Spring 2017  |  SCAN 3613 Section 001: Children's Literature in Scandinavia (67625)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 121
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Analysis and discussion of representative works in Scandinavian children.s literature from picture books to young adult books using a variety of critical methods of interpretation. Taught in English.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?houex001+SCAN3613+Spring2017
Class Description:
This undergraduate course explores Scandinavian children's literature in English translation on the background of children's culture within Scandinavian culture at large. The history of the subject dates back to the Enlightenment, when didactic and moralistic writings were aimed at socializing children's emotions and desires into acceptable bourgeois family norms. The Romantic era of the 19th century put another, more emotional and imaginative mode of writing center stage. In the fairy tales and stories told for children (and adults) by Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish father of the Scandinavian art fairy tale, children's lives are no longer inferior to the middle class norms of grown-ups. Rather, their oral culture is preferred to the rigid cultural standards of their elders, and valued as a source of protest and dissent. This move toward individualism and independence-furthered by an increasing literacy and by the modern market place for cultural products-later paved the way for such beloved 20th century figures as Pippi Longstocking in the books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and for the elusive moomins in Finland-Swedish author and artist Tove Jansson's work. At times, social and political agendas have dispensed with fantasy in favor of realism. But on the whole the two have increasingly interacted with one another since Scandinavian children's literature entered its post WWII golden era. One major children's book will be discussed in this context every week--with the assistance of historical surveys and literary, pedagogical, and cultural criticism. Works from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland will be considered almost equally, and supplementary illustrations and other visual materials will be provided.
Grading:
30% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
take home/essay exam
Class Format:
40% Lecture
60% Discussion
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67625/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
24 October 2016

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