ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Scandinavian Classes

Spring 2018 | SCAN 3504 Section 001: Emigration, Immigration, Integration: The Nordic Experience (67504)

Instructor(s): Lena Norrman
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

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM

UMTC, East Bank

Folwell Hall 6
Enrollment Status:: Open (19 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Issues of origin/language, immigration/settlement, traditions/values, culture/politics, and transgressions of boundaries from the old to the new studied through photos, diaries, letters, stories, and novels by Moberg, Rolvaag, Ager, and other pioneers. All readings in translation.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?norrman+SCAN3504+Spring2018
Class Description:: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: America then, Scandinavia now? In this course we will examine a body of experiences related to the process of immigration among the Danes, Finns, Norwegians, Icelanders, and Swedes. We will deal with issues of origins and language, immigration and settlement traditions and values, culture and politics. The crossing of boundaries from the old to the new are studied from a variety of sources - letters, diary entries, photographs, songs, stories, and novels. Writings from within these groups illustrate the implicit codes and norms that pertain to an immigrant culture. In looking at academic texts we will examine how history can be set down in a formal way, but we will also discuss ways in which real-life experiences bring about a sense of belonging. We will also look at how immigration to contemporary Scandinavia has influenced culture and political discourse. Readings in English.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67504/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 7 May 2015

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