Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

English

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Upon completion of this course, students have knowledge of

• American and British works of literature

• American and British literary history

• American and British history and society

• selected Anglophone literature

• analytical tools and methodology used in literary studies

• the role of intertextuality in the study of literature

• prosody in the study of poetry, drama and prose

• genre classifications in literature and literary studies

Skills

Upon completion of this course, students can

• reflect on literature’s engagement with social, political and cultural movements

• apply critical analytic concepts and vocabulary in writing about literature

• identify works of literature according to generic classifications

• write a literary-critical essay featuring evidence-based argument and close textual analysis, along with paraphrasis and quotation

• integrate critical/secondary sources into essay writing

• evaluate the quality of critical-secondary sources

General competence

Upon completion of this course, students are familiar with

• critical argumentation and self-reflection

• cooperative project work

• written and oral communication in English.

Contents

• Introduction to central developments, values and conflicts in American and British literary and cultural history in the time period up to 1900

• Study of literary texts and texts from a variety of genres, sometimes in combination with documentary materials and aesthetic artefacts, in the time period up to 1900

• Study of literary and linguistic forms of expression in their social and cultural contexts.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and seminars. Regular and active student participation. Practice for teacher-training students. The workload is estimated to 270 hours.

Examination requirements

All students: 70% compulsory attendance in the seminars. For students in the teacher education the practice placement must be passed. All other students: One compulsory assignment must be approved. More information will be provided in Canvas at the beginning of the semester.

Examinations

The exam comes in two parts. The first part is weighted 40% and the second part is weighted 60%. Students must pass both parts to pass the entire course.

In the first part, all students sit a four-hour individual digital school examination where hard-copy resources (books and notes) are permitted. Part 1 of the exam takes place in the middle of the semester. Graded assessment.

In the second part, students sit a four-hour individual digital school examination. Part 2 of the exam takes place at the end of the semester in the designated exam period. Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes, if there are places available.

Admission Requirement if given as a free-standing course

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

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
EN-160 – American and British Literature and Culture: Part 1. 10
EN-103 – Introduction to British Literature. 2.5
EN-104 – Introduction to American Literature and Culture. 2.5
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