2. June 2013 - Université du Luxembourg

5.6 Linguistics in the Real World 2
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open@uni.lu Semestre d’été | Summer semester 2012/2013
Course description:
In this course we will study the function of language in the real world, grappling with such issues as the nature of meaning; accent,
dialect and language; metaphor and world‐view; language and gender; language change, and language ideologies. Students will
also explore the key issues of multilingualism, migration and education in the age of late modernity."
Type of course : Cours magistral (par un ou plusieurs intervenants) / Lecture (given by one or several lecturers)
5.7 Literatures in English 2: Periods, Canons and Genres
Course description:
This course provides an overview of the ways in which the use of categories such as canons, genres and periodicity organises and
affects our perception of literary and other texts on the one hand, and of the ‘real world’ on the other. We will concentrate on a
number of 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. This focus on the mechanisms of classification that structure our worlds
and behaviours should be of use to students majoring in fields other than English."
Type of course : Cours magistral (par un ou plusieurs intervenants) / Lecture (given by one or several lecturers)
5.8 Women's Writing
Course description:
We will explore several issues surrounding the importance of gender in literature: how does gender influence what we read, what we
perceive as ‘normal’ or as ‘given’ about ourselves as men and women? How has feminism affected literary criticism? How important
are women’s contributions to what we define as ‘literature’? What happens to traditional literary canons when viewed through the
eyes of women?
The books on this course cover a time span of about a hundred years, a period in which the relations between men and women and
their perception of self and other have evolved dramatically. We hope that these books will encourage you to think about the ways in
which beliefs about ‘men and women’ can affect the development and personal growth of individual people; our aim, then, is to invite
you to question the validity of ‘established’ gender roles and what they imply for each and every one of us."
Type of course : Seminar with students' contributions
FLSHASE - Bachelor en Cultures Européennes (Académique) – Etudes Françaises
6.0 Textes et problématiques,
«Construction littéraire d’un non-lieu : Ferraille de Pascale Roze»
Descriptif :
Le roman Ferraille représente un tournant dans la conception qu’a l’auteur (qui obtint le Prix Goncourt et le Prix du Premier Roman
en 1996 pour Le Chasseur Zéro) des rapports entre l’histoire et l’écriture.
Nous étudierons la représentation d’un espace industriel en agonie, vraisemblablement situé – on l’imagine à partir des indices livrés
par le texte – en Lorraine ; cet espace sert de cadre à la naissance d’un amour étrange. Ce sera pour nous l’occasion de travailler
sur la représentation littéraire de ce que Marc Augé appelle les non-lieux.
Outre les propriétés de l’écriture de Pascale Roze, on s’interrogera sur les rapports qu’entretiennent les personnages avec l’univers
dans lequel ils évoluent, et nous verrons de quelle manière environnement et individus finissent par s’interpénétrer. On remarquera
la coexistence, fréquente chez Pascale Roze, de l’histoire collective et de l’histoire individuelle.
Type de cours : Cours magistral (par un ou plusieurs intervenants) / Lecture (given by one or several lecturers)