World Literature and Global Storytelling

Education facts

Code: 703G17

<p>The course explores the concept World Literature from a historical and theoretical perspective. Focusing on literary expressions from the global south the course thematizes perceptions of centre and periphery, marginality, the postcolonial and the decolonial and analyses them in relation to power, gender and environment. The impact of oral storytelling on written texts and the role of translation for the distribution of fiction is discussed.</p>

Entry requirements

60 ECTS credits passed in Arts or Social science area English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6 or Engelska nivå 2) Exemption from Swedish

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• World Literature and Global Storytelling

  Linköping University

  Start date: 17 August 2026

  End date: 24 January 2027

  Pace of study: 25 %