Fall 2017  |  SCAN 3602 Section 001: The Literary Fairy Tale in Scandinavia (34551)

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
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 112
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Literary fairy tales from Scandinavia, especially Hans Christian Andersen. Readings in translation for non-majors.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?houex001+SCAN3602+Fall2017
Class Description:
In this course for undergraduates, the Scandinavian fairy tale (in English translation) will be examined as a body of literature which originated, essentially, from folk tales and German Romanticism. Emphasis will be on Scandinavian innovations of the fairy tale genre and its tradition, especially the 19th Century tales and stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Attention will also be given to older authors preceding Andersen (such as Perrault and Grimm), and to more recent authors (and filmmakers) responding to his artistic mode with novel approaches (such as Zacharias Topelius, Selma Lagerlöf, Isak Dinesen, Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Villy Sorensen, and Walt Disney). The course will develop students' analytical skills in dealing with one of the world's most important bodies of fairy tales and stories. Different literary theories and reading strategies, such as biography, new criticism, structuralism, psychoanalysis, ideology critique, and deconstruction, will be applied to specific texts in order to futher students' understanding of the art and cultural significance of this type of literature for children and adults. Both national and international dimensions of the material will be considered, and both historical and topical aspects of fairy tales in Scandinavian culture will be reviewed.
Learning Objectives:
To develop students' analytical skills in dealing with the primary readings and to further students' understanding of the art and cultural significance of this type of literature.
Grading:
30% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
take home essay
Class Format:
40% Lecture
60% Discussion
Workload:
50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34551/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 March 2017

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