1446.17 - Gender in Nordic Literature after 1970 (MA)
Course number
1446.17
Title
Gender in Nordic Literature after 1970 (MA)
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
Bachelor Degree in Faroese.
Other students with similar prerequisites can apply for individual course participation.
Purpose
Acquire theoretical knowledge about gender and literature as well as thorough insight into contemporary Nordic literature.
Content
Read selected novels in Faroese and other Scandinavian languages and analyse them applying literary and gender theory.
Learning and teaching approaches
Class teaching with students and teachers presentations.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to
• present knowledge about contemporary literature
• critically describe relevant concepts
• analyse the novels using relevant concepts
• point out relevant contexts
Assessment method
Oral examination, 30 min. The students will have two days preparing the answer to an assigned topic.
Examination
External
Bibliography
Suzanne Brøgger Koral. 2017.
Karl Ove Knausgård Min kamp bd. 4. 2010.
Niviaq Korneliussen Homo sapienne. 2014.
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir Óreiða á striga. 2006 (Ruðuleiki á lørifti. Før. 2015).
Jóanes Nielsen Glansbílætasamlararnir. 2005.
Madam Nielsen Den endeløse sommer. 2017.
Sofi Oksanen Renselse. 2008. (Danish 2010).
Excerpts from etc:
Pierre Bourdieu Den maskuline dominans. 1999 (1998). La domination masculine/The Maculine Domination
Millenium – nye retninger i nordisk litteratur. Mads Bunch ritstj. Spring 2013.
Nordisk kvindelitteraturhistorie. Over alle grænser 1990-2015.Ritstj. Anne-Marie Mai
Marianne Stidsen Den nye mimesis. 2016.
Feministiske tænkere. Ritstj. Dorte Marie Søndergaard. 2007.
Contact
Malan Marnersdóttir