Literature and the North: representations, expectations, negotiations

About this programme

The purpose of the course is to study how representations about the North emerge and arise when Romance and Scandinavian cultures meet. By studying primarily Swedish translations, as well as reception of literature and culture from mainly the Romance language areas, you will practice to recognize and analyze ideas, expectations and negotiations about the North that arise when literature and culture from Romance and other language areas interact with and are communicated to a Swedish audience. The course also aims to provide an understanding of how other cultures can influence the constitution of the Northern identity. The course is based on translation and reception theories, and draws methodological inspiration from areas such as narratology, imagology and postcolonialism. We study different types of material, such as textbooks, translations, paratexts, author presentations as well as literature reviews and articles from newspapers and magazines, blogs and literature programs and broadcast on radio and television. This course is at an advanced level and a Degree of Bachelor (180 HE credits) in the humanities, social sciences or law is required to be able to take the course. In addition, Swedish 3 and English 6 are required. Teaching is given at a distance and takes place mostly in Swedish, but partly also in English. The overall document for a course is the course syllabus. The syllabus can be found in the menu on the right. In this description, we clarify how to complete the course in practice. The course description should provide good guidance, but is not comprehensi