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Literary Theory and Methods, 15 credits

Swedish name: Litteraturvetenskaplig teori och metod

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Course code: 1EN061

Credit points: 15

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: English: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Revised by: Head of Department of Language Studies, 2024-03-19

(This course provides a survey of central theories and methodological approaches in English literature, with emphasis on developments within the last century. Course study will include an examination of how various theoretical perspectives affect literary interpretation as well as the relationship between method and results. This course is recommended for students who will later write an advanced level essay in English literature.)

Required Knowledge

Univ: 90 credits in the academic subjects English, French, Spanish, German or Scandinavian studies/equivalent knowledge with a focus on the Nordic languages (Swedish/Danish/Norwegian) and literature/culture as the main area (90 credits). Courses in English, French, Spanish, German or Scandinavian studies must include literature at the C-level (corresponding to level 61-90 hp in the Swedish academic system). Or 90 credits in the academic subject Comparative Literature.

Literature

Valid from: 2024 week 33

Heaney Seamus
North
London : Faber and Faber : 1992 : 67 s. :
ISBN: 0-571-10813-X
Mandatory
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Leitch Vincent B.
The Norton anthology of theory and criticism
2. ed. : New York : W. W. Norton & Co. : 2010 : 2758 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-393-93292-8 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Waugh Patricia
Literary theory and criticism : an Oxford guide
Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2006 : 598 s. :
ISBN: 0-19-925836-8 (hft.)
Mandatory
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The Tempest
Shakespeare William, Vaughan Virginia Mason, Vaughan Alden T.
Bloomsbury Pub : 2011 :
Mandatory

Cather Willa
My Ántonia
Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press : [2013] :
ISBN: 9780803245709
Mandatory
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Reading instructions: Any edition

Valid from: 2023 week 34