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Course syllabus - English 4, From Modernism to Postmodernism

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

ENA402

Valid from

Autumn semester 2013

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

English

Organisation

School of Education, Culture and Communication

Ratified

2013-02-01

Literature lists

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

    • Ratified date: 2013-07-17
    • Latest update: 2025-05-27

    Books

Objectives

The objective of the course is for students to enhance and apply previously acquired knowledge and skills regarding English-language literature, literary theory and literary criticism, as well as to become more thoroughly acquainted with a number of important periods of English-language literature and with writing in English within literary studies.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

  • define and describe core concepts in modernism and postmodernism
  • read, analyze and interpret literary texts from modernism and postmodernism and relate them to different texts within literary theory and literary criticism
  • analyze and apply literary theory and methods in literary studies
  • present their analyses in speech and writing and, in connection with this, apply perspectives and methods from literary studies, including transparent source use
  • plan and write an argumentative, theoretically supported essay within literary studies

Course content

  • British and North American modernist and postmodernist works of literature
  • texts within literary theory and literary criticism

Specific requirements

120 credits, of which at least 90 credits for increasingly advanced studies in English. Of these 90 credits, at least 22.5 must be for increasingly advanced courses in literature, and of these at least 7.5 credits must be from English 3.

Examination

INL1, hand-in assignment, 5 credits: essay; grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
INL2, hand-in assignment, 2.5 credits: course portfolio of continuous spoken analyses with written documentation; grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
In connection with all forms of examination, students are expected to express themselves in correct and idiomatic English.
For a VG on the course as a whole, a VG is required on INL1.

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

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

The course cannot be included in a degree together with English 4.