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Approved elective course at MPCT-program fall 2005
This is the standard or formal information on the course. Please check the individual link in the Overview electives for updated information.
ENG-3105: Border-Crossing Narratives Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
The student will gain an increased understanding of the theoretical and critical literature of the contemporary narrative of border formation and border crossing. We will examine narratives from different counties that have had complex postcolonial social, political, and literary histories in the twentieth century. | Contents
This course will present theoretical and practical strategies (a "border poetics") for examining the function of the Border Narrative in contemporary fictional and poetic literature. We will also study aesthetic representations of the experience of migration by minority populations in a global perspective. The course will introduce the student to the theory and practice of border studies; presenting the poetics of border-crossing narratives, and critically interrogate recent attempts to make "the border" a floating signifier for a displaced self or identity. Analyzing primarily border-crossing narratives in literary texts, the course aims to test two theoretical assumptions: 1) that narrative and symbolic representation is a central element in border formation and experience; 2) that textual or medial borders within aesthetic works are related to the institutional borders represented in these works. | Form of teaching
36 hours of teaching with seminars and lectures. | Compulsory teaching
Muntlig presentasjon av prosjektplan for semesteroppgave.Muntlig presentasjon av én av seminartekstene. | Assessment
2 coursework requirements: An oral presentation of the project plan for the semester assignment, and an oral presentation of one of the texts of the seminars.
Portfolio assessment: A semester assignment (100%) of approximately 15-20 pages. | Examination semester
Autumn, Spring | Type of course
Theoretical. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at MA level. | Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Stephen Wolfe, tel. 776 44272, e-mail: stephen.wolfe@hum.uit.no or
Associate Professor Johan Schimanski, tel. 776 44231, e-mail: johan.schimanski@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. | Language of instruction
English. | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=ENG-3105-1 |
Teaching autumn 2005
Første forelesning: Onsdag 17. august kl 1215, rom A 3018 | | Forelesning | Teach.Period:08.09.2005 to24.11.2005
Torsdag 14:15 to18:00
E 2003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Foreleser F.aman. Stephen Frank Wolfe
Foreleser F.aman. Johan Henrik Schimanski
| | Hjemmeeksamen | Oppgave utlevering: 22. november.
Oppgave innlevering: 02. desember. |
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