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SCAN 1101 - Intensive Modern Icelandic
(6 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ICEL 1101 until 21-JAN-20
Basic listening, speaking, reading, writing. Everyday subjects (shopping, directions, family, food, housing). Culture/society. First half is at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; second half is at University of Iceland-Reykjavik. Six-week course.
SCAN 3011W - Readings in Scandinavian Languages [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-[Dan or Nor or Swed][1004 or 4004] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was SCAN 3011 until 06-SEP-11, was SCAN 3012 until 07-SEP-04, SCAN 4011
Reading/composition in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish for advanced proficiency. Introduction to differences between the three languages.
SCAN 3013 - Advanced Scandinavian Languages: Contemporary Scandinavia in Prose, Poetry, and Film
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Scandinavia of today is a progressive and multi-cultural society as opposed to a hundred years ago. Through prose, poetry, and film, we will explore Scandinavia of today and the changes it has gone through. The purpose of Scan 3013W is to help you gain more advanced knowledge of speaking, reading, and writing skills in your primary Scandinavian language and to build a more advanced reading knowledge of the other Scandinavian languages. The course build on Scan 3011W, through the reading, screening, and analysis of various texts in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, both as a whole class and in smaller groups. The class explores multi-ethnic and multicultural identity, childhood, globalization, crime fiction, news events of the moment, culture and society in contemporary Scandinavia through a variety of media. Students will actively take part in discussion and give oral presentations in addition to writing papers.
SCAN 3501W - Scandinavian Culture Past and Present [WI GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was SCAN 3501 until 21-JAN-03
Cultural, social, and political developments; principal views and core values; major cultural figures; Scandinavian mentality. Readings in translation for nonmajors. Invited lectures on central topics within selected areas of study.
SCAN 3502 - Scandinavian Myths [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd, Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: MEST 3502
Literary and cultural investigation of the popular beliefs, myths, and religion of the medieval Scandinavians; the interaction of paganism and Christianity; the reflection of myths in Old Scandinavian literature and art. All readings in English.
SCAN 3503 - Scandinavian Folklore [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd, Spring Even Year)
Literary and folkloristic investigation of Scandinavian folktales and legends. Readings in translation for nonmajors.
SCAN 3504 - Emigration, Immigration, Integration: The Nordic Experience [GP HIS]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Issues of origin/language, immigration/settlement, traditions/values, culture/politics, and transgressions of boundaries from the old to the new studied through photos, diaries, letters, stories, and novels by Moberg, Rolvaag, Ager, and other pioneers. All readings in translation.
SCAN 3505 - Scandinavian Fiction From 1890 to Present [LITR]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd, Spring Even Year)
Modernity's search for new forms to represent changing historical situations. Ibsen, Strindberg, Hamsun, Selma Lagerlof, Hjalmar Bergman, Paar Lagerkvist, Karen Blixen, Moa Martinson, Tarjei Vesaas, Edith Sodergran, Ingmar Bergman, Lars Gustafsson. All readings in translation.
SCAN 3602 - The Literary Fairy Tale in Scandinavia [LITR]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spr & Summer Odd Yr)
Literary fairy tales from Scandinavia, especially Hans Christian Andersen. Readings in translation for non-majors.
SCAN 3604W - Living Pictures: An Introduction to Nordic Cinema [AH WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 5604W
Since the early days of the twentieth century, debates have proliferated in the Nordic countries about film's nature and function, whether as popular entertainment, high art, or a dynamic cultural artifact important in defining national and regional identities. In this course, History of Nordic Cinema, we will survey discrete moments in Nordic film history (viewing films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and contextualize them within broader developments in global cinema. Particularly important in this regard will be Nordic Cinema's love-hate relationship with Hollywood and its complicated status as European Cinema. We will begin in the beginning, with examples of Scandinavia's often-underestimated role as an international, artistic, and popular culture powerhouse in the silent era up through WWI. We'll go on to explore Nordic film productions intended mainly for domestic audiences and juxtapose these with the emergence of a compelling modernist, art-house cinema tradition revolving around the international figure of the auteur director, including Ingmar Bergman and later, Aki Kaurismaki. We'll consider examples of 60s and 70s political, avant-garde cinema (reverberations of the French Nouvelle Vague); talk about the unique development of state-funded structures for film production in these small countries; and end with a survey of recent Nordic films and movements such as Dogme 95 that illustrates ways in which small national cinemas continue to grapple with new iterations of globalization. In this course, students will be exposed to visual cultures from all five Nordic countries and consider the implications of reading film at regional, national and global levels. In short, Nordic Cinema provides a vital and vibrant case study with which to consider a broad range of issues involving the aesthetics and politics of cinema in the world.
