Course
Course 15 credits • LIVR24
The course examines the dispersal, role and status of literature in French in the French speaking world and beyond, from both historical and current perspectives, and also the sources from which information concerning this can be acquired: Literary histories, academic and non-academic commentaries and periodicals, bibliographies, and the internet. The question as to what literature is and its objective is discussed at length, from the viewpoint of both the author and the reader. Emphasis is on issues which concern the problematic relationship of literature with the real world of the author and the reader, and the role of literature as a dialogue and meeting place from trans-national and multicultural perspectives.
Furthermore, the students define a problem for analysis with help from the lecturer and other students. They also put together a corpus of approximately ten literary works which is then used in the analysis of the chosen problem. In addition to the literary corpus, students write a short bibliography of relevant secondary sources consisting of both texts pertaining to literary studies and general texts of a scholarly nature.
The course is included in the Master of Arts programme in Literature – Culture – Media with a specialisation in French literature. It is also offered as a single course.
Study period:
spring semester 2016
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2016-01-18 – 2016-06-05
Language of instruction:
Swedish
Course coordinator:
Björn Larsson
Teachers:
Björn Larsson