NOII_152 Modern Norwegian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 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
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 J22
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
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course is the orientation in modern Norwegian literature. Focus lies in overview over authors, motifes, genres etc, especially short-story, essay and reportage genre. The course provides orientation in the development of the Norwegian literature in the 20 century, regardless of Czech translation.
Learning outcomes
student identifies the relevance of selected prosa and lyric writers. Is able to orientation in problems and questions within Norwegian literature in the 20. century. Student can analyse the most important works of central personalities, is able to comment in Scandinavian context.
Syllabus
  • Modernism in Scandinavia and its limits
  • discource of Norwegian literature between two wars
  • Works of differens genres about WWII (Sigurd Hoel)
  • The culture an literature situasjon after 1945
  • Norwegian literature the last three decades
  • The problem of engaged literature (Dag Solstad)
  • The most important authors and their translations to Czech(Lars Saabye Christensen, Jan Kjaerstad)
  • Development tendences of Norwegian literature after 2000(Johan Harstad, Helga Flatland)
Literature
  • Hagen/Aaaslestad: Den norske litteraere kanon. Aschehoug 2007
  • HUMPÁL, Martin, Helena KADEČKOVÁ and Viola PARENTE-ČAPKOVÁ. Moderní skandinávské literatury 1870-2000. Vyd. 2., dopl. a rev. Praha: Karolinum, 2013, 472 s. ISBN 9788024623955. URL 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
  • ANDERSEN, Per Thomas. Tankevaser : om norsk 1990-tallslitteratur. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2003, 272 s. ISBN 8215004091. info
  • ANDERSEN, Per Thomas. Norsk litteraturhistorie. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2001, 613 s. ISBN 8252549586. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar with presentation and class discussion
Assessment methods
Reading consultation
Type of Completition: written test
Language of instruction
Norwegian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2022, Spring 2024.
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