Primary sources:
Choose three of the following novels:
Chakar, Zeshan. 2017. Tante Ulrikkes vei. Oslo: Gyldendal.
Khemiri, Jonas Hassen. 2003. Ett öga rött. Stockholm: Bonner Pocket.
Khemiri, Jonas Hassen. 2008. Montecore: En unik tiger. Translated by Andreas E. Østby. Oslo: Gyldendal.
Michel Houellebecq. 2015. Soumission. Paris: Flammarion.
Nielsen, Caspar Colling. 2017. Den europeiske våren. Translated by Kyrre Andreassen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm.
Vitanza, Demian. 2017. Dette livet eller det neste. Oslo: Aschehoug.
Secondary sources:
Students will do they own bibliographic search to complete the list.
Bertens, Hans. 2008. Literary Theory: the Basics. London and New York: Routledge. Chapters 7 and 8.
Flood, Gavin. 1999. Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion. London and New York: Cassell. Chapters 5, 6, and 7.
Jacobsen, Christine, and Viggo Vestel. 2018. “’Look into My Eyes’: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Muslim Youth in Norway.” Journal of Muslims in Europe 7 (1): 47–72. doi:10.1163/22117954-12341344.
Knott, Kim. 2016. “Introduction.” In Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, edited by Linda Woodhead, Christopher Partridge, and Hiroko Kawanami, 16-40. 3rd ed. London and New York: Routledge.
Olsson, Susanne. 2014. “The Islamic Framing in Donald Moffitt’s Science Fiction Series The Mechanical Style.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 46 (1): 71–92.
Refsum, Christian. 2010. “Flerspråklighet i nyere skandinavisk litteratur: Jonas Hassen Khemiri og Øyvind Rimbereid.” Edda 97 (1): 81–96. https://www.idunn.no/edda/2010/01/art03.
Rogstad, Jon, and Viggo Vestel. 2011. “The Art of Articulation: Political Engagement and Social Movements in the Making among Young Adults in Multicultural Settings in Norway.” Social Movement Studies 10 (3): 243–264. doi:10.1080/14742837.2011.590028.
Sandve, Birgitte. 2015. “Unwrapping ‘Norwegianness’: politics of difference in Karpe Diem.” Popular Music 34 (1): 45–66. doi:10.1017/S0261143014000695.
The following journals and books have relevant articles:
Religion 46 (4), 2016. Thematic Issue on Religion and Fiction. Guest editor: Markus Altena Davidsen. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrel20/46/4?nav=tocList
Journal of Religion and Literature 43 (1), 2011. Forum on The Place of Islam in Contemporary European Literature. Edited by Catherine Perry and Alison Rice, https://www.jstor.org/stable/23049357?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=The&searchText=Place&searchText=of&searchText=Islam&searchText=in&searchText=Contemporary&searchText=European&searchText=Literature&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DThe%2BPlace%2Bof%2BIslam%2Bin%2BContemporary%2BEuropean%2BLiterature&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-4929%2Ftest&refreqid=search%3A4b4134ea2af6f38516af9b6ed479e1c1&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Peter, Frank, Sarah Dornhof, and Elena Arigita, eds. 2013. Islam and the Politics of Culture in Europe: Memory, Aesthetics, Art. Bielefeld: Transcript.
Nieuwkerk, Karin van, Mark Levine, and Martin Stokes, eds. 2016. Islam and Popular Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press.