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Høst 2019
ENG-3118 Satire's Art of Persuasion - 10 stp
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Type of course
Course contents
Application deadline
Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester.
Exchange students and Fulbright students: 15 April for the autumn semester and 1 October for the spring semester.
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in English literature, or a degree combining English literature and a closely-related discipline (minimum 80 ECTS in English). An average grade equivalent to C or better in the English coursework (80 ECTS) is required.
Application code: 9371 - Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).
Objective of the course
The students have the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
The student has:
- An advanced working knowledge of concepts of satire as genre and method
- A good understanding of the political, historical, cultural, and literary contexts in which satirical discourse is produced.
- Clear insight into the aesthetic elements and rhetorical functions of satire.
- Ability to appreciate the role of the reader in interpreting meaning.
Skills
The student is able to / can:
- Articulate the ways in which satirical representation relates to historical and ideological contexts, using appropriate terminology.
- Consider the ways in which reading and writing can contribute our ability to engage in ongoing societal debates.
- Use relevant critical approaches to develop independent insights about particular texts.
- Explain their ideas in a succinct, coherent manner and support them with close readings of the texts.
- Analyze primary and secondary texts, make connections between them, and cite them properly.
Language of instruction
Teaching methods
The course meets once a week for 13 weeks for two hours of lecture and discussion.
All courses will be evaluated once during the period of the study program. The board of the program decides which courses will be evaluated by students and teacher each year.
Assessment
The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved in order to take the final exam:
Each student is required:
- To give an oral presentation or a lead a discussion of a topic (10 minutes).
- To write a mid-term paper (1500-1800 words, submission after about nine weeks).
- To attend 80% of the class sessions (three double lecture hours may be missed). For students who miss more than 3 class meetings (or who wish to take the course as distance students), it will be possible to submit a 500-word response paper addressing the topic for each class meeting missed.
The exam will consist of:
A research-based term paper of approximately 12-15 pages. The paper must be significantly different from the mid-term paper. In other words, it cannot focus on the same texts.
All written work is based on the following standard: Times New Roman, 12, 1,5, 2,5 cm.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-sit examination is offered in the event of an F-grade. The deadline to register (in the Studentweb) for a re-sit examination is January 15th for the autumn semester and August 15th for the spring semester. In the event of a re-sit examination, the student is allowed to submit a revised version of his/her term paper within a given deadline.
Date for examination
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.