MASTERPIECES OF SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Through a selection of short texts, novels, and plays, we'll be learning from some of the best: Nobel Laureates (Knut Hamsun, Pär Lagerkvist), medical doctors (P.C. Jersild), and other provocateurs (August Strindberg, Isak Dinesen, Ingmar Berman, Peter Hoeg, and the rest).
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: SCAND ST 202 , 212 , or 222 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 history of western culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Illustrate cultural knowledge and competency in regards to Scandinavian culture. 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 of the twentieth century. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Make a lucid argument and provide evidence for it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Employ written and oral communication skills in response to the twentieth century literature of Scandinavia. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the important features of major periods in the history of western culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Illustrate cultural knowledge and competency in regards to Scandinavian culture. 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 of the twentieth century. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Make a lucid argument and provide evidence for it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Employ written and oral communication skills in response to the twentieth century literature of Scandinavia. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027