HØEK0122FU ØST, The Culture and Literature of the Balkans (F27)

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Bacheloruddannelsen i østeuropastudier, 2026-ordningen 

Content

This course introduces students to basic elements of cultural history in the Balkans and explores how major cultural developments have shaped historical and contemporary culture. Through the study of a broad range of texts from the region — including literature, film, and popular culture — students will learn to identify key themes and situate them within their broader historical and cultural contexts.

The course develops students’ ability to critically approach both primary cultural texts and secondary scholarship. Students will explore major cultural trends and issues in the Balkans and learn to articulate their ideas clearly in both speech and writing. Emphasis is placed on formulating independent critical questions and applying basic methods of literary and cultural analysis, including close reading, contextualization, and comparative approaches across different media such as literature, film, and cultural practices such as sports, rituals and music.

Learning Outcome

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate: 
 

Knowledge and understanding of

  • The main characteristics of cultural and literary history of the Balkans up to the present
  • The principal works/classics of the cultural and literary history of the Balkans
  • Relevant concepts and theoretical approaches for analyzing cultural products, particularly in literature and cinema.

 

Skills in

  • characterizing cultural phenomena, agents and products in relation to the appropriate historical periods
  • identifying the formal and conceptual characteristics of principal cinematic and literary works from the Balkans 
  • explaining and presenting essential issues in the cultural and literary history of the Balkans.

 

Competencies in 

  • analyzing literary and cinematic works of art
  • applying and adopting an independent and critical approach to primary and secondary sources.

Description in English will follow asap!
 

Eksaminator sammensætter pensum på 300-400 normalsider faglitteratur samt sammenlagt 8 skønlitterære eller filmiske værker fra sprogområdet i oversættelse/med undertekster.  

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Holdundervisning med forelæsninger, diskussioner, oplæg og skriveøvelser.
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Oral
Individual
Collective
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Home assignment, 6-10 normalsiden
Oral examination, 1-10 minutter
Type of assessment details
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Den løbende prøve består af en mundtlig prøve af 10 minutters varighed samt to bundne hjemmeopgaver af et omfang på 3-5 normalsider. Det samlende omfang af de to hjemmeopgaver skal være på 6-10 normalsider.
Vægtning: De bundne hjemmeopgaver vægtes med 50% og den mundtlige prøve med 50%.
Eksaminationssprog: Engelsk.
Aid
All aids allowed

 

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Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

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Bunden mundtlig prøve, 30 minutter inklusive votering. Der gives 30 minutters forberedelse.
Tilladte hjælpemidler: Pensum og egne noter i fysisk form.

Criteria for exam assesment

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