ClassInfo - Spring 2020 Scandinavian Classes

Spring 2020 | SCAN 3617 Section 001: Scandinavian Gothic: Horror and the Uncanny in Nordic Literature and Media (66277)

Instructor(s): Benjamin Bigelow
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 5617 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020

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

UMTC, East Bank

Kenneth H Keller Hall 3-125
Enrollment Status:: Open (41 of 50 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Scandinavia is popularly thought of as a bastion of social democracy, gender equality, and sleek modern design. Despite this well-earned reputation for political and aesthetic progressivism, there has also been a significant undercurrent of anti-rationalism and supernatural horror in Nordic culture. In Gothic fiction, the unwelcome appearance of primitive, irrational, and malevolent forces often takes the form of supernatural or monstrous figures - ghosts, vampires, witches, and trolls. As conventions established abroad mingled with a home-grown tradition of social realism, the Scandinavian Gothic became a vehicle for representing marginalized voices and revealing the shortcomings of Nordic societies. We will examine Gothic works of literature, film, television, popular music, and visual art. Through this examination, we will build an analytical vocabulary to formally analyze works of Gothic art in all of these media, and will practice that through in-class discussions as well as formal and informal writing.
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Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66277/1203
Syllabus:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/bbigelow_SCAN3617_Spring2020.pdf

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