Culture and Media in Sweden, 7.5 credits
Drama-Theatre-Film: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Ethnology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Art History: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Comparative Literature: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Media and Communication Studies: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Museology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Contents
The course gives an overview of Swedish culture and media with a focus on modernity and issues concerning the Swedish welfare system. How have art, literature, drama, film, music, media and communication developed in this context? What can be learned about Sweden through a look at culture and media in Sweden?
Expected learning outcomes
After completing the course the students should have basic knowledge of:
- issues concerning culture and media in Sweden in a modern context
- how to analyse examples of cultural or medial expressions (art work, film, novel, tv-program, newspaper etc.) in a Swedish context
- ideas concerning the Swedish welfare system in relation to culture and media
Required Knowledge
General entry requirementsForm of instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and local excursions. Seminars and local excursions are compulsory. All activities will be in the evenings and spread all along the course.
Examination modes
The course is examined through participation on seminars and excursions, and one individually written examination. The written exam is held at the end of the course and will cover both descriptive and analytic elements. Students who fail the scheduled final examination have the right to re-sit the examination soon afterwards, but the first exam might also be corrected with the possibility to the highest grade (VG) restricted. Examination on the same syllabus as the ordinary examination is guaranteed during two years after the first registration to the course.
The general system os U for fail, G for pass and VG for pass with distinction. Upon request students may receive the grades A-FX.
Students who have passed an examination cannot redo the examination to receive a higher grade. It is not possible to appeal against a received grade, i. e., to get it examined by a higher authority, but a student can always criticize the grading or ask another examiner to reconsider the examination
Other regulations
Credit transfer is always examined individually
Literature
Art goes underground
: art in the Stockholm metro
Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
[Ny, rev. utg.] :
Stockholm :
Stockholmia :
2004 :
328 s. :
ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
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A history of the press in Sweden
Gustafsson Karl Erik, Rydén Per
Göteborg :
NORDICOM :
2010 :
369 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-08-4
Mandatory
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Johansson Ola
Beyond ABBA
: The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society :
53 :
134-141 pages
Link
Mandatory
Soila Tytti
Sweden
Included in:
Nordic national cinemas
London :
Routledge :
1998 :
262 s. :
142-232 pages
Mandatory
Forshaw Barry.
Death in a cold climate
: a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan :
2012. :
ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
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Carlsson Ulla
Public service media from a Nordic horizon
: politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
Göteborg :
NORDICOM :
2013 :
177 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
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One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.
A history of Scandinavian literatures.
: Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
Lincoln, Neb. :
Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation :
Cop. 1996 :
xvi, 584 s. :
ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
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Forsås-Scott Helena
Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
London :
Athlone :
1997 :
333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
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Like virginity, once lost
: five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
Lund :
Propexus :
cop. 1999 :
[4] s., s. 9-129 :
ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
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Music, media, multiculture
: changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm :
Svenskt visarkiv :
2003 :
455 s. :
ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
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Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff :
University of Wales Press :
2011 :
194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
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Wallenberg Louise
Straight Heroes with Queer Inclinations
: Male film Stars in the Swedish 1930s
Included in:
Hetero
Albany, NY :
SUNY Press :
2009 :
270 s. :
71–88 pages
A history of Scandinavian literatures.
: Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
Lincoln, Neb. :
Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation :
Cop. 1996 :
xvi, 584 s. :
ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
Mandatory
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Let the right one in
Ajvide Lindqvist John, Segerberg Ebba
Paperback ed. :
London :
Quercus :
2009 :
519 p. :
ISBN: 978-1-84724-848-0 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Art goes underground
: art in the Stockholm metro
Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
[Ny, rev. utg.] :
Stockholm :
Stockholmia :
2004 :
328 s. :
ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
A history of the press in Sweden
Gustafsson Karl Erik, Rydén Per
Göteborg :
NORDICOM :
2010 :
369 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-08-4
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Johansson Ola
Beyond ABBA
: The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society :
53 :
134-141 pages
Link
Mandatory
Soila Tytti
Sweden
Included in:
Nordic national cinemas
London :
Routledge :
1998 :
262 s. :
142-232 pages
Mandatory
Swedish film
: an introduction and reader
Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
Lund :
Nordic Academic Press :
2010 :
367 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-85509-36-2 (inb.)
Mandatory
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A history of Swedish experimental film culture
: from early animation to video art
Andersson Lars Gustaf, Sundholm John, Widding Astrid Söderbergh
Stockholm :
National Library of Sweden :
2010 :
248 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-86196-699-8
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Forshaw Barry.
Death in a cold climate
: a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan :
2012. :
ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
Search the University Library catalogue
Forsås-Scott Helena
Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
London :
Athlone :
1997 :
333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
Search the University Library catalogue
Like virginity, once lost
: five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
Lund :
Propexus :
cop. 1999 :
[4] s., s. 9-129 :
ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
Search the University Library catalogue
Music, media, multiculture
: changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm :
Svenskt visarkiv :
2003 :
455 s. :
ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
Search the University Library catalogue
Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff :
University of Wales Press :
2011 :
194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
Search the University Library catalogue
Wallenberg Louise
Straight Heroes with Queer Inclinations
: Male film Stars in the Swedish 1930s
Included in:
Hetero
Albany, NY :
SUNY Press :
2009 :
270 s. :
71–88 pages