Courses for exchange students Spring 2021 - Master´s level
We at the department of Languages and Literatures extend a warm welcome to all exchange students!
Please note that some of the courses might be subject to change.
Important additional information for the 2021 Spring semester in connection to the corona pandemic: We await the vice-chancellors policy decision in November. If teaching and examination cannot be conducted on campus, campus courses will be offered in an online format instead.
Spring Semester 2021: 18 January - 6 June
- Quarter 1: 18 January - 18 February
- Quarter 2: 19 February - 24 March
- Quarter 3: 25 March - 29 April
- Quarter 4: 30 April - 6 June
African Languages
AF2206, African languages, Historical Linguistics of African languages
Credits: 7.5, Pace: 50%, Quarter 3-4: 25 March - 6 June
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The course provides students with an introduction to comparative linguistic methods: ways to classify different types of linguistic variation and change, the effects of language contact, language change and language exchange, and the role of typology and universals play in explaining language change. The focus will be on the importance of these issues for understanding the historical development of African languages, which do not normally benefit from the kind of written documentation that is available for most European languages.
English courses
The Department of Languages and Literatures offers a wide range of courses in English, all of which are also taught in English. We hope you will find a course that suits your own particular needs and interests.
Recommended levels of English proficiency
We use the Common European Framework for language proficiency (CEF) to give you an idea of the minimum and the recommended levels of English proficiency you should have in order to follow our courses. You can read more about the basic six-tier proficiency levels here: European language levels (CEFR)
From that site you can download a pdf document that describes the different levels. It is important that you know beforehand what level of proficiency is required from you, so please register in accordance with your proficiency level to avoid any problems. We offer two levels: an “absolute minimum proficiency level”, which you need to have reached to be able to follow the course. Expect, however, to work hard over the term in order to pass the course if you only have the minimum level. The second level is the “recommended” proficiency level, which you should have reached to follow the course without having to focus too much on improving your language skills.
How to read our System
We have subdivided the comprehensive CEF proficiency levels into an Upper and Lower “half". With the exception of A1, it takes more than a course, in the case of B levels a number of courses and the equivalent time, to master any of the six levels. With C levels even more is required. When we say, for instance, that you must have "B1 Lower", you should have been studying at the B1 level for quite some time and should not just have started a B1 course after completing an A2 course (there is a considerable difference between A and B levels in terms of required knowledge of the language). If that was the case, you would not be able to follow the course. When we require “B2 Upper”, it means that you should fulfil all the requirements in all four domains (as specified in the CEF pdf) and that you are working on the the requirements for B2. Bear in mind that C2 Upper is the equivalent of native proficiency.
Introductory course
- NB: EN1110 is the first course on academic level but requires a profound knowledge of the English language. You are expected to have a proficiency in English that equals a minimum of "B1 - Upper" on the European language proficiency levels (CEF).
- Schedule and reading list (the course portal Canvas) will be updated six weeks before the courses starts.
Minimum proficiency C1 - Lower, recommended C1 - Upper, or higher:
EN2N01 Academic Writing
Credits: 7.5, Pace: 50%, Quarter 1-2: 18 January - 24 March
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This course is intended for students at the advanced level (Magister and Master level). The course participants should preferably be in their writing phase. The course is not a language proficiency course but proceeds from the assumption that the participants have a good command of English.
EN2102 Modernism in English and American Literature
7,5 credits, Pace: 50%, Quarter 1-2: 18 January – 24 March
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During the course, we will study representative works from the literature period, as well as their cultural, social and political contexts, focusing on the critical perspectives that characterize recent research and theory formation in the field.
EN2115, Integrated Approaches to Linguistic Analysis
7,5 credits, Pace 25%, Quarter 1-4: 18 January – 6 June, Online
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The course aims to enhance and improve students’ critical skills in applying various linguistic paradigms to the analysis of naturally occurring, real-life linguistic data (for example various forms of so-called interactional data such as face-to-face conversations or interactions via new media technologies, among others). The participants in the course will learn/practice a number of different theoretical and methodological approaches to linguistic analysis (e.g. cognitive, pragmatic, corpus-based, sociolinguistic, etc.) in relation to specific linguistic issues. Each approach is presented and discussed as regards its potential advantages, drawbacks and limitations. The participants thereafter practice ways to integrate and synthesize these different approaches in order to produce a more holistic application of different paradigms.
