General introduction to literary history from its origins to the present day, through an in-depth study of themes, literary genres and authors and with seminar activities focused on the analysis and interpretation of the literary text. Deepening of the relationship between literary culture and other manifestations of the arts and thought. Given the close cultural and linguistic contacts between the Scandinavian civilization as a whole, the textual analysis cannot but encompass, alongside the Danish area, the Swedish and Norwegian literary traditions.