Literary analysis

This course examines how literature across various genres can be read and analyzed from multiple perspectives, and how different theoretical and methodological approaches reveal diverse meanings and issues. The course content—topics and theories—will vary each year, based on a selection of literary texts from the Nordic language area and a selection of relevant methodological and theoretical texts.

Candidates will have obtained the following qualifications after successfully completing this course:

Knowledge:

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of how literary works and texts can be interpreted and analyzed in different ways.

Skills:

• Reflect on central theoretical and methodological issues in the analysis process.
• Develop independent research questions related to the study of literature.
• Apply relevant theoretical and methodological concepts.
• Construct and organize an independent analysis of a literary text.

Lectures/seminars.

Obligatory assignments: Up to 3 written assignments and/or oral presentations

Approved obligatory assignments are valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester).

Obligatory assignments from a previous semester may be approved by the department.