)Grealy, Lucy, Autobiography of a Face (any edition)Lorde, Audre, The Cancer Journals (any edition) -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Critical Case Study Presentation Continuous Assessment 40 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Essay Continuous Assessment 40 % available Assessment Component 4 Class Activities and Reflection Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-195
- Module(s): V. Research Seminar
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to: DEFINE a productive and viable research area and topic; COMPOSE an organised and representative annotated bibliography; DEVELOP a long piece of academic writing. -
Description
The purpose of this Research Seminar is to provide students with general guidance in the development and writing of their Bachelor Thesis in the field of English Studies. The course proposes a series of intensive collaborative workshops, in which you will be introduced to the main aspects of research in English literature and linguistics. The hands-on in-class activities and assessment components are designed to help you to define your research questions and thesis topic through a careful selection and critical assessment of your source materials (critical source assessment); to develop a critical or theoretical framework that will inform your choice of data/sources as well as their analysis (annotated bibliography); to plan, write, and eventually defend your thesis according to academic conventions (research proposal).Course materials will be provided in class or made available on Moodle by the instructor. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % NOT available Assessment Component 2 Research Proposal Continuous Assessment 80 % available Assessment Component 3 Draft Component NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0 % available Assessment Component 4 A/Synchronous Tasks Continuous Assessment 20 % NOT available
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE-113
- Module(s): X. Portfolio
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Lecturer
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- Number of ECTS: 14
- Course number: BCE-181
- Module(s): XI. Bachelor Thesis
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: Yes
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Structure for Modules – Cultures Européennes
Choose 5 out of 9 available EU modules
Number of ECTS credits for these modules: Total: 60 ECTS-
EU1: Lecture Series
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EU2: The Origins of Modern Europe
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU3: Movements and Trends in European Thought
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU4: At the Crossroads of Language and Culture
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU5: Arts and Media Studies
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU6: Culture and Society
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU7: Italian and Portuguese Literatures and Cultures
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU8: Pre-professional Module – Teaching
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
EU9: Academic Writing and Presentation Skills
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 12 ECTS -
Transversal Courses I
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Transversal Courses II
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Winter semester
Courses available to students of all Culture Europàennes tracks (Semester 1,3 and 5)
Course offer for Cultures Européennes
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 3
- Course number: BCE_EU-18
- Module(s): EU7: Littératures et cultures espagnoles, italiennes et portugaises
- Language: FR
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
– connaître et comprendre les aspects essentiels de la gastronomie italienne, en tant que phénomène socio-culturel dans ses différentes dimensions ; analyser ses éléments significatifs et rechercher les raisons de son succès, à partir de documents authentiques porteurs de références culturelles et de pistes de réflexion. – être capable d'énoncer et d’interpréter les principales caractéristiques de la cuisine italienne, comme reflet, expression et identification de la culture d’un peuple et d’un Pays, ainsi que facteur de son épanouissement et de sa renommée dans le monde entier ; faire des considérations personnelles, sous l’impulsion des divers documents sélectionnés et/ou des questions posées par l’enseignant sur ce domaine. Développer une attitude de curiosité et faire preuve d'un jugement critique face aux différents sujets abordés et spécificités analysées; faire preuve d'esprit d'initiative dans la recherche de données sur la thématique traitée et, en général, dans la participation active à la discussion pendant le cours ; acquérir une plus profonde conscience de la complexité de ce thème, montrer de l'intérêt, de l’implication et de l’enthousiasme, ainsi qu’une envie d'élargir et approfondir ses connaissances au-delà du cours. – identifier et savoir situer les différentes régions italiennes, afin de comprendre le contexte géographique, en relation aux spécificités et aux produits du terroir, qui sont à l'origine de la grande variété et diversité du patrimoine gastronomique italien et des nombreuses habitudes alimentaires ; reconnaître la valeur symbolique et la signification anthropologique et culturelle des principaux plats et coutumes de la gastronomie italienne, en la reconnaissant comme véritable forme d’art du goût, des plaisirs de la table et de la bonne chère, à voir du « bon vivre ». -
Description
