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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Romance and Latin American Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Jean-Baptiste Bernard
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 10-12
Teaching Staff:
Jean Baptiste Bernard
Course/Module description:
This course is a survey of some famous nineteenth-twentieth-century French travelogues describing tours in the Middle East. From Chateaubriand’s Itinéraire (1806) to Nicolas Bouvier’s L’Usage du monde (1963) we will try to analyze how the account of Middle Eastern wandering does not only offer a mirror reflecting a given reality. It also constitutes a system of its own, where a heavy intertextuality and insistent sets of references sometimes interfere with the perception of the Oriental reality. The course will be held in English. However, reading proficiency in French is required.
Course/Module aims:
- Analyzing literary texts in their historical context
- Improving reading proficiency in French
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Developing analysis skills
- Refining literary sensibility
- Improving proficiency in French
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Interactive pedagogy
Course/Module Content:
- Chateaubriand
- Lamartine
- Nerval
- Flaubert
- Loti
- Martin du Gard
- Bouvier
Required Reading:
Excerpts from travelogues written by the aforementioned writers
Additional Reading Material:
none
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 50 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
none
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