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SCAND 343

Scandinavia Through Folklore

3 units

Fall 2020

Topics

  • Scandinavian folk narratives
  • Folktales, legends, ballads, and jokes
  • Cultural beliefs
  • Adaptation

Readings

  • Koskimies, August V., Toivo I. Itkonen, Lea Laitinen, and Tim Frandy. Inari Sami Folklore. University of Wisconsin-Madison Press.
    unspecified
  • Asbjørnsen and Moe. Norwegian Folktales. Translated by Pat Shaw. Pantheon.
    unspecified
  • Kvideland, Reimund, and Henning Sehmsdorf. Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend. University of Minnesota Press.
    unspecified
  • Frozen II. Film.
    unspecified
Fall 2017

Topics

  • Identify and define major forms of folklore
  • Discuss the functions of folklore, especially in terms of identity formation
  • Analyze types of folklore (motifs, tales, ballads, beings, etc.), particularly in relation to their representation in Scandinavian tradition

Readings

  • Sehmsdorf, U. of Minnesota Press, ISBN 980816619670
    unspecified
  • Books, ISBN 980394710541
    unspecified
  • Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen, U. of Minnesota Press ISBN 78 0816609123
    unspecified
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