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.
LCE1/1cINTRODUCTION 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 PHONETICSFall 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 & COMPREHENSIONFall & 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 2Spring 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 1/5cINTRODUCTION 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 3Fall 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 PHONETICSFall 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 EXPRESSIONFall & 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 4Spring 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 2Spring 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 NOVELFall 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 LITERATUREFall 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 EXPRESSIONFall & 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 PHONETICSFall 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 & CONTEXTFall & 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 SHAKESPEARESpring 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 DRAMASpring 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 2Spring 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 NOVELFall 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 1800Spring 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)