Degree of Bachelor in education, social sciences or the humanities and the equivalent of Swedish secondary school English 6.Alternatively,A professional qualification specializing in teaching that comprises 180 credits and the equivalent of Swedish secondary school English 6.

This course is part of the English and Education Master’s Programme.

The objective of the course is for the students to develop different ways of reading and interpreting both older and contemporary texts in literary terms with regard to genres and media forms, and to deepen their understanding of how such texts can be used in English teaching.

The course provides an overview of how different literary perspectives can be used to interpret fiction. Key texts from the history of English literature are analysed using close reading methods and various critical literary theories. Earlier writing and genres are made accessible by being placed in their historical and aesthetic contexts, and by being transmediated into new media forms. The course highlights literary educational perspectives and the role and function of fiction in various aesthetic and medial forms of expression in English teaching. The course allows students to deepen their knowledge of and their ability to apply literary concepts and methods and develop skills for finding and to applying relevant research. Class activities include discussion of assigned readings combined with written, oral, and media-based presentations.

On completing the course, students will be able to:

1. analyse central English language texts in different genres and media forms from different periods
2. account for and critically evaluate literary theory building and apply critical analysis methods supported by relevant literary research
3. critically discuss the role of literature in English teaching and provide examples of different ways of working with texts from different periods with support from relevant literature education research
4. demonstrate adequate oral and written language proficiency in accordance with current scientific and academic standards

The module includes various learning activities such as seminars, lectures, self-study, and group work. The course includes eight obligatory seminars.

Assessment is conducted in three parts:

Exam 1: Portfolio 3 credits examines LO 1

Exam 2: Take-home exam 2.5 credits examines LO 2 and 4

Exam 3: Oral presentation 2 credits examines LO 3 and 4

The examination consists of a written assignment, an oral presentation, and a seminar series consisting of eight examining seminars with associated written or multimodal documentation. At the beginning of the course, the course leader informs about re-examination opportunities. For all assessments, the basis must be such that individual performances can be distinguished. Assessment criteria will be published at the course introduction.

To pass the entire course, a passing grade is required for at least 2/3 of the course's points. Grading criteria are provided together with the assignment instructions for any given examination The basis for all assessments must be such that individual performance can be distinguished.

Austen, Jane (2012). Pride and Prejudice. Penguin. (395 pp.)

Brontë, Charlotte (2012). Jane Eyre. Penguin. (440 pp.)

Carroll, Lewis (2009). Alice in wonderland. Penguin. (ca 200 pp.)

Daldry, Stephen (2002). The Hours. Paramount Pictures.

Gilbert, Sandra & Gubar, Susan (2000).  The Man Woman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Centruty Literary Imagination . Yale University Press. Kap. 2 (14 pp.)

Rhys, Jean (1999).  Wide Sargasso Sea.  W.W.Norton. (270 pp.)

The Wachowskis (1999). The Matrix. Warner Bros.

Woolf, Virginia. Mrs Dalloway (2000). Penguin (231 pp.)

Additional research articles (approximately 60 pp.)
Additional online materials
Additional Films and episodes from TV-series

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.