| source Universitetet i Oslo (365) |
level Advanced course at master's level (X) |
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This is a master's course in English language history. It will be held that observations are not independent of explanatory frameworks: descriptions of events, the things that are to be explained, are themselves the product of theory. Problems and case-studies will be taken from phonology, morphology and syntax. Some recent claims in respect of language contact will also be considered.
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What makes us perceive coherence in texts? And what is the difference between a text and an arbitrary collection of sentences? Within Systemic-Functional Grammar such phenomena are studied as part of texture. The components of texture are cohesion, thematic structure, and information structure. All these are signalled in a text through lexicogrammatical choices.
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The aim of this course will be to study grammatical – and to some extent lexical – differences between the two main varieties of present-day English: American and British. Some of the set texts focus on American English and discuss how this variety differs from British English.
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The module introduces you to a functional way of describing the English language. Functional grammar is a theory that tries to account for the use of English as a vehicle for communication between people in social and cultural contexts. It raises your awareness of how language users create meaning through their choice of words and grammatical structures in specific situations. It includes analyses of authentic texts.
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The module gives an introduction to the linguistic and stylistic analysis of various kinds of texts, such as literary texts, spoken discourse, academic texts, newspaper texts and advertisements. It contains a brief introduction to functional grammar.
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This course offers an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer, the greatest writer of the Middle English period. There is an emphasis on the synchronic study of his language, and comparison will be made with the structure of present-day English. A selection of texts will be studied in depth, and we shall place Chaucer’s works in a greater historical and cultural context and, more specifically, in the European literary tradition.
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The first part of this course is an introduction to the study of semantics on both word and sentence level. The second part gives insights into theories of language use, particularly the part of pragmatics dealing with how you communicate more than you literally say or write.
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Regional and social accents of English in the British Isles are introduced. A general survey is given of the variation in pronunciation across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Some specific accents from each of these countries are studied in detail.
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The course gives an introduction to the grammatical, and to some extent lexical, variation among the major national varieties of English. The main focus will be on American and British English, but Australian and New Zealand English will also be given considerable attention. The teaching draws on some of the many electronic corpora which are now available for the study of such variation.
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The course offers an overview of major trends within Anglo-American literary theory of the twentieth century, such as New Criticism, New Historicism and feminist criticism. The syllabus consists of a selection of theoretical essays, introductory essays, and examples of the application of literary theories to specific literary texts.
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The course gives an overview of American literature in the nineteenth century with major emphasis on the American Renaissance, realism, naturalism, and the local color movement. The syllabus consists of selected, representative essays, poems, short stories, and novels from the period.
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This course provides a broad introduction to the English renaissance and offers a possibility of specializing in drama (Shakespeare, Jonson and Webster) or in poetry (Spenser and Milton).
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A broad introduction to the most important literary developments, studied in light of socio-political history and intellectual background.
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The course covers the years from 1790 to 1830, a period characterised by radical ideas and rebellion against tradition and convention, both in politics and in literature. The syllabus contains a broad selection of texts by the most prominent poets, novelists, and thinkers of the time.
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The course will give a comprehensive introduction to both the poetry and prose of the Victorian period. The literary works will be seen in relation to key developments within the social and political spheres, and to the history of ideas.
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This introductory course has a twofold aim. First, it discusses literary texts written by British authors during the period of colonial and imperialist expansion. Second, the course focuses on texts written by authors who live in a country that was colonised, and who write in English. The course is text-oriented, but matters of history and context are also considered as essential. The course includes a presentation and discussion of literary (postcolonial) theory. Overall, the literary texts under consideration are seen as a cultural meeting-point of male and female characters of different races and classes.
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This is an introductory, survey course in English-language feminist fiction from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will study a selection of novels and short stories that focus on women’s lives and reflect on what it means to be a woman and a feminist from various sexual, racial, class, and national perspectives. The course will consider the development and thematics of feminist fiction and its contribution to the development of new narrative techniques.
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This is an introductory course in English-language literature written by, about, or for gay men and lesbians in the twentieth century. We will study a variety of representations of homosexuality in a selection of fictional and non-fictional texts.
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The course examines main points of development in the Anglo-American short story tradition, drawing on central concepts in contemporary short fiction theory. The main focus will be on matters of genre (including the vexed question, "What is a short story, really?"). The syllabus texts will be studied contrastively from the point of view of differences in narrative structure.
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Discussing a selection of literary texts and film adaptations of these texts, this course gives an introduction to problems, and possibilities, concerning the transition from literary fiction to fiction presented through the medium of film. Although literature and film are very different media, operating in dissimilar ways and producing various kinds of artistic effect, they are both narrative forms of communication. Thus, narrative theory forms a theoretical basis for discussion not only of the literary texts but of the corresponding film versions as well.
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This course offers a broad introduction to Shakespeare, with an emphasis on the texts as well as relevant ideological, literary and theatrical contexts. Plays and Renaissance drama are central, but the sonnets are also generously represented on the syllabus. The course also considers the reception of Shakespeare, with special emphasis on influential critical notions of the early 20th century.
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This is an introductory course in reception studies. The course will involve close readings of primary texts and investigations into their historical reception. This will be combined with discussions of key theoretical contributions to the field. Working from the premise that all texts are historically situated and acquire new meanings in new contexts, we will explore the reception history of a number of different texts from different historical periods.
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It is an important aim for the course to give the students a better insight into the literary and ideological landscape that dominated American culture in the fifties and sixties, through the discussion of a set of representative and challenging texts. The course will also emphasize the development of the students’ critical and analytical skills, both in the seminar discussions and in the writing of essays.
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This course is an introduction to early 20th century American and British literature loosely described as “modernist.” We will discuss what the term “modernism” means; in what ways modernist literature is related to other forms of artistic production such as film, photography, and painting; what role modernism played in early 20th century American and British culture; and the legacy of modernism in contemporary letters.
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The course focuses on some of the main topics a student will need to know about when writing a thesis on academic topics in general and a literary topic in particular:
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