Vår 2024

ENG-2102 Development of the Novel - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is intended for students in the bachelor's programme in English and students in the programme for teacher education years 8-13 (lektorutdanning trinn 8-13, studieretning engelsk).

This course may be taken as a single course. A good command of oral and written English is recommended.

Course overlap

ENG-3102 Captivity Narratives in English, 1760-1860 10 ects

Course contents

The course will offer a close reading of five major British and American novels alongside a careful examination and contextualization of generic innovations and developments. Since one semester does not allow for an exhaustive consideration of the novel´s development, the course will focus on three sites of tension in the genre´s history: realism, maturation, and ways of knowing. We will look especially at the ways that novels construct the act of reading as an adventure to be lived, a puzzle to be solved, or a secret world to be entered.

Admission requirements

Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) or prior learning and work experience (realkompetanse).

A good command of oral and written English is recommended.

Application code: 9199 - Enkeltemner (ikke realfag), lavere grad (Nordic applicants).

Objective of the course

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

Students:

understand the novel form and its history, including major sub-genres
recognize the relationship between socio-historical shifts and developments in the genre, with a focus on Britain and America
know some competing ways the novel has been theorized and defined
know some significance shifts in the genre form within the Anglo-American novel writing tradition

Skills

Students are able to:

present and discuss the knowledge they have acquired both orally and in writing
explicate texts and develop strategies for interpretation
use narratological terms to describe and compare novels

Language of instruction

Language of instruction and examination: English.

Teaching methods

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.