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SAM-3114: The Poetry of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Work Load
10 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 | Examination semester
Autumn | Objectives
Through the course, the students will acquire thorough knowledge of how to understand the writings of one of the most central Sami poets, and they will learn to place his writings in a Sami context, but also as an expression of an international trend of indigenous peoples in the last decades of the 20th century. | Contents
The course is a thorough introduction to the poetry of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and will introduce the student to the aesthetic framework and the framework of literary history in which his writings can be read in a Sami context.
The course requires general bachelor''s competence in language and literature or in literature, anthropology, history and documentation studies. | Form of teaching
Teaching consists of lectures, group work and student presentations which should result in a small project paper.
The literature will be available in Sami, Norwegian and English. | Exam and assessment
Assessment method:
A 4-hour school exam.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language: North Sami, or an other language by application. | Date(s) of written examination
30.11.2006
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. | Contact person/lecturer
Student Advisor Line N. Sandanger, tlf.: 776 45649, e-post: Line.Nilsen.Sandanger@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2006&department=ALLE&module=SAM-3114-1 |
Teaching autumn 2006
Første forelesning: Tirsdag 22. august kl 1215, rom A 1005 | | Forelesning | Foreleser: Førsteamanuensis Harald Gaski
Undervisning i ukene 34 -36 og 41 - 43.
Foreleser f.aman. Harald Gaski
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