FF:SKANSIV24 Scandinavian Literature MA I - Course Information

SKANSIV24 Scandinavian Literature for Master Students I

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Agneta Ch. Alarka Kempe (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eliška Straková (lecturer)
Mgr. Romana Švachová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Agneta Ch. Alarka Kempe
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 9:10–10:45 J21

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Scandinavian Studies (programme FF, N-FI)

Course objectives

The course gives a systematic overview of the history of Scandinavian literature since the beginning of the 19th century to the Second World War. The concept is based on historical events, literary currents and groupings in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

Syllabus

• Impact of the Napoleonic Wars National Literature and Romanticism Georg Brandes and the great breakthrough of Scandinavian literature The most important female authors Literary currents before the First World War The period between the world wars Literature in confrontation with the threat of Nazism and war

Literature

• • Leffler, Yvonne. Det glömda 1800-talet: några populära genrer inom svensk prosa och dramatik. Stockholm 1993 (ISBN: 9789163018176)
• Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury : koncepce / osobnosti / základní pojmy. Edited by Ansgar Nünning - Jiří Trávníček - Jiří Holý, Translated by Al. Vydání první. Brno: Host, 2006, 912 stran. ISBN 8072941704. 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
• GUSTAFSON, Alrik. Dějiny švédské literatury. Translated by Libor Štukavec. Vydání 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 481 stran. ISBN 8021017678. URL info
• ROSSEL, Sven Hakon. Skandinavische literatur :1870-1970. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1973. ISBN 3-17-234081-3. info
• KEJZLAR, Radko. Dějiny norské literatury : 1814-1914. Praha: Academia, 1967. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars

Assessment methods

Presentations, oral exam

Language of instruction

Swedish

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
  
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