General provisions

The course is included in the D-courses in Hindi, Iranian languages, Semitic languages and Turkish languages. It is also included in the Oriental Studies program on the sixth semester and is common to all languages in the program. The course is also given as a independent course.

Entry requirements

Oriental Studies semester 1-5 alternative A and B level and 22.5 credits at level C course in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, Kurdish or Chinese.

Learning outcomes

The course intends to give a theoretical and methodological preparation for a degree project with philological specialisation in one of the regions the Middle East, Central-, the East and South Asia with application of relevant theory on literature and media.

On completion of the course, the student for the grade Pass should at least be able to

- account for literary-critical theories at a general level;

- in a basic way apply a literary-critical theory;

- account for theory and method for a text edition at a general level;

- give a basic example on how a text edition can be carried out;

- account for theory and method for media analysis at a general level;

- carry out a basic textual analysis.

Content

The course gives an introduction to philological studies in literature and media. Literary-critical theory and theory and method for interpretation of texts and text edition are applied on literature and mass media texts. A gender-theoretical perspective is applied, where relevant.

Instruction

The instruction consists of lectures, exercises and assessment. The student's own learning activities are crucial for completion of the course.

Assessment

The course is examined through written assignments and a written examination of the joint reading list that consists of about 500 pages of theoretical texts.