Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian

Prerequisites

Norwegian 2, or 60 credits in Norwegian from Teachers education, or 45 ECTS credits in Nordic language and literature, or LFT102 and LFT104.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students should have a broad knowledge of important theories of literature, both text-oriented theories (about literary structure), context-oriented theories (about literature and society) and reader-oriented theories (about literature and reader). The should be able to use the theories in analytic questions and apply them when reading texts. They should also be able to analyze multimodal texts where literary expressions interact with images and/or sound.

Contents

The course provides an introduction to different types of literary theory as well as training in applying them in text analysis. There is a distinction between text-oriented, context-oriented and reader-oriented theories. These are used to make visible and assess different aspects of literature, for example literary structure, political tendency or conventions of interpretation. Students will work on Nordic, especially Norwegian, literature from different epochs and in different forms, including multimodal writings. They will also have training in assessing which theories may be useful when reading different types of texts.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and group work. The workload is estimated to about 400 hours.

Examination requirements

An approved oral presentation, or equivalent assignment. More informasjon is given at the beginning of the course.

Examinations

Individual 2-week home examination. Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes, subject to capacity.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
NOU209 – Literary Theory and Textual Analysis for International Students. 15
NO-208 – Subject area in Nordic Literature. 10
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