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Oslo - Students at Oslo University will as of January be able to take classes studying US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and his impact on modern culture, the Norwegian university's newspaper said Friday.
The course is open to Dylan fans "as well as others who want to know more about Bob Dylan's impact on culture," Reidar Aasgaard, who is in charge of the course, told the online journal Uniforum.
Dylan's music, lyrics and influences, and films about the American, will be part of the course material, said Aasgaard, professor at the department of philosophy, classics, history of art and ideas.
Assagaard said that he personally became "really interested" in Dylan in 2003, and began to read up on him.
The professor said there were many arguments supporting the study of Dylan as an academic subject.
"He has made very many important contributions to popular culture and literature," Aasgaard said.
Aasgaard also conceded the course could help Dylan's chances of winning Nobel's Literature Prize in 2011, the year he turns 70.
The course is open to Dylan fans "as well as others who want to know more about Bob Dylan's impact on culture," Reidar Aasgaard, who is in charge of the course, told the online journal Uniforum.
Dylan's music, lyrics and influences, and films about the American, will be part of the course material, said Aasgaard, professor at the department of philosophy, classics, history of art and ideas.
Assagaard said that he personally became "really interested" in Dylan in 2003, and began to read up on him.
The professor said there were many arguments supporting the study of Dylan as an academic subject.
"He has made very many important contributions to popular culture and literature," Aasgaard said.
Aasgaard also conceded the course could help Dylan's chances of winning Nobel's Literature Prize in 2011, the year he turns 70.
