Introduction to Literary Studies

Course goals

Students:

• become familiar with different theoretical and critical movements and reflect on (the history of) the ethical and aesthetic aspects of literature;
• identify a number of case studies in different contexts, in which literary texts have influenced societal debates;
• reflect on these issues in an academic way using academic forms and academic writing
• gain knowledge of empirical methods of studying literature. This also includes knowledge of online catalogues and databases of sources, learning to work with search systems and digital databases, learning to collect data and manage bibliographic data.

Content

Additional information

This course has priority rules and a waiting list. Your enrolment is guaranteed if you are:

• a student in the BA Literary Studies
• a student in the BA Spaanse taal en cultuur
• enrolled in the minor Literatuurwetenschap/Literary Studies.
• an exchange student and meet the course’s entry requirements

In all other situations, you will be placed on a waiting list if you enrol in this course. For any remaining slots in the course, lots are drawn among the students on the waiting list. 

Please note: students of the Spanish Language and Culture BA need to choose seminar group 5!

This course is equivalent to the following course:

• Introduction to Literary Studies (LI1V18001)
• Reading between the lines (SP1V20001) 

If you have already completed (one of) these courses, you may not take Introduction to Literary Studies due to too much overlap in content.