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FIN-1110: Finnish Literature

Work Load
10  credits (ECTS)
Objectives
The course gives students knowledge of Finnish cultural history and literature. Students will learn to read literary texts in the relevant cultural context. The course increases students'' understanding of Nordic and European cultural trends.
Contents
The course provides fundamental knowledge about Finnish literary history and central authors. The literature is studied in its social and cultural-historical context.

Required previous qualifications/ courses: General entrance requirement.

Recommended previous qualifications/ courses: FIN-1210
Readings are in Finnish and Scandinavian languages.
Form of teaching
The course is given in the autumn semester
Instruction consists of 48 hours of lectures and 18 hours of seminar and group work.

Language of instruction: Norwegian or Finnish
Assessment
Coursework Requirements:
Students must write an individual paper or group paper of 8 to 15 pages which must be approved before they can take the exam. Papers are graded pass/no pass.

Assessment method:
The exam is a 6-hour school exam at the end of the semester.

Grading: Letter grades (A-F)

Exam language(s): Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish
Examination semester
Autumn
Date(s) of written examination
15.12.2005
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester.
Type of course
Theoretical subject.
Level of course/Year of study
Normally first or second year.
Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Anitta Viinikka-Kallinen, e-mail Anitta.Viinikka-Kallinen@hum.uit.no Tel. +47 776 45 279.
Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request
Language of instruction
Norwegian or Swedish.
Course overlap
FIN-120 -1      10 sp
Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=FIN-1110-1

Teaching autumn 2005

Første forelesning: 30. august kl 1215, rom A 2016
ForelesningUndervisning i ukene 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 47 og 48

Foreleser F.aman. Anitta Viinikka-Kallinen
HjemmeeksamenOppgave-innlevering i uke 46


Universitetet i Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, tlf. 77 64 40 00
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Ansvarlig redaktør: konst. informasjonsdirektør Karen Marie Christensen