Spring 2014 Course Offerings in the Department of Scandinavian Studies

SWE-102-001: Swedish II
Professor Ursula Lindqvist
CON 126 MTWF 9:00AM-9:50AM

SWE-102-002: Swedish II
Professor Kjerstin Moody
CON 125 MTWF 12:30PM-1:20PM

SWE-102-003: Swedish II
Professor Kjerstin Moody
CON 125 MTWF 1:30PM-2:20PM
A continuation of SWE-101, these courses introduce 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. (Three sections.)

SWE-202-001: Intermediate Swedish II
Professor Kjerstin Moody
CON 125 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. After successful completion of SWE-202, students will qualify for study in Sweden, if desired.

SWE-344-001: Special Topic: The Outsider in Swedish Literature and Culture
Professor Ursula Lindqvist
CON 222 MWF 10:30AM-11:20AM
Since the 1980s, Sweden has transformed into an unquestionably multicultural society, resulting in a number of social, political, and artistic changes. Today, fully 1 million of Sweden’s estimated 9.5 million inhabitants were born outside of Sweden, yet integrating even second-generation Swedes into mainstream society has proven difficult. In this course, which focuses on the experiences of young people, we will read Swedish literary and nonfiction texts and watch films and TV shows that explore the perspective of the outsider in Swedish society. We’ll examine how second-generation writers manipulate Swedish language in order to demonstrate its power in both preserving social norms and provoking social change. Prerequisite: SWE-301.

SCA-350-001: Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Professor Ursula Lindqvist
CON 331 MW 2:30PM-3:50 PM
LARS, WRITD
This course explores the crime fiction genre (literature and film) from the Nordic countries. The course will focus on the political and social critique embedded in crime stories, the values of the societies represented, and the function of the crime fiction genre as a critique of ideologies and institutions. Starting in the 1970s with Sjöwahl/Wahlöö and ending in the 2000s with contemporary crime fiction star Arne Dahl, who is Gustavus’ Out of Scandinavia writer-in-residence for Spring 2014, the class will cover a variety of themes in the Nordic context: Marxism, the welfare state, immigration, the EU and the third world, racism, and global capitalism. It will also introduce students to Nordic perspectives on crime prevention and punishment. Not open to First Year Students.

HIS-219-001: Scandinavia Since 1800
Professor Glenn Kranking
BH 321 MWF 12:30PM-1:20PM
HIPHI
Poor, socially stratified, politically autocratic, internationally insignificant are words which accurately describe Scandinavia in the early 19th century. Prosperous, egalitarian, democratic, internationally significant are words which accurately describe Scandinavia today. What happened in Scandinavia to allow us to alter the description so radically? To answer this question will be a purpose of this course.