English - Elective Subject, topic 2: Literature and Emotions

Course content

This BA elective will introduce you to a number of different texts that complement your literary readings in your BA programme so far. The texts range from the canonical via the postcolonial to the contemporary. The course engages in the affective turn in literary studies and explores the relationship between literature and emotions. In turning to critical theory, we will also consider how affective science has impacted on literary studies. The course will be organised around thematic clusters, zooming in on emotions such as passion, anger, shame and grief.

Education

Engelsk

Class seminars/discussions

  1. Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847), Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (1850), William Shakespeare, King Lear (1606), Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres (1991), Sally Morgan, My Place (1987), Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (1997), Chimamanda Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Max Porter, Grief is the thing with feathers (2015).

Oral
Individual
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
ECTS
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Other
Aid
Only certain aids allowed (see description below)

HENB01481E: Alle.

HENB01482E: Alle, dog ikke internet, digitale noter eller andre former for tekst, der kan kopieres og indsættes digitalt i eksamensbesvarelsen.

HENB01483E: Alle.

Criteria for exam assessment

Single subject courses (day)

  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 84
  • Preparation
  • 325,5
  • English
  • 409,5

Kursusinformation

Language
English
Course number
HENB01482U
ECTS
15 ECTS
Programme level
Bachelor
Duration

1 semester

Placement
Spring
Schedulegroup
See link to schedule
Studyboard
Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
  • Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting faculty
  • Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinators
  • Eva Rask Knudsen   (5-697665776f446c7971326f7932686f)
  • Ulla Rahbek   (4-786f6f64436b7870316e7831676e)
Saved on the 01-04-2025

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