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Research seminar in literature

Vak
2009-2010

The objective of this seminar is to familiarise the student with the most important methodology of discourse analysis of both fictional and non-fictional prose. After a general introduction on rhetorics, specific texts are discussed through practical exercises resulting in a better understanding of the hybrid Latin-American genres.

Timetable

Collegerooster

Method of Instruction

Lectures and tutorials.

Course objectives

Thorough knowledge, insight and practice of the discourse analysis of Latin-American texts. Ability to fomulate and carry out a research proposal under expert supervision.

Required reading

  • Reader, L. Rodríguez, Metodología para el análisis de textos en prosa. TCLA.

  • Guiomar Elena Ciapuscio, Tipos Textuales. Buenos Aires, Instituto de Lingüïstica, Cátedra de Semiología, 1994.

  • Sholmith Rimmon-Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics. Methuen, NY, latest edition.

  • H. Van Gorp e.a., Lexicon van literaire termen. Groningen/Deurne: Martinus Nijhoff/Wolters Plantyn, 1988 (7e revised edition).

Examination

Participation in the tutorials, oral presentation and paper.

Information

Prof.dr. L. Rodríguez phone: +31 (0)71 5272065, e-mail l.rodriguez@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Blackboard/webpage

Information on the timetable and of any changes in the programme will be posted on Blackboard

Overview

The course consists of theoretical lectures and practical text analyses. In an oral presentation, students present and defend their project; subsequently, they hand in a written version.