COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · LFR126

Dissertation

Compulsory · French
ECTS
5
Local Credit
3
Theory + Practice + Lab
3 + 0 + 0
Course Level
Bachelor Degree
Prerequisites
-
Semester
2
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Content Assessment System ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
FLORENCE M. SOMER

Content

Objective

The aim of this course is to teach and apply dissertation writing techniques in detail. This course also aims to enable the student to organize and transfer his/her thought in an academic way. The literary sections to be read in each course and the two books to be read throughout the semester will also form the basis for strengthening the literary accumulation and applying the method in question.

Course Content

The method of the dissertation itself will be taught in the process until the midterm and this one will be deepened by examples. In the after the midterm period, two books will be treated by this method.

Course Learning Outcomes

1- Understand and learn to use the dissertation method
2- Help them gain different perspectives
3- Broaden literary knowledge

Teaching and Learning Methods

It is intended to explain the method of dissertation, to approach the application of this method and to enrich the literary culture by using this method.

References

Required readings :

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, “Guerre”, Gallimard, 2022.
Drieu la Rochelle, “Comédie de Charleroi”, Gallimard, 1934

Methodological readings:

Literature; l’écume des lettres” Hachette, Paris, 2010.
P. Brunel, J-M. Moura, “Le commentaire et la dissertation en littérature comparée”, éd. Armand Colin, Cursus, Paris, 2014.
https://fr.calameo.com/read/0005967290833b8fdc869?authid=8lIcrEQlSfc2

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 3 50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 50
Total 4 100
In-Term Studies
Activities Number Contribution
Assignments 2 25
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 25
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Total 3 50

ECTS

Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Assignments 2 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 0 0
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 0 0
Total Workload 42
Total Workload / 25 1.68
Credits ECTS 2