Basic eligibility for university studies and the higher education courses English I, 30 credits (en101E/A).

Specialisation in literature examines a field of specialisation chosen by the teacher. The aim is that students learn about a particular specialisation and gain competence to conduct a critical discussion within the specialisation, thus also an ability to recognise other relevant topics of inquiry within literary studies, and a skill to begin conducting discussions with other topics.

With reference to a number of literary texts, the students learn how to locate and join a current discussion of a field of specialisation and how to find literary evidence and critical support for the discussion. The specialisation, critical discussions and the literary texts analysed will be chosen by the teacher.

After completing this course, the student

1) has knowledge of the topic of the specialisation;

After completing this course, the student

2) can analyse literary texts with a particular attention to the field of the specialisation;

3) can discuss the topic of the specialisation with reference to a number of literary texts;

After completing this course, the student

4) can independently locate and discuss critical sources that pertain to the specialisation.

Learning activities are lectures, seminars, written assignments, self-studies of course literature and independent work on a particular topic.

The course is examined through one timed exam (2,5 credits) and one written assignment (5 credits). The exam assesses learning outcomes 1-2, and the written assignment learning outcomes 1-4; both are graded U-A.

The Faber Book of Modern Verse, ed. Michael Roberts (Faber & Faber 2009)

Andre Breton, Nadja, trans. Richard Howard (Penguin 20th Century Classics 1999)

D.H. Lawrence, The Woman Who Rode Away/St. Mawr/The Princess, ed. Paul Poplawski (Penguin Classics 2006)

Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Fourth Estate 2015)

Other texts to be made available via Its Learning

Note! The reading list will be updated every year in May/June (course start autumn semester) depending on area of specialisation.

The course is concluded with an individual course evaluation focusing on the goals of the course. The evaluations are summarized and made available to the students at the completion of the course.

In a case when a course is no longer given, or the contents have been changed essentially, the student has the right to two opportunities during a one year period to be examined according to the course plan which was valid at the time of registration. The exam opportunities are set by the department and it is the student’s responsibility to contact the department to find out how and when the re-examination will take place.

The language of instruction is English.