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NOR-2111: The Authorship of Knut Hamsun Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Autumn
| Objectives
The object of the course is to get a good insight into the writing and, to some extent, the life of Norway''s greatest prose author Knut Hamsun. | Contents
The course will provide an introduction to the work of Knut Hamsun in a European and modernist context, as well as in a regional context. In addition to his novels, his poetry, plays and accounts of his travels will also be included, as will his polemic articles. Although the focus will be on text analysis, we shall also shed light on and discuss perceptions of Hamsun by his own and later generations.
Required previous qualifications / courses: General study qualification
Recommended previous qualifications / courses: NOR-1110, NOR-1111, NOR-1112 - or equivalent. | Form of teaching
Teaching is organised in lectures and seminars with prepared student presentations. Teaching is distributed over 13 weeks with an average of two teaching hours per week. There will be weeks with no teaching for individual study during the semester. | Coursework requirements
Eit førebudd munnleg innlegg på ca. 15 minutt.
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements: In order to sit the examination, the students must give one prepared presentation of no less than 15 minutes. The presentation must be approved by the teacher. Assessment method: The students have to write a term paper of approx. 15 pages (bibliography and appendices not included) on a chosen topic supervised by the tutor. Grades will be conferred according to a scale from A-F. | Contact person/lecturer
Research Fellow Linda Hamrin Nesby, e-mail: linda.nesby@hum.uit.no, tel. 776 46 588
| Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Course overlap
NORDMFL -1 10 sp
NOR-3111 -1 10 sp |
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