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Course syllabus - Novel and Short Story

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

LIA046

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Organisation

Department of Social Sciences and Humanities

Ratified

2021-12-14

Revised

2025-11-03

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2023-11-13
    • Latest update: 2025-07-04

    Books

    Austen, Northanger Abbey

    Dostojevskij, Anteckningar från källarhålet

    Flaubert, Madame Bovary

    Jansson, Sent i november

    Joyce, Ulysses

    Kafka, Förvandlingen

    Lagerlöf, Gösta Berlings saga

    Larsson, Autisterna

    Maupassant, Fettpärlan

    Montgomery, Anne på Grönkulla

    Proust, Swanns värld

    Woolf, Mot fyren

    Achebe, Chinua; Okeke, Uche; Linde, Ebbe

    Allt går sönder

    ISBN: 9789187179525

    LIBRIS-ID: 14977805

    3. utg., Stockholm, Tranan, 316 s.

    Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi; Strömberg, Ragnar

    Det där som nästan kväver dig: noveller

    ISBN: 9789174292220

    LIBRIS-ID: 12228346

    [Ny utg.], Stockholm, Bonnier pocket, 226 s.

    Chambers, Aidan

    Böcker inom och omkring oss

    ISBN: 9789186634544

    LIBRIS-ID: 14981477

    [Ny utg.], Stockholm, Gilla böcker, 293 s.

    Ekholm, Christer

    Epikanalys: en kort introduktion

    ISBN: 9789151102252

    LIBRIS-ID: 7hz069pz5slmc69z

    Första upplagan, Malmö, Gleerups, 83 sidor

    Kjældgaard, Lasse Horne

    Litteratur: introduktion till teori och analys

    ISBN: 9789144092461

    LIBRIS-ID: 17648394

    1. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 496 s.

    Tenngart, Paul

    Litteraturteori

    ISBN: 9789151103181

    LIBRIS-ID: jt5fktdsglg78j74

    Tredje upplagan, Malmö, Gleerups, 199 sidor

    Tutuola, Amos; Alin, Karin

    Palmvindrinkaren

    ISBN: 9177421302

    LIBRIS-ID: 7664812

    [Ny utg.], Lund, Bakhåll, 124, [4] s.

    Öhman, Anders

    Litteraturdidaktik, fiktioner och intriger

    ISBN: 9789140688286

    LIBRIS-ID: 17157378

    1. uppl., Malmö, Gleerup, 182 s.

    Claésson, Dick; Fyhr, Lars; Hansson, Gunnar D.

    Texter: från Sapfo till Strindberg

    I TSS läses: Austen, "Ett utkast till en roman" Benedictsson, "Ur mörkret" Gogol "Kappan" Grimm, "Sagan om Snövit" Marx & Engels, "Kommunistiska manifestet"

    ISBN: 91-44-03248-X (inb.)

    LIBRIS-ID: 10321585

    Lund, Studentlitteratur, [4], xxiii, [1], 1474, [1] s.

    Compendiums

    Ahlström, ur Kring Gösta Berlings saga

    Ferguson, “Defining the Short Story"

    Genette, "Time and Narrative in A la recherche du temps perdu"

    Hassan, ur The Dismemberment of Orpheus

    Larsson, ur "Hennes döda kropp"

    Melberg, ur "Att läsa prosa"

    Nilsson, "Romanen före romanen - den omöjliga genren utan namn"

    Propp, ur Morphology of the folktale

    Reid, ur "The Short Story"

    Rimmon-Kenan, "Text: Characterization"

    Shaw, ur "The Short Story"

    Warnqvist, "Anne på Grönkulla - 'en af de nöjsammaste bekantskaper man kan göra'

    Watt, ur "The Rise of the Novel"

    Roman och novell. Novellkompendium

    Reference Literature

    Franzén, Carin; Möller, Håkan

    Natur & Kulturs litteraturhistoria

    ISBN: 9789127149403

    LIBRIS-ID: w8gd326tt7gz7cfq

    Första utgåvan, [Stockholm], Natur & Kultur, 959 sidor

    Olsson, Bernt; Algulin, Ingemar

    Litteraturens historia i Sverige

    ISBN: 9789144095097 (inb.)

    LIBRIS-ID: 14638373

    6. uppl., Lund, Studentlitteratur, 640 s.

Examination

HEM1, Take-home examination, 7.5 credits, individual written examination concerning learning outcomes 1-4, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).

A passing grade requires that assignments are completed with appropriate language use.

For a Pass grade (G) on the course as a whole, the requirements for at least this grade on all examination components must have been fulfilled, as well as the requirements for active participation in the seminars and the successful completion of prescribed group assignments. In the event of individual absences, an opportunity will be given to submit supplementary work in accordance with the teacher's instructions.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Three-grade scale