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LITT3000 - Advanced Course in Literary Theory and Interpretation

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letters

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Hjemmeeksamen 100/100 2 uker

Course content

The course is an obligatory part of the Master's programmes in French and German, and the Master's programmes in English and Scandinavian literature. The teaching is organized as a collaboration between the various disciplines of study. The course consists of joint lectures and lectures tied to the discipline of study.
The joint lectures give an introduction to central schools in literary theory after 1900, such as for example Formalism, Hermeneutics, New Criticism, Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Deconstruction and Post Colonialism. The content in the discipline-specific part will vary with the various disciplines and each discipline of study sets the details.
Students who already have taken the course ALIT2201 must replace the curriculum for the course's joint section. Contact the Department of Language and Literature for details.

Learning outcome

Students will have obtained the following qualifications after successfully completing this course:

- the ability to present basic theoretical aesthetic and literary theories
- the ability to apply these theoretical perspectives in their work with literary texts
- the ability to discuss and reflect on various literary and cultural perspectives

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and seminars. Compulsory assignment: Oral presentation in the subject specific component. Assessment: Two-week take home exam.

Compulsory assignments

  • Approved reading list
  • Oral presentation in discipline specific section

Required previous knowledge

None.

Course materials

The curriculum will be given by the teachers who lecture the course and will vary somewhat from semester to semester. The class will be taught in a Scandinavian language. A complete overview of the curriculum will be given first day of class. The course's joint section will have a curriculum of approximately 450 pages and consists of a collection of literary theoretical texts as well as a summary of literary theory.
The texts on the joint section will normally be read in Scandinavian or English and the teaching will be in Norwegian or English. The discipline specific section includes texts from the curriculum of various extent, depending on the texts' character and degree of difficulty. The texts on the discipline specific section ought to be read in the original language and the language of instruction will vary in accordance with the discipline.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
LITT3001 7.5
LITT3002 7.5
NORD3201 15.0
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  15.0 SP
Study level: Second degree level

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2016

Language of instruction: English, French, German, Norwegian

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Subject area(s)
  • Comparative Literature
  • English Literature
  • French Literature
  • Comparative Literature
  • Scandinavian Literature
  • German Literature
Contact information

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Language and Literature

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD Hjemme-eksamen 100/100

Release
2016-11-24

Submission
2016-12-08

Room Building Number of candidates
Spring ORD Hjemme-eksamen 100/100

Release
2017-05-04

Submission
2017-05-19

Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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