Advanced English Language and Literature
See study programmeAdvanced English Language and Literature: Spring consists of three classes, all of which are taught by English Department faculty:
ENG2003 (10) Literature and Philosophy after 1900
Sea Change: Advanced English Literature and Language consists of three classes, all of which are taught by English Department faculty:
ENG2024 (10 ECTS): Women’s Literature: Mobility, Identity, and Change
ENG2005 (10 ECTS): Literature and Environmental Catastrophe
SP236L (10 ECTS): Language Science and Language Art
ENG2024: Women's Literature: Mobility, Identity, and Change
This course is an in-depth review and examination of central works by women writers from the nineteenth century to the present. We will read a selection of writers from diverse backgrounds to address the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and social class. We will explore representations of women’s journeys—to literacy, power, and self-fulfillment—through art, marriage, and motherhood in a range of genres (e.g., bildungsroman, slave narratives, realism, naturalism, memoirs). Our goal will be to gain a new appreciation of how a modern woman’s subjectivity is forged through (and beyond) existing gender roles.
ENG2005: Literature and Environmental Catastrophe
Floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions: natural disasters have been with humanity as long as we have sought stability and defied the dynamics of the natural world. Often devastating to human life and social order, disasters have occasioned stories, poems, and songs that grapple with the challenging philosophical, religious, aesthetic, and social questions raised by environmental catastrophe. In this course we will examine a selection of works, from ancient myths to post-apocalyptic novels, and discuss how literature can capture the catastrophic, protest the inevitable, and imagine the unimaginable.
SP236L: Language Science and Language Art
Discover how the structure of language, communicative processes, bodily signalling and memory shape play, poetry, and narrative, and give rise to poetic effects, including meter, rhyme, and metaphor. With its empirical focus on English, this course will place the linguistic study of language art within the broader context of the humanities, and draw on findings in the cognitive and communication sciences, anthropology and biology, to probe the nature of language play and language art.
KNOWLEDGE
The student shall:
- Develop knowledge of textual structure and linguistic devices and of critical and analytical approaches to both literary and non-literary texts in English;
- Have introductory and focused knowledge of traditional and contemporary literary texts and theory;
- Have increased knowledge of and insight into the English language.
SKILLS
The student can:
- Use English more confidently and functionally, both orally and in writing appropriate to the audience in different situations;
- Demonstrate English skills in a variety of formats.
GENERAL COMPETENCE
The student can:
- Demonstrate broad-based knowledge of central authors’ biographies, secondary criticism, and their respective contributions to periods and genres of literature.
- Apply knowledge and skills within the subject of English in an academic and professional context.
Higher education entrance qualification, language requirement, view more information about requirements and deadlines.
Entrance as a semester or year international exchange student to Nord University, Campus Bodø. NB! The English level expected in these classes is higher than the entrance requirement, and this is reflected in the reading load and course expectations. Students should note that this package is meant for more fluent users of English, for example students majoring in English at their home university, or native users of English. A more general English offer is also available in spring semester.
The study of English provides international students with a solid foundation for communication-based work in a variety of occupations. The study of English provides a wide range of language, communication, and cultural skills. Upon completion of the semester package, students have received course content relevant to the following areas of employment:
Translation / proofreading / editing
Teaching (upon certification) / tutoring
Publishing
University recruitment / international affairs
Tourism
No tuition fees for students within EU/EEA/EFTA.
Costs for semester registration and course literature apply. Students should have access to a laptop computer.
More information for students with citizenship outside te EU/ EEA and Switzerland: https://www.nord.no/en/study-programmes/admission/tuition-fees