1451.18 - Faroese hymnology (MA)
Course number
1451.18
Title
Faroese hymnology (MA)
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
BA in Faroese or other equivalent preconditions. This course can also be taken as an individual course with other prerequisites (please refer to the academic programme in force).
Purpose
The students obtain an insight into the hymn as poetry with a religious function and a high level of competence to analyse Faroese hymns in the common field of church history, history of literature, and long lasting international culture.
Content
The theoretical part will deal with the concept of the hymn based on Nordic and German texts.
The historical part will look into the hymn with focus on church history, history of literature and biography.
The analytical and interpretive part will discuss a selection of hymns with regard to form (rhyme, rhythm, image), content (biblical/dogmatic, original/translation), and function (individual/collective, praise/teaching/consolation, text/melody). Hymn writers will include Jákup Dahl, Mikkjal á Ryggi, Sólrún Michelsen, and Teitur.
Learning and teaching approaches
Lecture, presentation, discussion, group work.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course the student will possess a scholarly ability to:
• identify and define elements that characterize the hymn as a genre
• analyse and interpret the hymn with regard to form, content, and function and evaluate its strong and week characteristics
• see the hymn in relation to Faeroese and international literary and church history
• discuss older and younger hymns, tradition and renewal
Assessment method
Oral examination, 30 min. The students will have one week preparing the answer to an assigned topic.
Examination
External
Bibliography
Balslev-Clausen, P. og Iversen, H. R. (ed.): Salmesang. Grundbog i hymnologi. Det Kgl. Vajsenhus’ Forlag 2014:
p. 15-61: Salmesangens fænomenologi
p. 218-236: Dansk salmehistorie
Hansen J. R.: Tann fyrsta øldin við føroyskum sálmum (Unpublished manuscript)
Hansen, J. R.: “Færøske salmer i radioprogrammer.” Hansson, K-J et. al. (ed.): Dejlig er jorden. Psalmens roll i nutida nordiskt kultur- og samhällsliv. Åbo Akademis förlag 2001.
Rößler, M.: Da Christus geboren war... Texte, Typen und Themen des deutschen Weihnachtsliedes. Calwer Verlag Stuttgart 1981: p. 9-41: Kriterien und Koordinaten – eine Grundlegung
Sálmabók Føroya Kirkju. Føroyskt Kirkjumál 1990
Sálmabókaruppískoyt. Føroyskt Kirkjumál 2013
Other Faeroese hymn collections as agreed between students and teacher.
Contact
Jákup Reinert Hansen