La cuisine italienne a depuis toujours une renommée excellente dans le panorama mondial et elle connaît un succès de plus en plus croissant. Le cours se propose d’offrir un aperçu sur la gastronomie et ses liens avec la culture et la société du Pays. Il conduira l’étudiant à travers un parcours gastronomique qui aura le but de mettre en lumière la relation étroite entre habitudes alimentaires et produits du terroir, facteur climatique, style de vie du Nord au Sud de l’Italie. L’analyse sera menée au niveau anthropologique et socio-culturel avec une approche dynamique, basée sur le dialogue, la confrontation et l’implication directe des étudiants. Des vidéos seront montrées concernant des manifestations gastronomiques (traditions culinaires liées aux fêtes religieuses, foires régionales) ainsi que le phénomène des émissions télévisées de cuisine. On mettra en évidence aussi les changements que les coutumes des Italiens ont subis dans ce domaine pendant les dernières années, sous l’influence des tendances provenant de l’étranger et des nouveaux styles de vie, dépendant de l’évolution de la structuration sociologique de la famille italienne. Enfin, on vise à retracer un tableau de ce monde si captivant, en abordant le thème de la gastronomie comme reflet de la culture et de la société italiennes entre tradition et modernité.Le cours offre un panorama des traditions et coutumes de la gastronomie italienne sous plusieurs points de vue, en partant de ses caractéristiques générales pour arriver aux curiosités et particularités régionales, à travers l’analyse des liaisons entre la cuisine et les divers facteurs de la vie des Italiens et du territoire de leur Pays, ainsi que de l’influence exercée par les changements socio-culturels sur les transformations de leurs besoins, préférences et goûts alimentaires au fil de ces dernières années jusqu’à l'époque contemporaine. Bibliographie : elle sera donnée pendant le cours. -
Assessment
Continuous assessment Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Examen écrit dans les langues suivantes au choix : français, italien End-of-Term Assessment 100% available
Summer semester
Courses available to students of all Culture Europàennes tracks (Semester 2,4 and 6)
Course offer for Cultures Européennes
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Details
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course number: BCE_EU-183
- Module(s): EU1: Lecture Series
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
After successfully completing this module, the students will have a fundamental knowledge about European values (i.e., human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights) and are able to reflect about them. have fundamental knowledge about the institutions, economy, politics, history, culture, law of the European states, Council of Europe and European Union. be able to work together productively in international & intercultural teams. be able to self-structure their learning in a fully online course setting. be able to synthesize diverse topics about Europe and European values, each topic being delivered by a different lecturer coming from different academic fields with their respective academic and teaching culture. -
Description
Intersemester Seminars The module consists of two parts, Seminar 1 and Seminar 2. Seminar 1 contains 7 topic units and Seminar 2 comprises 5 topic units; all 12 being mandatory.Contents of Seminar 1 “European values and identities”:Perceptions, social representations and cultural studiesSociology of religious and philosophical pluralismsRule of law and fundamental rights in EuropeEuropean Economic and Social History 1870-2020History of Public Power in Europe 1870-2020Art trends in EuropeEuropean Labour MarketContents of Seminar 2 “European challenges and actors”:Actors and decision-making processes in EuropeActors and structures of European economiesEuropean geopolitical actors and issuesEuropean Union and the Sanction SystemEuropean scientific and environmental challenges and issuesDetailed content per topic unit can be found in the topic unit descriptions (-> see online course)Recommended or required reading:Reading list per topic unit in the topic unit descriptions (-> see online course) -
Assessment
Multiple Choice Exam 60 minutes. End of February.Group workduring summer semestermodalities specified in the respective topic unitSubmission in May Both assessments are mandatory to validate the course. -
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Contact:Mrs Lydia Bier: unigr-info@uni.lu Teaching methods The course is semester-overlapping and takes place in the winter and summer semester 2022-2023. It is delivered online and asynchronously, which means you can view the videos and learning material at your own pace. Intersemester Seminars Teaching media utilized: Lectures recorded as videos (available from 15 October): Students should watch all the lectures at least by end of February. Lecture handouts. Reading resources. Virtual group work: group formation in November, up to four students per group from different Universities of the Greater Region. Exchange platform (forum). If applicable, additional methods/media to be found in the topic unit descriptions (-> see online course)
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- Number of ECTS: 0
- Course number: BCE_EU-170
- Module(s): EU1: Lecture Series
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
All of this translates into three main learning outcomes, which each cover a critical set of competences. By the end of the course, you should be able to: § DEFINE a shared topic of investigation and approach in dialogue with other students in the class and/or your team. [shared decision-making] § CONTRIBUTE to debates on sensitive or controversial topics in a thoughtful and constructive manner, both orally and in writing. [critical and interpersonal competences] § ORGANISE a public event from scratch (conceptual design, communication, approach, set-up, logistics, etc.) [event design and implementation] -
Description
