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Part 2. History of Western-European Literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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First

2023/2024

2 Semester

5

PLO 1, PLO 12, PLO 13, PLO 14, PLO 18. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".

Full-time form

1. A successful completion of the previous literature courses: Introduction to Specialty, Ancient Greek and Roman Literature, 2. Basic skills in literary analysis. 3. Use of basic terminology of literary theory.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the key literary phenomena and major authors of the Medieval Ages and Renaissance in France, Italy, England, Spain and Germany. It is a part of the integrated course entitled ‘History of World Literature’ which spans from Antiquity till our days and includes the literary époques of the Ancient Greece and Rome, the Medieval period, the Early Modern period, and Modern times. The central literary texts of the periods are put in the wider contexts (socio-cultural, political and intellectual) as well as are read in their connection to the works of other authors. Students learn a set of new terms and notions related to the specificity of the literary history of the time as well as enhance their skills of literary analysis.

Forms of study encompass lectures, seminars, students’ self-study, including keeping records of reading and glossary. Forms of tuition: answers at the seminars, preparing and presenting Power Point projects on a given topic (individually or in groups), and Module test paper.

Formative assessment during semester. In-process evaluations of academic progress are worth of up to 60% of the semester grade and include grade points for all the tasks assigned in the course – max 34 / min 20 for the oral answers at seminars, max 6 / min 4 for Power Point projects, and max 20 / min 12 for Module test papers. Summative assessment is carried out in the form of exam. It weighs of up to 40% of the course grade. Students have to obtain no less than 36 points to be entitled for an examination. To get a positive course grade, the exam grade should not be less than 24 points. Examination card includes three questions: theoretical (max 15 / min 9 points), theoretical and/or applied (max 15 / min 9 points) and applied (max 10 / min 6 points). Correlation Scale According to 100-point scale Mark according to national scale 90–100 5 Еxcellent 75–89 4 Good 60–74 3 Satisfactory 35–59 2 Fail

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