Studietorget - FS-import-h05

Work Load 10 credits (ECTS)
Objectives The objective of the course is to strengthen the students'' abilities in independent and critical analysis of literary texts, and to increase their insight into the problems of gender roles that have been - and are - so prevalent in modern Norwegian literature.
Contents A selection of Norwegian novels from the period after 1900 will be discussed and analysed, especially with a view to mapping the manner in which the texts thematise men, masculinity, and male roles. There will be an emphasis on the analysis of texts that describe different aspects of the male role, e.g. in connection with war, hunting and trapping, crime, sexuality, etc.
Form of teaching Teaching starts in week 32 and lasts until the end of week 42. Periods with no teaching: Weeks 33 and 38. - Teaching will be given in the form of seminars, where active participation from the students is expected. - Number of teaching hours: 26 (13 x 2)
Assessment Coursework Requirements: In order to sit the examination, the student must give an oral presentation (approximately 15 minutes) of a fictional and theoretical text from the syllabus. The presentation is assessed with pass/fail. Assessment method: A semester assignment,10-15 pages, on a given topic, is to be written without supervision, and is to be submitted by a given deadline.
Examination semester Autumn, Spring
Type of course Theoretical.
Level of course/Year of study First or second year at master''s level.
Contact person/lecturer Associate Professor Nils Magne Knutsen. Tel.: 776 44 232. E-mail: Nils.Magne.Knutsen@hum.uit.no
Recommended reading/syllabus Available on request.
Language of instruction Norwegian.
Timetables http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=NOR-3660-1

Teaching autumn 2005 Første forelesning: Torsdag 18. august kl 1815, rom E 0103
Forelesning	For timeplan se NOR-2660 Emne samkjøres med NOR-2660 og NOR-2301 Foreleser F.aman. Nils Magne Knutsen