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SCAND ST 450

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: SCAND ST 202 , 212 , 222 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: 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Improve cultural knowledge and competency by learning about the history and cultural context that generated the texts at hand. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Practice critical and creative thinking. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize knowledge and use insight and creativity to better understand the major intellectual movements during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Employ and improve Nordic language skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the fields of literary scholarship surrounding the Baroque and Rococo. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the important features of major periods in the intellectual history of Europe during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Improve cultural knowledge and competency by learning about the history and cultural context that generated the texts at hand. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Practice critical and creative thinking. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize knowledge and use insight and creativity to better understand the major intellectual movements during the late nineteenth century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Employ and improve Nordic language skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the fields of literary scholarship surrounding the Baroque and Rococo. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Produce well-researched scholarly work that integrates primary materials with critical analysis and secondary scholarship. Audience: Graduate

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