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NOR-3142: Modern Norwegian crime fiction Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
The aim of the course is to strengthen the students'' abilities in independent and critical evaluation of literary texts, and to increase their insight into the position of trivial literature in modern Norwegian cultural industry. | Contents
A selection of crime novels will be discussed and analysed with a special emphasis on the strategies the authors use for creating suspense, and also with a special emphasis on the social criticism and the problems of gender that are so apparent in modern Norwegian crime fiction. The course will also seek to make clear the clishès and stereotypes that characterise this genre when it comes to descriptions of people and environments, and plots.
This course requires a BA in language and literature or in literature, or Nordic mellomfag/2000 level. The student must have taken a minimum of 20 ECTS in Nordic literature at 2000 level.
S 05 is recommended. | Recommended previous qualifications
NOR-1110 Nordic literature from Eddaic Poem until 1870, NOR-1111 Nordic Literature from 1870 until Second World War, NOR-1112 Nordic Literature from Second World War until today, NOR-2110 Northern Norwegian Literature | Form of teaching
- Teaching lasts from week 3 to week 24. Periods for individual study study: Week 7, weeks 14,15,16, weeks 20, 21, 22, 23
- Teaching will be given in the form of seminars requiring active participation from the students.
- Number of teaching hours: 26 (13 x 2) | Coursework requirements
En muntlig presentasjon på ca. 15 minutter.
| Exam and assessment
To be allowed to sit the examination, the student must give at least one oral presentation of approximately 15 minutes.
This requirement is assessed with pass/fail.
Form of evaluation: a one-week semester assignment, 10-15 pages.
Exam language: Norwegian - bokmål or nynorsk.
Performance will be assessed with the grades A-F. | Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Nils Magne Knutsen
E-mail: Nils.Magne.Knutsen@hum.uit.no
Tlf. 776 44 232 |
Teaching spring 2007
Første forelesning: Tirsdag 09. januar kl 1215, rom E 0104 | | Forelesning | Felles undervisning men NOR-2142 og NOR-2342.
Timeplan: Se NOR-2142.
Foreleser F.aman. Nils Magne Knutsen
| | Hjemmeeksamen | Oppgave utlevering: Onsdag 30. mai. Innlevering onsdag 06. juni. |
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