Læringsutbytte

• Students will read and explore works in Scandinavian literary works and films in English translation.
• Students will learn how to analyze literary fiction and film.
• Students will learn how to analyze film adaptations.
• Students will discuss the cultural context in which the individual work of art is created.
• Students will be able to analyze and compare narrative fiction and film as expressions of art and understand how the two mediums differ from each other and must be evaluated in accordance with the conventions of the individual medium.

Innhold

Three (four) Scandinavian (Norwegian, Swedish and/or Danish) novels and their corresponding film adaptation(s) or films with the corresponding topic will be studied and discussed. Aspects of the cultural context will be included. All texts will be read and discussed in English (Norwegian as required)

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Aprox 2-3 hrs pr week, 11-13 weeks, one semester. Lectures, discussions, film viewing, response papers pass/no pass, oral presentation, essays and mandatory and recommended readings. The language of instruction is English. Attendance minimum 80%.

Vurderingsformer

• Home exam (mid-term paper), 50%
• Exam (essay examination), 50%.

All assessed elements of the course must be passed to pass the course.

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