IBS4101 – Ibsen's Works: History, Text, Reception
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course is designed to provide an introduction to Ibsen’s dramatic production, emphasizing its historical context. The plays will be analyzed as part of and influenced by social, political and cultural forces, and as part of changing aesthetic and artistic norms.
Selected works will be examined against the background of changing literary, theatrical and cultural paradigms in Ibsen’s own time. Special attention will be paid to Ibsen’s renewal of the dramatic tradition. We will investigate his plays as dramatic texts as well as through historical performances and selected episodes of their receptions from Ibsen’s time.
Learning outcome
Upon completing the course the students should be able to
- Discuss the developments within Ibsen’s dramatic canon
- Analyze Ibsen’s works in relation to its historical context
- Apply basic theatre historiographical methods related to literature, theatre, and reception in examining Ibsen’s works
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester?register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.
Recommended previous knowledge
Basic knowledge of Ibsen’s works and the ability to carry out in-depth studies.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IBS3101 – Ibsen’s oeuvre in a biographical, aesthetic and historical perspective (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with IBS2101 – Ibsen's works: History, Text, Performance.
- 10 credits overlap with IBSD4101.
Teaching
This course consists of 14?units, a total of 28?hours. The form of teaching combines intensive lecture / seminar teaching, workshops, screening of performances, and class activities. Additional screenings and group activities are to be expected as preparation for coursework.?
A? qualifying assignment must be approved by the teacher before the student can take the final exam.
Active classroom participation is expected.?
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
7-days home examination.?Each student writes an assignment of 10 pages in length (2300 characters without spaces) with 1,5 line spacing in one week, list of literature excluded.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.