Do you ever ask yourself: How can I communicate my perspective on a topic in a thoughtful and convincing manner? How can I defend my position on issues that I care about deeply without offending other people? What can I learn from seeking out and truly listening to other people’s ideas? What are the biases that shape my worldviews and beliefs? How should I deal with these biases? The Engaging Europe Programme encourages Bachelor-level students to critically engage with the idea of Europe and European culture(s). The series consists of lectures, panel discussions, and academic workshops designed to provide participants with a forum for discussion, inviting them to explore various definitions of Europe as a geographical, cultural, historical, and ideological entity, from a variety of disciplinary and critical perspectives. You will have the opportunity to debate topical or controversial issues and questions with internationally renowned experts, who may be scholars, scientists, politicians, writers, or artists. Far from focusing on European achievements and successes only, the programme actively initiates difficult conversations, and aims to promote serious reflection and thoughtful debates on European ideas, policies, and attitudes on a local, regional, national, and global scale. The inter-semester course option Engaging Europe follows a project-oriented and collaborative approach. Over three to five semesters, students participate in the biannual organization of the public events the series is composed of. What will I gain from participating in this programme? #1 Students decide. The aim of the Engaging Europe Programme is to initiate difficult conversations on issues pertaining to European cultures, attitudes, and biases, and to generate discussions amongst students and staff in the BCE and beyond, in short, to involve you in these discussions. For this to happen, it is crucial that these debates should be led by students and their interests, and so, in the Engaging Europe Programme students decide. #2 Acquire diverse critical and organisational skills. Making choices and taking decisions comes with commitment and responsibility. In the Engaging Europe Programme, there are different levels of commitment and responsibility spread over several semesters. Event Attendance is relatively light in terms of commitment, for instance, but Event Engagement activities, while light, require quick reactions and responses. As part of the Event Organisation Team, you will gain first-hand experience in setting up and organising a public event. This component requires the highest level of commitment and work. Writing an Event Review is your opportunity to extend the discussion beyond its original scope and to engage with the subject material in a constructive and thoughtful manner, but from your own (changing) perspective. #3 Discuss sensitive matters in a safe space. Engaging in difficult conversations about topics that may be sensitive or controversial in an open and respectful manner is a valuable skill, but it is also a skill that is learned. The Engaging Europe Programme provides a safe space in which you can experiment with ideas and develop this skill. -
Assessment
How will I get ECTS for this course? To qualify for ECTS for the Engaging Europe programme, you will need to complete a certain number of tasks and attend a minimum of three events over the course of three to five semesters. These have been defined as “assessment components” that can be chosen from Semester 2 onwards. The component types are defined and described below (see Components and Requirements: Detailed Description). Event Attendance Event Engagement Event Organisation Event Review Minimum:3 Non-graded Minimum: 2 15% of final grade Minimum:1 60% of final grade Minimum: 1 25% of final grade Components and Requirements: Detailed Description This section provides an overview of the different course and assessment components. Detailed instructions are available on BCE-107: Engaging Europe (uni.lu). Minimum Requirement? Enrolment? When? Event Attendance 3 EVENT INCLUDES 3 INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS SEMESTERS 2-6+ MOBILITY: ONLINE OPTION AVAILABLE (ATTENDANCE OR RECORDING) WEEKS 3 + 10 INTRODUCTORY SESSION: WEEK 3 EVENT: WEEK 10 For this assessment component, you will need to attend a minimum of 3 Engaging Europe events over the course of your studies (between Semester 2 and 6). You can enrol in the Engaging Europe programme from Semester 2 onwards, but you can, of course, attend the event on offer in your first semester. Topic proposals are discussed in the introductory sessions (Week 3). Attending students participate in the decision-making process, but the final responsibility lies with the Event Organisation Team. § Sign up for Event Attendance in the Student Portal (Guichet étudiant) at the beginning of the semester. Choose “Event Attendance 1” for your first enrolment, “Event Attendance 2” for your second enrolment, and so on.§ To qualify for ECTS, you need to complete a minimum of 3 “Event Attendance” options. § Assessment Component: Attendance (mandatory, non-graded) -
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How does this work? This programme runs over several semesters. How should I organise myself? The programme is flexible and allows you to spread out your work over 3-5 semesters according to your own needs and timetable. The only condition is that by the end of your studies, you meet the minimum requirement for the programme. How and when you get there is up to you. See Engaging Europe – Timeline Examples (uni.lu) for examples on how to organise yourself. How do I join the programme? At the beginning of the semester, choose the components you want to complete that semester. Enrol in the Student Portal (Guichet étudiant). The following components are available for enrolment each semester: § Event Attendance 1, 2, and 3 § Event Engagement 1 and 2 § Event Organisation § Event Review Make sure you enrol separately for each component you have chosen in any given semester. How will I get my grades? Complete the tasks and assignments you have signed up for. The components you enrolled in and completed will be tracked on your official transcript until you complete the Engaging Europe Programme. At that point, your final grade and ECTS will be recorded under Engaging Europe in Module EU1 on your official transcript, and the individual assessment components will be moved to a Programme Complement Transcript (available in the Student Portal > Documents > Other Documents).
