NOII_37 Sigrid Undset

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
credits B Bachelor and master study programme
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is an important completition to the compulsory curricula, especially to History of Norwegian literature. Course focus on Nobel Price winner Sigrid Undset in thew context of Scandinavia and the context of genre of history novel.
Learning outcomes
Students are trained to be able to identify the contexts and cencrete motives in Undset´s work.
Therefore The students read some representative works, and secondary texts about Undset-discourse, published by the scientiscs from the whole world.
A part of this course are presentations and papers during the whole semester.
Syllabus
  • - Sigrid Undset´s life and activities in the mirror of feminism.
  • - Sigrid Undset´s catolicism in the novel Gymnadenia
  • - Sigrid Undset in the fight agains nazism.
  • - Sigrid Undset as historician.
  • - Sigrid Undset and psychology.
  • - Sigrid Undset´s historical novels.
  • - Sigrid Undset in emigration.
  • - Sigrid Undset in the Czech reception.
Literature
  • JUŘÍČKOVÁ, Miluše. Dva horizonty. Sigrid Undsetová a česká recepce (Two horizons. Sigrid Undset and the Czech Reception). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 211 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univ č. 400. ISBN 978-80-210-5546-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • KADEČKOVÁ, Helena and Viola PARENTE-ČAPKOVÁ. Moderní skandinávské literatury : 1870-2000. Edited by Martin Humpál. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 470 s. ISBN 8024611740. info
  • JUŘÍČKOVÁ, Miluše. Zur tschechischen Rezeption der historischen Romane von Sigrid Undset. (Czech reception of Sigrid Undsets historical novels). Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2002, XIV., No 1, p. 199-202. ISSN 1211-4979. info
  • ORJASAETER, Tordis. Menneskenes hjerter : Sigrid Undset en livshistorie. 2. oppl. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1998, 425 s. ISBN 8203261167. info
  • JOHNSON, Pal Espolin. Sigrid Undset i dag. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1982. ISBN 82-03-11096-7. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, workshop
Assessment methods
Home preparation and autonom reading. Essay.
Language of instruction
Norwegian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2017.
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