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TYS-3115: Literary history: Information era - Particiipants, concepts, tekst Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Language of instruction
German | Examination semester
Autumn, Spring
| Objectives
The course is intended for students who wish to write a master''s dissertation in German literature with a focus on literary history and for students with a reading knowledge of German who wish to increase their knowledge of literature in a foreign language from a comparative literature perspective.
As well as providing academic specialisation and a useful foundation for independent academic work in German Studies, the specific perspective of this course furnishes a cultural expertise that is professionally useful within a European framework.
An MA in literature + a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PPU) qualifies graduates to teach in Norwegian secondary schools (lektor-kompetanse) if their degree also includes at least one other school subject.
| Contents
The course with the relatively open title "Literary History" will have a different content each semester and can also be planned to suit the students'' wishes/needs. The aim is to enhance the students'' knowledge of German literary history and understanding of issues relating to periodisation and historiography. Periods of literary history that might be treated include: the Enlightenment, Weimar Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Vienna Modernism/ Fin de siècle, literature of exile.
NB: The topic for the autumn semester 2005 is:
German information era: Participants, concepts, text
| Form of teaching
Teaching: 24 hours. The course is offered in the autumn semester and is divided into an introductory phase (weeks 34-39) and a specialisation phase (weeks 43-48). | Coursework requirements
Prosjektoppgave (ca. 7 sider), skal skrives på tysk.
| Exam and assessment
2 weeks of home exam during weeks 47-48, approx. 15 pages. | Contact person/lecturer
Professor Michael Schmidt
E-mail: Michael.Schmidt@hum.uit.no
Tel.: +47 776 45 635 | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. |
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