EN2222, Variationist Sociolinguistics
7,5 credits, Pace: 50%, Quarter 1-2: 18 January – 24 March, Online
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The central part of the course consists of a practical assignment where the student collects his/her own material which is analysed and interpreted. As a background, the historical context of sociolinguistics is studied where William Labov and his innovations from the 1960s are treated as well as Labov's predecessors. Important current theories and methods are studied, as well as the importance of variationist sociolinguistics to different empirical methods in linguistics, and its strengths and weaknesses.
French courses (taught in French)
FR2411, French, Social Media in the French-Speaking World
7,5 credits, Pace 25%, Online, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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The course introduces concepts and theories in discourse analysis and communicationstudies that are useful in analyses of social media in the French-speaking parts of theworld. Linguistic, social and technical aspects of communication in French-speakingsocial media are treated in the course. The course discusses how the French language isused in this context, and also treats discursive practices in different media types such asblogs, micro-blogs, forum discussions and comment sections. Questions that are alsodiscussed are what separates traditional media from social media and what the digitalcontext (the properties of platforms, the design of interfaces, the possibilities tohyperlinking, etc) means for language use and communication in social media. Theimportance of social media for identity construction, as well as their role as an arena fordiscussions and debates in the French-speaking parts the world are also studied.
Syllabus
FR2413, French, Poetics of the Ego - Autofiction in French Literature
7,5 credits, Pace: 25%, Online, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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The course covers theories, aspects and concepts that are current in relation to literary descriptions of the self in the literature. The focus is on autofiction, but also related concepts and text types such as autobiography, autobiographical short stories and autofabulation are treated and problematised. A selection of French literary texts is studied by means of theoretical models currently relevant to the field and French concepts. The course also applies a historical perspective on the current field.
German courses (taught in German)
TY2121 German Post-War Literature I
7.5 credits, Pace 25%, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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The course treats the history of German literature from 1945 to the present day. Different literary movements and perspectives are highlighted, for example early post- war literature, literary politicization, new subjectivity, post-modernism, Wende literature, migration literature. These are illustrated through studies of different canonized literary works.
TY2108 German, Contemporary German Literature: Migration literature
7.5 credits, Pace 25%, Online, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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The course provides an insight into modern German literature based on an intensive study of authors born and bred in Germany, but with a foreign background. The course treats literary theory, narratology and relationships between the read texts and the literary-historical context.
TY2111 German: The History of German Aesthetics and Mediality in a European Context
7.5 credits, Pace 25%, Online, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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TY2103 German, Literary Essay I
15 credits, Pace 50%, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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In the course, students practice how to write in a methodologically consistent way a thesis of about 25-30 pages (7500-9000 words) on a delimited topic within German literary studies. Furthermore, students practice how to orally defend their own results as well as critically analyse and discuss the scholarly works of others.
TY2104 German, Literary Essay II
30 credits, Pace 100%, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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In the course, students practice how to write in a methodologically consistent way a thesis of about 50-60 pages (15000-18000 words) on a delimited topic within German literary studies. Furthermore, students practice how to orally defend their own results as well as critically analyse and discuss the scholarly works of others.
TY2203 German, Linguistics Essay I
15 credits, Pace 50%,, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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In the course, students practice writing a thesis of about 12000 words (+ 10%) in a methodologically consistent way on a delimited topic within German linguistic studies. Furthermore, students practice how to orally defend their own results as well as critically analyse and discuss the scholarly works of others.
TY2204 German, Linguistics Essay II
30 credits, Pace 100%, Quarter 1-4: 18 January - 6 June
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In the course, the ability to write a linguistic thesis with some supervision is practiced.
Courses taught in Swedish
Kurser på svenska
SPL229, Språkinlärning och flerspråkhet
7.5 högskolepoäng, takt 25%, distans, period 1-4: 18 Januari - 6 Juni
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Vilka svårigheter och möjligheter kan man som lärare och inlärare stöta på i det flerspråkiga och kulturellt heterogena klassrummet? Kursen ger en översikt av teorier om språkinlärning och flerspråkighet. Särskilt fokus läggs på inlärning av moderna språk i den svenska kontexten med utgångspunkt i att dessa lärs in som ett tredjespråk, efter modersmålet/-en och minst ett andraspråk/främmande språk. I centrum står den flerspråkiga individens identitet och förutsättningar för språkinlärningen. Frågor som tas upp är till exempel hur man som lärare kan utnyttja elevernas språkliga resurser för att utveckla språklig medvetenhet och effektiva språkinlärningsstrategier. Vilka språkkunskaper behöver läraren? Vilken status har de olika språken i klassrummet och hur kan man förhålla sig till det?