Approaches to postmodernism

Education facts

Code: ENPO75

With a starting point in the multiple conceptions of postmodernism as a concept, this course addresses central discussions regarding its aesthetic, literary, theoretical, and historical definitions. We go through different perspectives on postmodernism as a cultural phenomenon and on postmodernity as a means of periodization. These discussions will be grounded in close readings of literary texts. The course will serve to create an understanding of central literary concepts associated with postmodernism as well as of the need to problematize the periodization of cultural developments.

Entry requirements

Bachelor of Arts degree with 90 ECTS credits, or the equivalent, in a subject area relevant to the course (English, another modern language, literature, or the equivalent). Swedish Upper Secondary School course English B/English 6 or the equivalent.

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.

• Approaches to postmodernism

  Stockholm University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 2 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %