Littérature américaine CM

Description

This unit seeks to place literary works in their historical and cultural context, while exploring their artistic dimension. The tools, methods and practices of textual analysis will be further investigated through close reading and argumentative writing.
 The courses on offer (TDs) give students an opportunity to further study American literature through the critical analysis of individual works. Some of the TDs, as well as the CM, introduce students to the study of the relationships between literary and visual forms.
 Students will develop their critical vocabulary and their close reading skills. Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed in relation to argumentative analysis.
 
 CM: Mme Delage-Toriel. American Comics
 This course offers a panorama of American comics, from their origins to the late XXth century. Through the study of landmark works and artists, students will learn to appraise the aesthetics specific to this medium as well as the shifting roles played by this art within American culture and society.

Compétences visées

Macro-compétences : Contextualiser des faits, des productions, des connaissances / Adopter une approche réflexive et critique des objets d’étude

Contextualiser les objets culturels ; synthétiser, décloisonner, transférer ; s’exprimer et dialoguer ; analyser textes et documents ; prendre position et construire un argument abouti ; chercher de l’information.

Discipline(s)

• Études anglophones