Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
A.Y. 2026/2027
Learning objectives
This course aims to present and discuss authors and themes of contemporary Scandinavian literature within their historical and cultural context. Relevant methodological approaches to literary analysis will be used.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will be able to analyze contemporary Scandinavian literature in the original language (partially in Italian translation for BA students) by applying appropriate critical approaches and contextualizing the works in history and culture. They will also be able to identify and discuss problems and issues specific to the topic of the course.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
This course aims to present and discuss authors and themes of contemporary Scandinavian literature within their historical and cultural context. Relevant methodological approaches to literary analysis will be used.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is intended for second- and third-year students of Scandinavian Languages enrolled in the three-year bachelor's degree programme in Foreign Languages and Literatures, as well as for students enrolled in the master's degree programmes in European and Non-European Languages and Literatures and in Languages and Literatures for Education, Criticism, and Translation. The course is taught in Italian; however, the examination bibliography requires a solid knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
Teaching methods
The course (GAMMA) will mainly take place online. Given this particular feature, lectures and the reading and discussion of passages in plenary sessions will be alternated with more interactive approaches (digital teaching, group work, "itinerant" lessons, involvement of guests).
Teaching Resources
TBD
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students will be assessed through an oral examination conducted by the instructor. Students are expected to be able to answer questions concerning topics discussed in class; to provide analyses and comments to passages from the novels on the reading list; to demonstrate the capacity to contextualize the literary works and analyse structural elements also with the help of the methodological tools provided in the theoretical texts present in the course syllabus.
For Unit C: all students will be required to produce a presentation focusing on a specific aspect of their choice from one of the two novels on the syllabus.
Undergraduate students can choose whether to take the exam in Italian or in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish. Grades are on a scale of 30, with a minimum of 18 (pass) and a maximum of 30+lode. Students have the right to reject the mark. Master's students will take the exam in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian, depending on their specialisation.
International and Erasmus students are requested to contact the instructor upon arrival if they intend to take this course.
For Unit C: all students will be required to produce a presentation focusing on a specific aspect of their choice from one of the two novels on the syllabus.
Undergraduate students can choose whether to take the exam in Italian or in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish. Grades are on a scale of 30, with a minimum of 18 (pass) and a maximum of 30+lode. Students have the right to reject the mark. Master's students will take the exam in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian, depending on their specialisation.
International and Erasmus students are requested to contact the instructor upon arrival if they intend to take this course.
Modules or teaching units
Part A and B
GERM-01/D - Nordic Languages and Literatures - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Part C
GERM-01/D - Nordic Languages and Literatures - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours