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ALI-3102: When Literature Turns North 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
Norwegian | Objectives
The course provides historical, analytic, and theoretical insight into literary representations of the Northern regions. | Contents
The students will work with prose written about and in the Northern regions. The course moves through history from descriptions of the Northern written by travellers and authors from central Europe to the time when the Northern, Sami and Russian authors themselves started to write about their own region. Do these authors relate differently to the traditional perceptions of the Northern as the infernal/the sublime, the unenlightened/the exotic, the masculine/the feminine? What happens when literature places the peripheries in the centre?
The course will also explore theoretical approaches, research that focuses on the sense of space in literature, the novel and the nation, gender and postcolonialism.
| Form of teaching
The course runs for the whole semester and includes a period devoted to reading and writing. Tuition will be based on seminars with a high degree of student participation. Tuition will be given in Norwegian. The texts will be studied in their Nordic languages or English. | Coursework requirements
Muntlig fremlegg om teoriartikkel el. skjønnlitterær tekst.
| Exam and assessment
Coursework requirements: The students have to present a written summary of the theoretical articles or a text analysis in class. Assessment method: A two week home exam of 12-15 pages. Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F. Exam language: Norwegian. | Contact person/lecturer
Research Fellow Tanja Kudrjavtseva. Tel.: 776 45 662
E-mail: tanja.kudrjavtseva@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Course overlap
ALI-2112 -1 10 sp |
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