1134 - Literary Analysis I
Course information
- Title
- Literary Analysis I
- Course number
- 1134.18
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 5.00
- 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).
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese. The instructional materials are in Faroese, and Scandinavian languages. Presentations, assignments, exams etc. are in Faroese.
- Registration
- Students on the first semester of Bachelor of Arts in Faroese Language and Literature, and Subsidiary Subject Studies in Faroese Language and Literature are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Service Center at lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Thursday, September 5, 2024
- End date
- Thursday, December 5, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- To provide students with basic knowledge about textual analysis, in particular the analysis of one of the genres of imaginative literature and with knowledge about analytical concepts, in particular as related to one of the genres of imaginative literature. The course emphasises developing students’ ability to analyse one of the main genres of imaginative literature and to apply analytical concepts to this task.
- Learning outcomes
- Successful students can demonstrate ability to: • analyse texts from one of the main genres of imaginative literature. • explain the characteristics of one of the main genres of imaginative literature • describe their own approach to textual analysis of texts from one of the main genres of imaginative literature • communicate the results of analysis in one of the main genres of imaginative literature • express orally and in writing using appropriate language the results of analyses of one of the main genres of imaginative literature
- Content
- Students will be required to read introductory literature on textual analysis, focusing in particular on one of the main genres of imaginative literature. Students will examine and analyse varied examples of particularly one of the genres of imaginative literature.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- This class-based course is offered as two hours per week over one semester. The main learning and teaching strategies used will be lectures and student presentations, written exercises and group work.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- 4-hour written examination based on an unseen text. Permitted study aids: all dictionaries.
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- Passed/Failed
- Exam date/dates
- The writtan assignment is set for week 50.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Thursday, September 5, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Bergur Djurhuus Hansen
- Teachers
- Lydia Didriksen, Bergur Djurhuus Hansen