The course gives an introduction to various approaches to the translation of different types of text from Norwegian into English. Central translation problems will be considered and discussed, and the discussions will be anchored in practical exercises and translation from Norwegian into English of texts from different genres and with different communicative functions.
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This course gives an introduction to the regional and social accents of English spoken in the British Isles. It provides an overview of the ways in which pronunciation varies in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and includes detailed study of some specific accents in each of these countries.
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An introductory course which examines the various colonisations of that part of Britain which became England, from the late Romano-British period into the Anglo-Norman era; the story is dominated by the Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlements, and the Norman Conquest, but Frisian and Flemish also enter the narrative, which will of necessity consider other parts of the British Isles. The course will examine texts, the evidence of place-names, and to some extent archaeological evidence; source criticism will be an important part of the survey.
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An introductory course in history and language history, concerned chiefly with the viking period and the Norse settlements in England, and Norse elements in the English language. Additionally, the course considers possible connexions in the pre-viking period.Source criticism will be an important component, and includes texts, the interpretation of place-names, and to some extent archaeological evidence.
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The course gives an introduction to contrastive analysis and error analysis focusing on a comparison of English and Norwegian and on the analysis of English as produced by Norwegians. The teaching draws on the following text corpora: the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus, the Oslo Multilingual Corpus and the Norwegian component of the International Corpus of Learner English.
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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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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 novels, plays, and essays.
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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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The course focuses on American literature during a very exciting time of transition, the period between 1950 and 1970. This was a breakthrough period for important minority groups in American society, both in terms of politics and in the field of literature. At the same time, the prevalence of social criticism in fiction, poetry, and drama was made even more visible by the anti-communist hysteria (McCarthyism), the flowering of the counterculture (especially represented by the members of the Beat Generation), and the growing protest against the Vietnam War. Many of the novels on our reading list (like Catch-22 and On the Road) have later become cult classics.
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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 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 will give an historical introduction to the forming of different and competing national identities in the British Isles from 1500 to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the emergence of a British identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and on how this has developed since in competition with the older national identities: English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. The course will take into account the different interpretations of Britishness that have been devised since the beginning of the seventeenth century, and look at how British identity has been affected by the emergence of a multicultural society in Britain since 1945.
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In this course, the political, economic, and social aspects of contemporary British society will be studied in the light of developments since 1945. Britain’s relations with Europe and the rest of the world before, during and after the Thatcher period will be examined and discussed, with a particular focus on the question of Britain’s role in the world, post-Empire. Emphasis will also be placed on the political and constitutional changes that have taken place since the first ‘New’ Labour government took office in 1997
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This course examines the development of Northern Ireland, from the province was established in 1921, until today. The main focus of the course will be on the situation in Northern Ireland after ‘the Troubles’ began in 1968, with an aim to provide insight into the political, economic and social aspects of the modern Northern Irish conflict. The attempts that have been made in recent decades to find a political (peaceful) solution to the conflict will be given particular emphasis.
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The students will be obliged to write a 10-page essay on a chosen topic. The topic, and problem in question, will be arrived at in consultation with the teacher.
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This course explores the phraseology of English. Phraseology can be defined as "the study of the structure, meaning and use of word combinations" (Cowie 1994). It embraces the view of language that lexis and grammar are inseparable. The field has boomed in recent years, chiefly due to advances in corpus linguistics methods for identifying phraseological patterns.
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