Faculté libre des Lettres et Sciences Humaines – 2008/2009 Classes in English

Classes in English

LEA4/3bc : INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Fall Semester

THIS CLASS IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Lectures : 2 hour per week ECTS credits : 3

OBJECTIVE:

Understand notions of what culture is and what our values are

Identify and challenge stereotypes, avoid negative evaluation of difference

Recognise diversity around oneself

Identify the principle obstacles to intercultural communication

Understand core cultural values in one’s own and other countries

Become familiar with the theories behind cultural orientations

Apprehend differences in Communication style

Understand the different stages of cultural sensitivity

COURSE PROGRAM :

Definitions of culture: the iceberg model

Norms and values

Understanding difference

Stereotypes and generalisations

6 obstacles to intercultural communication

Culture shock

Theories of Kluckholn and Strodtbeck, Hofstede, Trompennars

Communication style

DMIS model

INTERNET RESOURCES:

www.geert-hofstede.com

www.cyborlink.com

www.7d-culture.com

www.pacific.edu/sis/culture

LEA5/10bc : ADVANCED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Fall Semester

THIS CLASS IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Lectures : 2½ hour per week ECTS credits : 2

OBJECTIVE:

Revise the notions of what culture is and where it comes from.

Understand cultural values and their origins.

Put into practice strategies linked to intercultural theories on cultural orientations, values and dimensions.

Put into practice strategies linked to communication styles.

COURSE PROGRAM :

The Cultural Detective model.

The DMIS model

Working successfully across cultures

Managing intercultural teams

Meetings and presentations in an intercultural context

Negotiating across cultures

Marketing and communicating across cultures

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Hall, E. T. (1963). The Silent Language. Greenwich, Conn.,, Fawcett Publications Inc. Hall, E. T. (1976). Beyond Culture. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Press.Hall, E. T. (1984). The Dance of Life : The Other Dimension of Time. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Press/Doubleday.Hall, E. T. and M. R. Hall (1990). Understanding Cultural Differences. Yarmouth, Me., Intercultural Press.

Hampden-Turner, C. and F. Trompenaars (1994). The Seven Cultures of Capitalism : Value Systems for Creating Wealth in the United States, Britain, Japan, Germany, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands. London, Piatkus.Hofstede, G. H. (1980). Culture's Consequences, International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverly Hills, Sage Publications.Hofstede, G. H. (1991). Cultures and Organizations : Software of the Mind. London ; New York, McGraw-Hill.Hofstede, G. H. (1998). Masculinity and Femininity : The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures. Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications.Kim, Y. Y. and W. B. Gudykunst (1988). Theories in Intercultural Communication International and Intercultural Communication Annual. Newbury Park, Sage.

LCE1/1c
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 2 hours per week ECTS credits : 4

OBJECTIVE: To give students a general overview of English literature from the 19th to 20th centuries and give them the methodological tools necessary to analyse literary texts effectively.

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  An overview of English literature from the 16th to the 18th centuries

·  Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare (Oxford World’s Classics).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY :

-  Hérou, J., Précis de littérature anglaise, Nathan, 1992.

-  Gray M., A Dictionary of Literary Terms, York Handbooks, 1992.

-  Grellet V., Valentin M-H., An Introduction to English Literature, Hachette Supérieur, 2000.

LCE 1/1d INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  A summary of the different sounds in the English language – basic phonology

·  English vowels and consonants, how they are produced and how to transcribe them

·  The relationship between pronnciation, stress and rhythm

BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. C. WELLS, Longman’s Pronunciation Dictionary

LCE 1/2e ENGLISH ORAL EXPRESSION & COMPREHENSION

Fall & Spring Semesters

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM: Students will be encouraged to express themselves in fluent grammatical English in a variety of registers. Extracts from film, TV & Radio will be studied and analysed. Students will participate in role plays, improvisations and formal presentations. Oral document analysis and summary will be practised in class.

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LCE1/5d INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS 2

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  A summary of the different sounds in the English language – basic phonology

·  English vowels and consonants, how they are produced and how to transcribe them

·  The relationship between pronnciation, stress and rhythm

BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. C. WELLS, Longman’s Pronunciation Dictionary

LCE 1/5c
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 2

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 2 hours per week ECTS credits : 4

OBJECTIVE: To give students a general overview of English literature since 1800 and give them the methodological tools necessary to analyse literary texts effectively.

