ClassInfo - Spring 2017 Scandinavian Classes

Spring 2017 | SCAN 5605 Section 001: The Scandinavian Short Story (67626)

Instructor(s): Poul Houe
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
Meets With:: SCAN 3605 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Nicholson Hall 125

Course Catalog Description:: Short stories by 19th-20th century authors from all five Scandinavian countries. Genre theory/practical criticism. Readings in English for non-majors.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?houex001+SCAN5605+Spring2017
Class Description:: The course will examine 35[+] of the best short stories written in the five Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden within the last 200 years. The Scandinavian short story represents a large variety of styles and attitudes, ranging from early 19th century Romantic tales to late 20th century absurdist pieces, but it is typically written in the realistic-psychological or the fantastical-imaginative mode. In recent years, the genre has expanded and virtually exploded in many directions. Still, the principal concern of the Scandinavian short story is with characters who desperately try to plan their lives and control their future, but whose efforts are mostly in vain. Discussions will focus on individual stories, but attention will also be given to societal and historical background, relations to other narrative genres and to the cultural contexts which inform today's short story readers and their expectations. As individual stories reflect and critique prevailing norms and values, the course will consider the short story as a window on Scandinavia: on its nature, culture and society; on its relative homogeneity yet remarkable diversity. Film adaptations of--or pertaining to--selected short stories will be entertained in connection with readings for the course. Critical essays on the short story genre and particular stories will be included as secondary source materials. Readings in English for undergraduate majors, non-majors, and graduate students. Readings include stories by: H. C. Andersen, Blicher, Bang, J. V. Jensen, Blixen, B. Andersen, Høeg (Denmark); Runeberg, Topelius, (Finland); Vilhjalmsson, Jacobsdottir (Iceland); Bjørnson, Kielland, Skram, Lie, Garborg, Hamsun, Sandemose, Vesaas, Solstad (Norway); Strindberg, Soderberg, Lagerlof, Lagerkvist, Dagerman, Sundman, Lindgren (Sweden)
Grading:: 25% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
15% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
Exam Format:: take home essay exam
Class Format:: 30% Lecture
10% Film
60% Discussion Discussion time includes brief student presentations
Workload:: 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15-21 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exams
2 Papers
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67626/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 24 October 2016

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