CONTEMPORARY SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SCAND ST 202 , 212 , 222 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct analysis and comparison of the central authors, texts, and films in contemporary Scandinavian literature and culture. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze how literary and cinematic works address themes such as migration, gender, identity, and social change in Scandinavia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Compare strategies of storytelling in literature and film, identifying how different media convey meaning and cultural critique. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Engage with critical scholarship in order to place contemporary works within broader theoretical and cultural debates. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop advanced skills in close reading, film analysis, discussion, and critical writing suitable for upper-level study. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct analysis and comparison of the central authors, texts, and films in contemporary Scandinavian literature and culture. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze how literary and cinematic works address themes such as migration, gender, identity, and social change in Scandinavia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Compare strategies of storytelling in literature and film, identifying how different media convey meaning and cultural critique. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Engage with critical scholarship in order to place contemporary works within broader theoretical and cultural debates. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop advanced skills in close reading, film analysis, discussion, and critical writing suitable for upper-level study. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate