Emner: SAS2A Scandinavian Literature - 19th Century - Scandinavian Area Studies - Høst 2017




Studiepoeng

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Studiepoeng, omfang

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningsspråk

English 

Undervisningssemester

Autumn. 

Undervisningsstad

 Bergen 

Mål og innhald

The course is an introduction to Scandinavian literature 1800-1900, especially the Modern Breakthrough of the 1880s. The 19th Century is the century of H.C. Andersen, B. Bjørnson, H. Ibsen, A. Skram, A. Strindberg and K. Hamsun, among others. The course will provide a literary historical survey along with discussions of central works. The readings will include a critical look at the influence of important intellectual, scientific trends and pressing social realities (the Woman Question, the marriage institution, the relations between the sexes) on literature.

Læringsutbyte

On completion of the programme the candidate should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate will have a thorough knowledge of 19th-century

Scandinavian cultural and intellectual trends, of Scandinavian literary history, as well as an understanding of important authorships and representative literary works.

Skills

The candidate will be able to discuss central literary developments and be able to analyze and to write about central works in 19th-century Scandinavian literature.

General competence

The candidate will have a broad knowledge of 19th-century Scandinavian cultural and literary history and of important writers and individual works.

Krav til forkunnskapar

The course requires spoken and written proficiency in English. 

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

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Studiepoengsreduksjon

Krav til studierett

The course is open to exchange students and other students with upper secondary education from outside Norway with admission to the University of Bergen.

Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning

One lecture per week. Total of 12-14 lectures 

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

None. 

Vurderingsformer

7-day home exam (2/3) and oral examination (1/3).

Hjelpemiddel til eksamen

Karakterskala

A-F. 

Vurderingssemester

Litteraturliste

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Emneevaluering

Courses are evaluated regularly in accordance with the University of Bergen´s quality assurance system.

Programansvarleg

Emneansvarleg

Administrativt ansvarleg

Kontaktinformasjon

Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies.

E-Mail: advice@lle.uib.no