The course provides a survey of Scandinavian literature and literary history from 1900 to the present. The student is introduced to representative works as well as to important literary developments, particularly in poetry and the novel genre. Emphasis is placed on the interaction between intellectual, social and political developments. The course includes works by classical Scandinavian authors - for example Sigrid Undset, Knut Hamsun, Pär Lagerkvist, Karen Blixen and Tarjei Vesaas - as well as by more contemporary writers, such as Dag Solstad, Per Petterson, Helle Helle and Karl Ove Knausgaard.

On completion of the programme the candidate should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate will have a thorough knowledge of 20th-century Scandinavian cultural and intellectual trends, of Scandinavian literary history, as well as an understanding of important authorships and representative literary works.

Skills

The candidate will be able to discuss central literary developments and be able to analyze and to write about central works in 20th-century Scandinavian literature.

General competence

The candidate will have a broad knowledge of 20th-century cultural and literary history and of important writers and individual works.

Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies.

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