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  An overview of English literature since 1800

·  Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, (Faber and Faber, 1989)

LCE 2/9c ENGLISH LITERATURE 3

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 3 hours per week ECTS credits : 4

OBJECTIVE: We shall be studying English literature from a theoretical point of view. Students will learn how to write a critical commentary of the works studied. Particular emphasis will be placed on the accurate use of technical, critical terminology.

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  Jonathan SWIFT, Gulliver’s Travels, Oxford World’s Classics

·  The Sonnets & A Lover’s Complaint, Penguin

LCE 2/9d INTERMEDIATE PHONETICS

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 2 hours per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  Phonetic transcription

·  Stress patterns

·  Intonation

·  Assimilation

·  Phonologie

BIBLIOGRAPHY : P. ROACH, English Phonetics & Phonology; Cambridge University Press

LCE 2/10e ENGLISH ORAL EXPRESSION

Fall & Spring Semesters

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM: Students will be encouraged to express themselves in fluent grammatical English in a variety of registers. Students will participate in role plays, improvisations and formal presentations. An introduction to public speaking will be given.

LCE 2/13a ENGLISH LITERATURE 4

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 3 hours per week ECTS credits : 4

OBJECTIVE: We shall be studying the set books from a detailed critical standpoint. A thorough knowledge of the text will be required.

A class outing to see a production of the set play will be organised.

ASSESSMENT : Theoretical questions and textual commentary.

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oxford World’s Classics

·  Paul AUSTER, The New York Trilogy, Faber & Faber

LCE 2/13d INTERMEDIATE PHONETICS 2

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  Phonetic transcription

·  Stress patterns

·  Intonation

·  Assimilation

·  Phonologie

BIBLIOGRAPHY : P. ROACH, English Phonetics & Phonology; Cambridge University Press

LCE 3/17c THE NOVEL

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1½ hours per week ECTS credits : 2

OBJECTIVE: Students will concentrate particularly on writing literary dissertations on the novel studied

COURSE PROGRAM: In the 19th century, in the US or the UK, studying the novel requires a grasp of narrative technique, context and characterisation. The course will help advanced students progress in the art of literary analysis.

SET BOOK :

Elizabeth GASKELL, North & South, Penguin Classics

LCE 3/17d AMERICAN LITERATURE

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1½ hours per week ECTS credits : 2

OBJECTIVE: Students will concentrate particularly on writing literary dissertations on the novels and short stories studied

COURSE PROGRAM: We shall be examing questions of intertextuality, narratology and the question of links between literary genres, between Britain and America and the influence of 19th century writers and of the modernists on contemporary literature.

SET BOOKS :

Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2003, edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Galloway. (We shall be concentrating on the Tales, pages 51 to 326).

Michael Cunningham, The Hours. London, Harper Perrenial, 2008.

LCE 3/18d ADVANCED ENGLISH ORAL EXPRESSION

Fall & Spring Semesters

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  Public speaking

·  Making oral presentations

·  Role plays

LCE 3/19b ADVANCED ENGLISH PHONETICS

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1½ hours per week ECTS credits : 3

COURSE PROGRAM: Different varieties of English and a selection of accents

BIBLIOGRAPHY : J.C. WELLS, Accents of English; Cambridge University Press, 1982

LCE 3/19a TEXT & CONTEXT

Fall & Spring Semesters

THIS CLASS IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1h30 hour per week ECTS credits : 3 (per semester)

COURSE PROGRAM:

This course intend to make students familiar with the great movements of literary criticism. Stylistic analysis, study of vocabulary, rhetoric and symbolism will all enable us to grasp more effectuvely the ideological background to literary production at various epochs.

A handout containing a selection of texts from the 18th century to the present day will be distributed in class.

Fall Semester : the literary genre, the novel

Spring Semester : theatre & poetry

LCE3/21b U.S. CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Lectures: 1 hour per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

Part 1: Crime ands guns in the U.S

Chapter 1: Violence, crime and crime control

Ø  Violence: a cultural heritage?

