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Åbo Akademi University 2014/2015
ÅBO CAMPUS
Prerequisites: 60 credits (ECTS) of English at university level.
Target audience: MA-level students of English language and
literature.
Form of assessment: One 2-page written assignment, one
fifteen-page essay (6000 words), and adequate preparation
(readings and tasks) for an active participation in seminars.
Course literature: Four plays by Shakespeare; scholarly edi-
tions, criticism and other secondary material on these plays;
selected readings illustrating recent developments in Shake-
speare studies.
Digital Discourses
104563.0
5 credits
MA (advanced) level, please see prerequisites
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturer: Loukia Lindholm
Contact:
Aim: To deepen students' understanding of the English lan-
guage and its use with a focus on online social interaction, to
familiarize themwith the conceptual and analytical tools nec-
essary for the description and explanation of online linguistic
phenomena, and to develop the academic skills necessary for
the satisfactory completion of the course.
Contents: A survey of the study of online social interaction,
an overview of the main concepts and methods relevant to
the given field, a discussion of the given field in relation to
current linguistic research, and to adjacent fields of study.
Mode of study: Seminars; full attendance required in all
seminar meetings
Prerequisites: 60 credits (ECTS) of English at university level
Target audience: MA-level students of English language and
literature.
Form of assessment: one 10-page essay (4000 words), one
10-minute presentation, adequate preparation (readings and
tasks) for and active participation in seminars.
Course literature: Course materials may include books and
scholarly articles on online communication, books and schol-
arly articles on the study of particular topics within the field,
web-basedmaterials, and standard referenceworks. A reading
list will be issued.
See also Visual studies, page 98.
French Language and
Literature
Bienvenue au département de langue et littérature françaises
de l'université deÅboAkademi. Dans notre département, tous
les cours sont dispensés en français uniquement. Tous les
étudiants étrangers avec de bonnes connaissances en français
- et éventuellement une bonne pratique de la langue - sont
les bienvenus. Les cours changent d'une période à l'autre au
long de l'année universitaire. Le département de langue et
littérature françaises a un prolongement sur Internet.
Pour de plus amples informations sur le cursus proposé par
notre département - notamment le descriptif plus détaillé
des cours, vous pouvez vous reporter à notre site internet:
Histoire et analyse littéraires : XVI-XVIIIe siècles
5 credits
Intermediate level
Lectures and seminars
Offered: Autumn 2014
Lecturer: Svante Lindberg
Aim: To give the students an introduction to the history of
French literature fromthe 16th to the 18th century. Reading of
representative texts from that period in the original language
and basic literary analysis.
Format: lectures, seminars, individual reading, papers, oral
presentations
Prerequisites: fluency in French
Target audience: year 2 or higher
Formof assessment: active participation, papers, oral presen-
tations, written examinations
Contact hours: 32
Didactique du français langue étrangère
10 credits
Advanced level
Lectures and seminars
Offered: Autumn 2014
Lecturer: David Chataignier
Aim: To give the students a theoretical framework for teach-
ing French as a foreign language and an introduction in the
practice of teaching French
Format: lectures, seminar discussions, individual readings,
written papers, oral presentations
Prerequisites: 2 or 3 years of French studies on university level.
Target audience: Year 4 or 5
Form of assessment: diary, oral presentations
Contact hours: 36
Histoire et analyse littéraires : XIX-XXIe siècles
5 credits
Intermediate level
Lectures and seminars
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturer: Svante Lindberg
Aim: To give the students an introduction to the history of
French literature fromthe 19th to the 21th century. Reading of
representative texts from that period in the original language
and basic literary analysis.
Format : lectures, seminars, individual reading, papers, oral
presentations
Prerequisites: fluency in French
Target audience: year 2 or higher
Formof assessment: active participation, papers, oral presen-
tations, written examinations
Contact hours: 36
Le roman francophone contemporain
5 credits
Advanced level
Lectures and seminars
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturer: Svante Lindberg
Aim: To give an introduction to the contemporary novel writ-
ten in French and to read 3-4 representative francophone
works in the original language. Terminology, concepts and
textual analysis.
Format: lectures, seminars, individual reading and research,
papers
Prerequisites: fluency in French
Target audience: years 3-4
