British Literature, Culture, and Society (ENG111)

Knowledge:

After completing this course, you have:

• an overview of changes, periods, and central writers, and literary works in British literature
• an overview of the ways in which the authors relate meaningfully to their cultural, historical and social contexts
• knowledge and understanding of British culture and society in an historical and contemporary perspective

Skills:

After completing this course, you are:

• able to analyse literary texts in a variety of genres
• able to express yourself in appropriate academic English
• able to write academic texts that makes literary-critical arguments
• able to analyse important questions and problems facing British society in an historical and contemporary perspective

General competence:

After completing this course, you can:

• demonstrate critical, analytic, and interpretive skills using academic English
• conduct academic analysis of a variety of texts
• understand, discuss, and contextualise literary texts in English
• understand and discuss central themes concerning British culture and society from an historical and contemporary perspective

In order to take the exam, students must have passed the obligatory written assignment.

If the assignment is assessed as not approved on the first attempt, students are given one opportunity to submit a revised assignment.

References and AI

All submitted assignments must be the result of the student’s own independent work. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the rules for source referencing.

Information on source referencing is available on the University Library’s website: https://www.uis.no/en/library/citations

Guidance on the use of AI tools in relation to exams can be found on the University of Stavanger’s exam pages: https://www.uis.no/en/student-pages/use-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-assignment-writing-and-exams