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SAM-3111: History of Literature of Indigenous Peoples Work Load
5 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Language of instruction
North Sami/English/Norwegian | Examination semester
Autumn | Objectives
Students will to a large extent be introduced to an alternative literary history of the world, a literary history of marginality, which will reflect the status and position of indigenous peoples'' literatures in the world. | Contents
The course is primarily an introduction to and an overview of the way in which indigenous peoples themselves have described their own literatures, but it will also use some surveys and anthologies in order to discuss the position of indigenous peoples'' literature internationally.
The course requires a bachelor''s degree in literature, anthropology, history or similar. | Form of teaching
Teaching will consist of lectures and group work.
The literature will be in Sami, English, and/ or Norwegian.
| Exam and assessment
Assessment method:
The examination consists of a paper on an individually selected topic in the literature of one indigenous people. The student is to write a paper of 6-8 pages (2000 characters per page) on this topic. In the paper, the place and position of the relevant literature internally in its own community and externally in the general literary society should be discussed.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F. | Contact person/lecturer
Student Advisor Geir Håvard Hanssen, tel.: 776 45649, e-mail: geir.hanssen@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. |
Teaching spring 2006
Det vil ikke bli tilbudt normel undervisning i dette semesteret.
Tilbudet vil i det vesentligste begrenses til seminarer.
Dato vil bli bestemt senere.
Orienteringsmøte onsdag 11. januar kl 1215, rom A 1018
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