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LITTRANS 350

SCANDINAVIAN DECADENCE IN ITS EUROPEAN CONTEXT

3-4 credits.

Examines the European context of literary decadence (Baudelaire, Huysmans, Wilde) and how it inspired some of Scandinavia's most important writers (Strindberg, Hamsun, Jacobsen).

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the important features of major periods in the intellectual history of Europe during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Improve cultural knowledge and competency by learning about the history and cultural context that generated the texts at hand. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Practice critical and creative thinking. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Synthesize knowledge and use insight and creativity to better understand the major intellectual movements during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to make a lucid argument and provide evidence for it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Improve written and oral communication skills. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the important features of major periods in the intellectual history of Europe during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Improve cultural knowledge and competency by learning about the history and cultural context that generated the texts at hand. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Practice critical and creative thinking. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Synthesize knowledge and use insight and creativity to better understand the major intellectual movements during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to make a lucid argument and provide evidence for it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Improve written and oral communication skills. Audience: Undergraduate

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