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE_EU-36
- Module(s): EU2: Les origines de l'Europe moderne
- Language: DE
- Mandatory: No
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Course learning outcomes
Am Ende des Kurses sollen die Studierenden: das Grundvokabular der lateinischen Sprache beherrschen.die wichtigsten Fundamente der lateinischen Grammatik kennen.imstande sein, lateinische Texte zu lesen, zu verstehen und zu übersetzen. -
Description
Der Kurs behandelt den 2. Teil des Lateinkurses Latinum Ausgabe B (Lektionen 13 bis 24).Bibliographie: Latinum Ausgabe B, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ISBN 978-3-525-71403-4 -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% available Assessment Component 2 Zwischenklausur – schriftliches Examen Continuous Assessment 50 % available Assessment Component 3 Schlussklausur – schriftliches Examen End-of-Term Assessment 50% available
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- Number of ECTS: 4
- Course number: BCE-92
- Module(s): Second Disciplinary Focus in Germanistik – Advanced Level 1
- Language: DE
- Mandatory: No
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Kompetente Anwendung dramentheoretischer Terminologie Problemorientierte Einschätzung der Besonderheiten zeitgenössischer Theatertexte, ihrer Traditionslinien und Transformationen Erfassung und Analyse dramatischer und theatraler Stilmittel des Gegenwartstheaters -
Description
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an StudienanfängerInnen und hat zum Ziel, in die Grundlagen der dramatischen und theatralen Kommunikation anhand zeitgenössischer Texte der Gegenwartsdramatik einzuführen. Die ausgewählten Texte docken an aktuelle Debatten, Ereignisse und Diskurse an, wie bspw. die MeToo-Debatte, Narrationen zur DDR-Vergangenheit und Fragen nach dem Subjekt in Zeiten seiner neoliberalen Verwertbarkeit. Hier wird zu diskutieren sein, auf welche Weise und mit welchen Mitteln diese Theatertexte die Debatten und Diskurse facettierten, ob und wodurch sie kritisches Potential besitzen und ob sie neue Perspektiven ermöglichen. Auffällig ist, dass in diesen Texten häufig mit der traditionellen, geschlossenen Form des Dramas gebrochen wird. Theater als Repräsentation von Wirklichkeit scheint problematisch geworden zu sein – lineare Handlungen mit psychologisch-realistisch konzipierten Figuren sind hier kaum noch zu finden. Neben der intensiven Analyse und Diskussion der verhandelten Themen und der formalästhetischen Bauweise, werden die Transformationen der Traditionen untersucht, an welche die Texte anknüpfen, wie bspw. das dokumentarische oder das epische Theater. In theaterästhetischer Perspektive werden dabei stets auch Inszenierungsausschnitte analysiert. Texte zum postdramatischen Theater und zur Aufführungsanalyse liefern das methodische Rüstzeug.Im Rahmen des Seminars ist der Besuch einer Theateraufführung obligatLektüreAngaben zu Beginn der Lehrveranstaltung. -
Assessment
Description Component Type Weight Second Session Assessment Component 1 MANDATORY Attendance NON-GRADED Assessment – MANDATORY 0% NOT available Assessment Component 2 Active Participation Continuous Assessment 30 % NOT available Assessment Component 3 Presentation Continuous Assessment: CHOOSE BETWEEN 30 % available Essay Continuous Assessment: CHOOSE BETWEEN 30% Available Assessment Component 4 Oral Exam End-of-Term Assessment 40 % available