ENG-3102 Development of the Novel - 10 stp

This course is intended for students in the master's programme in English literature and students in the master's programme in education year 8-13 (lektorutdanning, studieretning engelsk, jf. progresjonskrav for år 4).

This course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the master's programme in English Literature. Please see the admission requirements section.

This course fulfils the Studies in Genre requirement for the master's programme in English literature.

Applicants from countries within EU/EEA: 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.

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 Norwegian grading system) is required.

Application code: 9371 - Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

Students:

• have a comprehensive understanding of the novel form and its history, including major sub-genres
• understand the relationship between socio-historical shifts and developments in the genre, with a focus on Britain and America
• understand the significance of shifts in the genre form within the Anglo-American novel writing tradition

Skills

Students area able to:

• present and discuss the knowledge they have acquired both orally and in writing
• approach novels through competing theorizations of the genre
• explicate texts and develop strategies for interpretation in relation to existing criticism 
• use narratological terms to describe and compare novels 

The course is taught weekly in two-hour sessions of the lecture and discussion over the whole semester. The classes will consist of lectures, seminars/exercises, and discussions.

Quality assurance; 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. 

The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved in order to take the final exam: 

• a brief response paper to each of the novels, tying in secondary readings.  

Exam: The course will have a final term paper of 4000-4500 words. 1.5 spacing, 12-point standard font such as Garamond, Times New Roman or Calibri. MLA format.

Grading: 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 in the beginning of the following semester in cases of grade F. A postponed examination is offered in the beginning of the following semester if the student is unable to take the final exam due to illness or other exceptional circumstances. The deadline for registering (via the Studentweb) for the re-sit/postponed examination is 15 January (for autumn semester exams) / 15 August (for spring semester exams). The new exam date will be announced in the Studentweb approximately in the beginning of February (for autumn semester exams) / the beginning of September (for spring semester exams). In the event of a re-sit/postponed examination, the student is allowed to submit a revised version of his/her term paper.

The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.