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ARTS Björling, Gunnar: poems in Ice Around Our Lips Carpelan, Bo: Room Without Walls. Selected Poems Arts Diktonius, Elmer: poems in Ice Around Our Lips Ekman, Michel: “Whose language is this, anyway?” Fagerholm, Monika: Wonderful Women by the Water Ingström, Pia: “A Cycle of Pictures: Monica Fagerholm’s Won- Comparative Literature derful Women by the Sea” Jansson, Tove: Moominpappa at Sea The study of literature is about books. Their topic, more often Jansson, Tove: Art in Nature than not, is human beings and being human. To this we add McDuff , David: “Introduction”, Ice Around Our Lips a load of books about books. Literary students aim to fi nd out Olsson, Hagar: “My Soul Is Troubled by Confl icting Names”, how texts are made and have been made throughout history, excerpted from Chitambo and how they interact with readers and in society. It is quite Schoolfi eld, George C.: “A Sense of Minority”, A History of an exciting story. Finland’s Literature The staff at the Department has weekly offi ce hours when Schoultz, Solveig von: Heartwork. Selected Short Stories the students are welcome to study-counseling (at other times Smith, Neil (ed.):”Collected Thoughts” by appointment). The course literature is available for reading Södergran, Edith: poems in Ice Around Our Lips at the Department. Tikkanen, Henrik: A Winter’s Day Tikkanen, Märta: Manrape Introduction to Finland-Swedish literature Westö, Kjell: Lang 103700.1 (All texts are found in a special course folder available to the 10 credits participants.) Lectured course Basic level, no prerequisites Off ered: Spring 2014 Lecturers: FM Freja Rudels and FM Katja Sandqvist Comparative Religion Contact hours: 30 The teachers at the department of Comparative religion wel- Aim and content: The course focuses on twentieth-century come English-speaking students to many of our courses. We Finland-Swedish prose and poetry in English translation. Begin- provide a handful of lectured courses in English (even though ning with the modernists, Edith Södergran, Elmer Diktonius, most courses are of course given in Swedish). In addition to Gunnar Björling and Hagar Olsson, we also deal with post-war lectured courses, several courses are provided as self-study writers of poetry and prose such as Claes Andersson, Bo Car- courses (see more below). pelan, Monika Fagerholm, Tove Jansson, Solveig von Schoultz, International students interested in completing courses in Henrik Tikkanen, Märta Tikkanen and Kjell Westö. comparative religion are very welcome to contact the teach- During the course we read poetry and prose from the twentieth ers at the department in order to plan their studies. There are century, as well as secondary texts which help us understand many possibilities to combine lectured courses and self-study and discuss Finland-Swedish literature. We will discuss both courses into an interesting whole! themes of the texts as well as their aesthetic features. A great deal of focus will be put on the students’ own impressions and opinions of the texts. We will put the texts into a Finland- Lectured courses in English: Swedish context and take on a minority literature perspective, but will also be discussing how these texts fi t into a broader, Introduction to Religion, Media, and Culture international perspective. What is Finland-Swedish Literature? 5 credits How has the culture in which these texts were written infl u- Basic level enced them? Are there patterns or tendencies to be found Lectured course among them? What makes them unique? And what do they Off ered: Autumn 2013 bring to readers from abroad today? Lecturer: Marcus Moberg The sessions will consist of the students’ short work presenta- Aim: To provide an introduction to the study of the present- tions, lectures and above all discussions of the literary texts. day interplay between religion, media, and contemporary Course outline: everyday cultural practices in particular connection to 1: Introduction contemporary broader processes of religious change in the 2: About Finland-Swedish Literature Western world. 3: Modernist poetry (Edith Södergran, Elmer Diktonius, Gun- Entry requirements: None nar Björling) Literature: In consultation with examiner 4: Brave New Voices (Hagar Olsson, Märta Tikkanen) 5: In and around the Moominvalley (Tove Jansson) Religion and movies 6: “Angry Young Men” – Memoirs and Politics (Claes Anders- 117210.1 son, Henrik Tikkanen) 10 credits 7: A Poetic Point of View (Solveig von Schoultz, Bo Carpelan) Basic level 8: A Great Finland-Swedish Novel? (Monika Fagerholm + video Lectured course/ seminars screening) Off ered: Spring 2014 9: The New Millennium (Westö) Lecturer: Sofi a Sjö Literature: Aim: to provide an overview over the relationship between Andersson, Claes: What Became Words religion and fi lm from a historical and a theoretical/ methodo- Antas, Maria: “The Continual Meeting. A few words on a small logical perspective and present the basic tools for analyzing body of literature and its unlikely changes” religion and fi lm. The function of religion in fi lm, how fi lm Antas, Maria : “Finnish Contemporary Literature: A Wealth of shapes religion, and how religion aff ects fi lm are discussed Voices” 20 Åbo Akademi University 2013/2014.