Lecture (LEC)

• COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
• COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr

• Above class meets second eight weeks only
• Topic:
• Above class meets with GER-K 507
• COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
• COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit

Topic: Masterpieces of scand lit

Germanic Studies Topics in Scandinavian Literature: Masterpieces Spring 2025 ***This class meets second eight weeks. Tuesday and Thursday 4:05 - 6:20 pm It is taught in English, and carries Arts and Humanities credit and Culture Studies credit. The class meets with GER-K 507 Focus on the most important novels, short stories, dramas and poems hailing from the Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and examination of the way they stand out not only within the literary canons of their respective countries, but within the context of the whole of Western literature. Devoting attention to both their form and content, we will discuss the specifics of their literary genre and of the cultural epoch and social group they represent. Course materials Hunger, Knut Hamsun ; translated by Sverre Lyngstad ; Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN-10: 0141180641 ISBN-13: 978-0141180649 The Emperor of Portugalia (Paperback), Selma Lagerlöf Publisher: BiblioBazaar ISBN-10: 1426477090 ISBN-13: 978-1426477096 The wreath, Sigrid Undset ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Tiina Nunnally. Paperback Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN-10: 0141180412 ISBN-13: 978-0141180410