History of Finnish literature 09-HLF-UFIN-24

a) to acquaint the students with the leadings trends in the Finnish literature of the period 1885-1939 through the analysis of selected works. To trace the development of the novel in the 20th century (neoromantic, realistic, naturalistic, psychologic, working class novel) and the Finnish poetry of the period 1895-1940 (romanticism and traditionalism in the poetry, poetry in connection with history and mythology), swedish-language poetry (finnish-swedish modernism): b) to acquaint the students with: the place of literary studies in the humanities (literature, culture); relationships between literary studies and other humanistic disciplines (linguistics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, cultural studies etc.); basic literary notions (period, movement, convention, author, literary work, the reader etc.); the difference between professional and colloquial approaches to literature; c) gain the skills necessary to: comprehend and summarize scholarly articles in finnish literature and literature scholarship, as well as comment upon them; prepare in class oral presentations; contextualize acquired knowledge; summarize discussions and draw conclusions; ability to work with others students.