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NOR-3111: The Authorship of Knut Hamsun 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
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.
The textual analysis will be more thorough and the use of relevant
theory will be more comprehensive than in the corresponding course
at the 2000-level.
Recommended previous qualifications/ courses: A bachelor''s degree
in Nordic 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 munnlegg innlegg på minimum 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: A seven days home exam on a given topic.
The paper should be of approximately 12 pages.
Exam language: Norwegian.
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
NOR-2111 -1 10 sp
NOR-2121 -1 10 sp |
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