Ø  The extent of the “crime epidemic”

Ø  The roots of crime

Ø  The geographic concentration of crime

Ø  The victims and the perpetrators

Ø  Crime control and U.S. politics

Chapter 2: Guns and guns control

Basic facts and figures

Guns in American history

The ideological debate over gun control

Legal action against gun ownership

The paradox about the public opinion

Part 2: Education in the U.S.

Chapter 1: The secondary school system

A decentralized system

Diversity: a key word

Desegregation

Bilingual education

Life in high school

A nation at risk

Chapter 2: Higher education

Ø  Introduction: some historical landmarks

Ø  Admission: a privilege, not a right

Ø  The student body

Ø  The various types of institutions

Ø  Administration and financing

Ø  Student life and career

Ø  “Publish or perish”: research in universities

Ø  Cost containment: a challenge for the future

LCE 3/21c ADVANCED SHAKESPEARE

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1.5 hours per week ECTS credits : 2

OBJECTIVE: Students will concentrate particularly on writing literary dissertations

SET BOOK:

·  SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night.

LCE 3/21d ENGLISH RELIGIOUS DRAMA

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1.5 hours per week ECTS credits : 2

COURSE PROGRAM:

We shall look at an overview of the history of religious drama in England from the medieval mystery plays to Jesus Christ Superstar and place T.S. Eliot’s religious verse plays into the context of the twentieth century verse drama revival. We shall particularly consider the Canterbury festival in the mid-twentieth century and examine its role in this revival.

Students will be expected to know two plays in detail: Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party. We shall see how Eliot uses his places to present religious concepts like martyrdom and conversion and also examine his innovative use of the Chorus from classical theatre in a modern context.

OBJECTIVE: Students will concentrate particularly on writing literary dissertations

Set books:

T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Faber & Faber

T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party, Faber & Faber

Useful Additional Reading

York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling, Penguin

Kenneth PICKERING, Drama in the Cathedral, Churchman Publishing

Lyndall GORDON, T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life, Vintage

LCE 3/23b ADVANCED ENGLISH PHONETICS 2

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Classes: 1½ hours per week ECTS credits : 3

COURSE PROGRAM:

·  Suprasegmental phonetics and phonology

·  Word stress

·  Stress & accent

·  The tone unit

·  Tones in English and their uses

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

R. LILY & M. VIEL, Initiation raisonnée à la phonétique de l’Anglais

LCE4/1c THE 19th CENTURY NOVEL

Fall Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Lectures: 2 hours per week ECTS credits : 5

COURSE PROGRAM :

The 19th century is the golden age of the novel in England. Many different types of novel (historical, fantasy, detective, social, romantic etc.) develop and become, for the first time, part of the literary landscape. The dramatic rise in public literacy in this period, especially among women, leads to an increased readership for this kind of work, often at the expense of poetry and theology sales.

In this course, students will be introduced to the main types of novel in the 19th century, their history and development. An in-depth study will be made of four novels, chosen among many other possibilities, as representative of their time :

Evaluation : Students will be expected to read the four novels on the reading list, write a detailed essay on one them (coef. 2) and answer questions on the whole course in a final oral exam (coef. 1).

Bibliography :

Charlotte Bronte, Villette, Oxford World Classics Edition

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Oxford World Classics Edition

Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, Wordsworth Classics edition

George MacDonald, Phantastes, Eerdmans (or Ethics & Public Policy Center)

LCE4/1f ADVANCED SEMINAR : ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800

Spring Semester

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Lectures: 2 hours per week ECTS credits : 5

COURSE PROGRAM: Student will be asked to read and analyse literary works from or about the early modern period. This will include study of poetry, drama and works which comment on the political and religious situation of the time.

Principal themes:

·  Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots

·  Puritanism and Politics

·  Royal Propaganda and British Identity

Bibliography

Edmund SPENSER, The Faerie Queene (Everyman)

Roy STRONG, The Cult of Elizabeth (Pimlico, 1999)

John BUNYAN, The Pilgrim’s Progress (Oxford World’s Classics, OUP)

Henry PURCELL & John DRYDEN, King Arthur

* CD - “King Arthur” (extraits), Henry Purcell, interprété par le Deller Consort / Harmonia Mundi (You can get it for 7 Euros at the FNAC or the Furet in Lille)