2013 IEX and Spring Semester Courses Posted on November 1st, 2012 by

 

As registration time approaches, check out these fantastic IEX and Spring Semester courses – all of which count towards credit towards a major or minor in Scandinavian Studies.

 

Department of Scandinavian Studies IEX 2013 Course

SCA-215-001: Viking Mythology

Professor Carl Olsen

VH 302 MTWRF 10.30AM-12.20PM

VIKING MYTHOLOGY AND HEROIC TRADITION. In this course we will explore the narrative worlds of the gods and heroes of the Vikings. We will begin with Viking and Medieval texts, with an emphasis not only on the stories themselves, but on the textual cultures from which the stories come. Having met these early versions of the gods and heroes, we will move on to later reception of these characters over the course of the last 1000 years of Scandinavian culture. Students will pursue reflective, creative, and scholarly projects in areas of their choosing within the larger topic of the course.

 

Department of Scandinavian Studies Spring 2013 Courses

SWE-102-001: Swedish II

Professor Carl Olsen

CON 126 MTWF 11.30AM-12.20PM

A continuation of SWE-102, this course introduces students to the Swedish language and important aspects of modern Swedish society. Students learn to speak, read, and write Swedish through pronunciation practice, conversation, and grammar study. Language materials include textbook, short stories, and film.

 

SWE-102-002: Swedish II

Professor Kjerstin Moody

VH 202 MTWF 1.30PM-2.20PM

A continuation of SWE-102, this course introduces students to the Swedish language and important aspects of modern Swedish society. Students learn to speak, read, and write Swedish through pronunciation practice, conversation, and grammar study. Language materials include textbook, short stories, and film.

 

SWE-202-001: Interim Swedish II

Professor Kjerstin Moody

VH 202 MTWF 10.30AM-11.20AM

A continuation of SWE-201, this course is designed to help students strengthen their Swedish conversation skills and improve their writing and reading abilities. Students will read modern Swedish literary texts and will also discuss articles, TV and radio programs, and films about modern Swedish culture.

 

SCA-244-001: Special Topics- Other Worlds

Professor Carl Olsen

CON 127 MW 2.30PM-3.50PM

OTHER WORLDS IN SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE. From Norse mythology and Swedish fairytales to children’s literature, science fiction, and dystopian literature, this class will explore the functions of various types of “Other Worlds” in Scandinavian literature and film. Some of these will be other worlds in a very literal sense, such as Nangiyala in Astrid Lindgren’s The Brother’s Lionheart, while some will be “worlds” in a more figurative sense, such as the geographic and ethnic other world of Greenland in Peter Høeg’s Smilla’s Sense of Snow. Whether taken literally or figuratively, we will use the idea of the Other World to investigate the ways in which humans and cultures deal with and define Otherness.

 

SCA-344-001: Special Topics- Finland

Professor Kjerstin Moody

CON 125 MWF 9.00AM-9.50AM

FINLAND: FROM THE KALEVALA TO KAURISMäKI. This course will trace the cultural history of Finland from the national epic, the Kalevala—woven together during the age of emerging national consciousness in the mid nineteenth century—to the films of contemporary Finnish directors Mika and Aki Kaurismäki. As a means to approach and understand the dynamic development and change that took place in Finland during this period, we will analyze the country’s cultural productions and its place—both geographical and politically—as a nation often posited between Europe’s “east” and “west.” We will end the semester by considering Finland’s role as a leader in education, exploring its environmental practices, and studying its current political and social policies at the local, national, European Union, and global levels.

 

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