Course content

This course examines a specific literary period or particular relationships between literature and its context. Various genres will be included, and texts may for example be studied in light of international literary trends, other cultural and media contexts, as well as relevant societal conditions. The course content, topics and theories, will vary each year, based on a selection of literary texts from the Nordic language area and a selection of relevant theoretical texts.

Learning outcome

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

Knowledge:

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of how literary texts can be interpreted in light of various contexts.

Skills:

• Discuss the role of context in shaping our understanding and approach to literary texts.
• Place and analyze individual texts within their relevant contemporary contexts or from current perspectives.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures/seminars.

Obligatory assignments: Up to 3 written assignments and/or oral presentations

Approved obligatory assignments are valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester).

Obligatory assignments from a previous semester may be approved by the department.

Compulsory assignments

• Up to 3 written assignments and/or oral presentations

Recommended previous knowledge

NORD1104 and NORD1108 or equivalent.

Course materials

The reading list consist of 5-7 works with at least one theoretical work. (A theoretical work is equivalent to approx. 150 pages). A reading list will be available on the first day of class. The curriculum could center on e.g. one authorship, a literary epoch, a genre, a theme or theoretical perspective. It is expected that the students read necessary secondary literature in connection to the literary texts on the reading list.

Credit reductions