<p>Seminar, three hours. Exploration of range of classic short story and novella texts from Scandinavian literary canon, with stories by authors such as Hans Christian Andersen, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Alexander Kielland, Amalie Skram, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Knut Hamsun, Isak Dinesen, and Rubén Palma. Examination of authors’ lives and oeuvres, larger Nordic/European literary movements of 19th and 20th centuries, and tropes and conventions of short stories themselves. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

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The department offers advanced training in cultural and linguistic traditions of Europe, and emphasizes transcultural relations; while framing these in a global historical context that transcends Europe as a geographic space.

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Short Story in Scandinavia

SCAND 141C

4 units