Ibsen and the Modern Breakthrough 2108

Prerequisites

None

Course Objectives

Students will acquire an insight into some of the principal works and texts in various genres from ’the modern breakthrough’ in literature during the nineteenth century, first and foremost Ibsen, but also Garborg, Skram and Kielland.

Course Description

The modern breakthrough in the nineteenth century.

Learning Methods

Autumn semester, 2 hours of lectures per week for 15 weeks.
The course is a part of BA Literature and Language, specialisation in Norwegian.

Assessment Methods

Individual home assignment (roughly 4000 words) which counts for 40 %, and a 5-hour final examination which counts for 60 %. Students must receive passing marks in both the home assignment and the final examination in order to gain a passing mark for the course.

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