1126 - Literary History II
Course information
- Title
- Literary History II
- Course number
- 1126.18
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- Faroese Language and Literature
- Educations
- BA in Faroese
- Prerequisites
- An academically oriented upper secondary diploma with a good average mark in Faroese (i.e. at least 5.8 on the 7-step marking scale or 8 on the marking scale from 00 to 13). Participants are also required to have completed Literary History 1.
- Language of instruction
- Faroese
- Registration
- Students in a program are automatically enrolled. Students of a single subject, apply through the student affairs office lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
- End date
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
Academic content
- Purpose
- To provide students with insight into Faroese and Nordic history of literature from 1876 to the present, as well as to analyse Faroese and Nordic literature from 1876 to the present day. The course aims to enable students to place these texts in the context of the history of ideas and literary history.
- Learning outcomes
- Successful students can demonstrate ability to: • explain Faroese and Nordic literature in the period from around 1876 to the present day • describe the main events and trends in literary history during the period • analyse literary texts and place them in their historical context • describe the connection between a given text and the Faroese, Nordic and international perspective • describe literature as a historical phenomenon • describe and assess literary history as a science and academic discipline
- Content
- The course focuses on Faroese and Nordic literature from 1876 to the present with particular emphasis on fiction. Course reading materials also include history of literature works, theses and articles on Nordic and Faroese literature. Articles on the status of literature in society are also a part of the course. The course of study may be organised by chronology, periods or milestones in history; it may focus on art history, ideology, social history or political and economic conditions. The course could also be arranged by themes and genres.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- This class-based course is offered as three-hour weekly sessions over one semester. The main learning and teaching strategies used are lectures and student presentations. Students will learn to use the relevant terminology and express themselves clearly on topics in history of literature.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Students are required to write a set take-home paper, which should be approx. 10 pages long. Students will have two weeks to complete the assignment. Reexamination: Same method as the regular examination.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- Not set
- Exam date/dates
- Written assignment is set for 28 May 2025.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Bergur Djurhuus Hansen
- Teachers
- Ragnar Sigrunarson