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Nordic Storytelling
Course code: SCAN1201.
Course unit value: 0.5 (Term 1)
This course aims to develop the skills required to analyse and contextualise literary prose. The texts to be studied are predominantly Nordic (in English translation), selected from the long and rich tradition of Nordic folk, fairy and fantastic tales, from Medieval ballads to Gothic and postmodern short stories, animated and fantasy film. More generally, the course will investigate a variety of narrative components (e.g. narrator, character, genre, theme), and will explore why storytelling has been and continues to be a central human activity, how it has changed over time and how stories reflect changing conceptions of Nordic societies, cultures and identities. The module will introduce students to a broad range of theories and methods in literary studies including narratology, psychology, gender studies and print culture.
Assessment: two essays of 2,500 words each (50% + 50%).
Tutor: Jesper Hansen
Preparatory reading and set texts:
Reading materials and a guide for locating texts to be studied in the course will be made available on Moodle.
As basic course text books, we suggest you use:
- Monika Fludernik, An Introduction to Narratology (Routledge, 2009)
- Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (Pearson, 2009).