SCAN 3605 - The Scandinavian Short Story [LITR]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 5605
Short stories by important 19th/20th-century authors from five Scandinavian countries. Genre theory/practical criticism. Readings in English for non-majors.
SCAN 3613 - Children's Literature in Scandinavia [LITR]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Analysis and discussion of representative works in Scandinavian children.s literature from picture books to young adult books using a variety of critical methods of interpretation. Taught in English.
SCAN 3614 - Blood on Snow: Scandinavian Thrillers in Fiction and Film [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 5614
Scandinavian crime novels/films against background of peaceful welfare states. Readings in translation for non-majors. Scandinavian majors/minors read excerpts in specific languages.
SCAN 3617 - Scandinavian Gothic: Horror and the Uncanny in Nordic Literature and Media [AH GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Scandinavia is popularly thought of as a bastion of social democracy, gender equality, and sleek modern design. Despite this well-earned reputation for political and aesthetic progressivism, there has also been a significant undercurrent of anti-rationalism and supernatural horror in Nordic culture. In Gothic fiction, the unwelcome appearance of primitive, irrational, and malevolent forces often takes the form of supernatural or monstrous figures?ghosts, vampires, witches, and trolls. As conventions established abroad mingled with a home-grown tradition of social realism, the Scandinavian Gothic became a vehicle for representing marginalized voices and revealing the shortcomings of Nordic societies. We will examine Gothic works of literature, film, television, popular music, and visual art. Through this examination, we will build an analytical vocabulary to formally analyze works of Gothic art in all of these media, and will practice that through in-class discussions as well as formal and informal writing.
SCAN 3618 - Scandinavian Drama
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Study of representative plays from the Scandinavian/Nordic region from the late 19th century to today. In addition to studying themes of politics, society, and the human soul, the course will examine theater texts, stagings, mise-en-scene, promotional material, and other visual culture associated with the plays. All readings in translation.
SCAN 3634 - Scandinavian Women Writers [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 5634
Investigation of issues important to women as articulated by Scandinavian women writers. Historical overview of women's writing in Scandinavia and in-depth investigation of texts by contemporary women writers. All readings in translation.
SCAN 3670 - Topics in Scandinavian Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 5670 (starting 23-MAY-16)
Topic may focus on a specific author, group of authors, genre, period, or subject matter. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Readings in English for nonmajors. May meet with 5670.
SCAN 3993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Guided individual reading and study. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
SCAN 4011 - Readings in Scandinavian Languages
(2 cr; Prereq-Grad student; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3011W (starting 06-SEP-11, was SCAN 3011 until 06-SEP-11, was SCAN 3012 until 07-SEP-04)
Meets with 3011W. See 3011W for description.
SCAN 4101 - Intensive Modern Icelandic
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ICEL 4101 until 21-JAN-20
Basic listening, speaking, reading, writing. Everyday subjects (shopping, directions, family, food, housing). Culture/society. First half is at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; second half is at University of Iceland-Reykjavik. Six-week course. Meets with 1101.
SCAN 5502 - The Icelandic Saga
(3 cr; Student Option)
Study of the sagas written in 13th-century Iceland. Discussion includes cultural and historical information about medieval Iceland and analysis of a selection of saga texts using contemporary critical approaches. All readings in translation.
