Course
Course 7.5 credits • SASH16
Teaching – spring semester 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect our education and most of the teaching must take place completely digitally until further notice. Pay attention to the information in the schedule and/or in Canvas – the information is continuously adjusted based on current decisions and recommendations.
The course provides a survey of Swedish literary tradition, from the Middle Ages until today. It is centred on canonised and internationally well-known authors such as Carl Michael Bellman, Carl von Linné, Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg, and Gunnar Ekelöf. Additionally, more popular fiction, for example Astrid Lindgren’s children’s books and Henning Mankell’s crime novels, will be examined. The course also addresses the unique Swedish tradition of proletarian literature, and special attention will be devoted to women’s literature and literary tradition. All texts will be read in English translation. The main focus will be on literary history as well as on analysis and interpretation of literary texts, but also fundamental concepts of literary theory will be presented.
Study period:
spring semester 2021
Type of education:
both campus/online
Type of studies:
part time, 25 %,
mixed
Study period:
2021-01-18 – 2021-06-06
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-72351
Eligibility:
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Introductory meeting: Tuesday, 26 January at 9.15 – 12.00
Teachers:
Daniel Möller
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Spring semester 2026
Application opens 15 September
15October 2025