Literature-Culture-Media: An Introduction

This introductory course explores the connections between literature, culture, and media. You’ll learn about current theories and methods in literary, media, and cultural studies. The focus is on how literary forms have evolved over time and how they are influenced by different cultural and media contexts.

You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how literary works are interpreted, adapted, and received across different periods and platforms. Through concrete examples and hands-on analysis, you’ll develop your ability to identify links between genres, media, and cultural expressions.

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

The teaching includes lectures based on the programme’s various subject areas, as well as seminars, group exercises, and two paper seminars. You’ll work both independently and collaboratively, and practice formulating your own questions and carrying out analyses within set timeframes.

The assessment is based on two written assignments – one shorter and one longer paper – which you present and discuss during the seminars.

Prerequisites

Admission to the course requires completed Level 3 (first cycle) courses in either English (ENGK01), French (FRAK11), Russian (RYSK03), Spanish (SPAK01), German (TYSK02), Yiddish (YIDK01) with a literary studies specialisation, or Literary Studies (LIVK10) or equivalent, and English B/English 6.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 33,750
First payment: SEK 33,750

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.