GER-E 362 TOPICS IN SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE (3 CR.)
Topics dealing with language, literature, and culture in Norway and other Scandinavian countries in more recent historical periods. Discussions located within a comparative overview of political, economic, and social realms of the Nordic nations. Lectures in English. Topics vary.
1 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 30898 | Open | 4:55 p.m.–7:10 p.m. | TR | WY 115 | May G |
Eight Week - Second / In Person
LEC 30898: Total Seats: 40 / Available: 5 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- Above class meets second eight weeks only
- Topic: The Multicultural North
- Above class meets with GER-K 506
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
Topic: The multicultural north
Topics in Scandinavian Culture: The Multiethnic North (3 cr.) This class meets second eight weeks. It is taught in English and carries Arts and Humanities Breadth of Inquiry credit and Global Civ & Culture Studies credit. The class meets with GER-K 506, WEUR-W 406 and WEUR-W 605. The steady influx of immigrants to the Scandinavian countries during the past forty years, as well as the increased awareness and changing attitudes towards the Sami culture in the arctic area, have gradually transformed these traditionally perceived as single-ethnic societies into vibrant multi-cultural entities. This course will approach the cultural, historic and ethno-linguistic region ¿Scandinavia¿ through the exciting lens of its ethnic "other": the immigrant and the Sami populations. Through literary works, films and musical pieces we will hear stories of migration and exile, split identity, bilingualism and loneliness, but also of the intoxicating experience of gaining freedom and the appreciation of creative challenge and cultural enrichment. Through them we will address the way Scandinavia comprehends and relates to ethnicity and belonging, and will reflect on issues of indigenous peoples and displaced people: their interaction with the dominant culture and the way they cope with internal challenges. Texts: Lehtola, Veli-Pekka. The Sami People.University of Alaska Press. Fairbanks: 2004. ISBN: 9781889963754