AREAS IN SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SCAND ST 251 , 261 , 271 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss and compare selected topics in Scandinavian literature in depth, gaining a detailed understanding of authors, genres, and movements. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine how Scandinavian texts engage with issues such as identity, gender, migration, ecology, and cultural change. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Compare Scandinavian works with other literary traditions, considering transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Engage critically with secondary scholarship, evaluating arguments and methodologies relevant to the topic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce sustained scholarly work that synthesizes primary texts and scholarly research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss and compare selected topics in Scandinavian literature in depth, gaining a detailed understanding of authors, genres, and movements. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine how Scandinavian texts engage with issues such as identity, gender, migration, ecology, and cultural change. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Compare Scandinavian works with other literary traditions, considering transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Engage critically with secondary scholarship, evaluating arguments and methodologies relevant to the topic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce sustained scholarly work that synthesizes primary texts and scholarly research. Audience: Graduate