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Master 2 Civilization & Literature: Methodology (2013-2014)
1h30 min per week (Sundays at 1.10 pm)
Programme (S.3):
- The Process of Doing (Bibliographical) Research: Identifying a research topic, a research problem, identifying and locating potential sources, evaluating sources, borrowing material, using note cards.
- Literary Theory (Traditional Literary Criticism; Formalism and New Criticism; Marxism and Cultural Materialism, Historicism, Structuralism, Feminism, Post-Colonial Theory, Gender Theory, ...)
- The Historical Research Method (Introduction to the Philosophy of History; Doing Historical Research)
Evaluation:
- continuous evaluation: readings, class discussion, and constructive participation (30 %)
- 2 tests (30%)
- final exam (40%)
Important: for the final exam, students should study the following:
1. Academic Writing
2. The Nature of Literary Theory/ The practice of Literary Theory
3. An Overview of Literary Theory: sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
4. The Philosophy of History: What is the Philosophy of History? - Historical Causes - Historical Facts (p. 6)-Language in History (p.7) - What Method? – Ideologies – Anachronism - Truth in History - Philosophies of History (pp. 11-12)
5. Lecture about the steps and tasks in the research process.
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TD : « Master 2 TD S.5 January 2014.pdf »
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Reading Material
Students' attendance is compulsory and indispensable
Students are required to read and summarize (no more than a page for each document) the following:
Sunday November, 3, 2013:
« how_to_write_research_paper.pdf »
Sunday November, 10, 2013 :
« how_to_write_research_paper.pdf »
« What is Literary Theory.pdf »
« The Nature of Literary Theory.pdf »
Make-up sessions 1 & 2 (Monday November, 11, 2013):
Sunday November, 17, 2013 :
Sunday November, 24, 2013 :
Sunday December, 01, 2013 :
« Literary Theory_an overview.pdf »
Sunday January, 05, 2014 :
« The Philosophy of History.pdf » (pages 1 to 7)
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TD : « Master 2 TD S.5 January 2014.pdf »
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Important: for the final exam, students should study the following:
1. Academic Writing
2. The Nature of Literary Theory/ The practice of Literary Theory
3. An Overview of Literary Theory: sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
4. The Philosophy of History: What is the Philosophy of History? - Historical Causes - Historical Facts (p. 6)-Language in History (p.7) - What Method? – Ideologies – Anachronism - Truth in History - Philosophies of History (pp. 11-12)
5. Lecture about the steps and tasks in the research process.
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