The course aims to increase students' knowledge of English literature and/or culture and to promote critical and independent understanding of problems related to the study of literature and/or culture.
ENG331 is a specialised course which typically treats a topic in American, British, or World Literatures of English. The contents of the course vary on a semester-to-semester basis. The texts to be studied may represent the literary tradition of a nation, a period, a genre, a specific authorship, a specific topic related to literature or culture or a literary and cultural movement. All texts are to be studied on a critical and theoretical basis.
Upon successful completion of the course:
Knowledge
The student
Skills
The student
General competence
The student
Seminars: up to 16 hours.
In the case that fewer than five students register for a course, the organized teaching may be adapted to fit the number of students. If this occurs, students will be informed at the start of the semester, and before the registration deadline 1. February/1. September.
Course assessment consists of a seven-day take-home examination on a topic selected by the teacher of the course, followed by an oral examination. The written work is to comprise 3000 words (±10%) (excluding the bibliography etc.), and counts toward 2/3 of the final grade. The oral examination counts towards 1/3 of the final grade. The oral exam may be digital.
Students must achieve a passing grade on the take-home examination in order to be eligible for the oral examination. During the oral examination, candidates will be examined both with reference to their own written work as well as the remainder of the reading list. Students who fail the oral examination will fail the course.
The reading list comprises a maximum of 700 pages of academic text or textbook material, or literary text corresponding to 6¿8 works. Works on literary theory are included. It will also be possible for students to combine academic text/textbook material with literary works into a specialised reading list. In addition to works on the reading list, students should be prepared to consult any recommended auxiliary literature.
The reading list will be available by 1 June for the Autumn semester.
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