SCAN 5604W - Living Pictures: An Introduction to Nordic Cinema [AH WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3604W (starting 22-JAN-19)
Since the early days of the twentieth century, debates have proliferated in the Nordic countries about film's nature and function, whether as popular entertainment, high art, or a dynamic cultural artifact important in defining national and regional identities. In this course, History of Nordic Cinema, we will survey discrete moments in Nordic film history (viewing films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and contextualize them within broader developments in global cinema. Particularly important in this regard will be Nordic Cinema's love-hate relationship with Hollywood and its complicated status as European Cinema. We will begin in the beginning, with examples of Scandinavia's often-underestimated role as an international, artistic, and popular culture powerhouse in the silent era up through WWI. We'll go on to explore Nordic film productions intended mainly for domestic audiences and juxtapose these with the emergence of a compelling modernist, art-house cinema tradition revolving around the international figure of the auteur director, including Ingmar Bergman and later, Aki Kaurismaki. We'll consider examples of 60s and 70s political, avant-garde cinema (reverberations of the French Nouvelle Vague); talk about the unique development of state-funded structures for film production in these small countries; and end with a survey of recent Nordic films and movements such as Dogme 95 that illustrates ways in which small national cinemas continue to grapple with new iterations of globalization. In this course, students will be exposed to visual cultures from all five Nordic countries and consider the implications of reading film at regional, national, and global levels. In short, Nordic Cinema provides a vital and vibrant case study with which to consider a broad range of issues involving the aesthetics and politics of cinema in the world.
SCAN 5605 - The Scandinavian Short Story [LITR]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3605 (starting 18-JAN-11)
Short stories by 19th-20th century authors from all five Scandinavian countries. Genre theory/practical criticism. Readings in English for non-majors.
SCAN 5614 - Blood on Snow: Scandinavian Thrillers in Fiction and Film
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3614 (starting 22-JAN-13)
Scandinavian crime novels/films against background of peaceful welfare states. Readings in translation for non-majors. Scandinavian majors/minors read excerpts in specific languages.
SCAN 5617 - Scandinavian Gothic: Horror and the Uncanny in Nordic Literature and Media [AH GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Scandinavia is popularly thought of as a bastion of social democracy, gender equality, and sleek modern design. Despite this well-earned reputation for political and aesthetic progressivism, there has also been a significant undercurrent of anti-rationalism and supernatural horror in Nordic culture. In Gothic fiction, the unwelcome appearance of primitive, irrational, and malevolent forces often takes the form of supernatural or monstrous figures?ghosts, vampires, witches, and trolls. As conventions established abroad mingled with a home-grown tradition of social realism, the Scandinavian Gothic became a vehicle for representing marginalized voices and revealing the shortcomings of Nordic societies. We will examine Gothic works of literature, film, television, popular music, and visual art. Through this examination, we will build an analytical vocabulary to formally analyze works of Gothic art in all of these media, and will practice that through in-class discussions as well as formal and informal writing.
SCAN 5634 - Scandinavian Women Writers [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3634 (starting 07-SEP-10)
Issues important to women as articulated by Scandinavian women writers. Historical overview of women's writing in Scandinavia. In-depth investigation of texts by contemporary women writers. All readings in translation.
SCAN 5670 - Topics in Scandinavian Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: SCAN 3670 (starting 23-MAY-16)
Topic may focus on a specific author, group of authors, genre, period, or subject matter. Topics specified in Class Schedule. Readings in English for nonmajors. May meet with 3670.
SCAN 5701 - Old Norse Language and Literature
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: MEST 5701
Acquisition of a reading knowledge of Old Norse; linguistic, philological and literary study of Old Norse language and literature.
SCAN 5993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Guided individual reading and study. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
SCAN 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was GSD 8333 until 20-JAN-15
SCAN 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was GSD 8444 until 20-JAN-15
SCAN 8500 - Seminar in Medieval Scandinavian Languages and Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Sample topics: [Volsunga Saga], studies in Snorri Sturluson's [Edda], dialogue analysis in the Icelandic saga.
SCAN 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 60 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GSD 8666 until 20-JAN-15
SCAN 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was GSD 8888 until 20-JAN-15
SCAN 8994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; may be taken as tutorial with instr consent, dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
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