| Week 1 |
Introduction:
Emperors and Ugly Ducks |
Readings |
| Wed |
Introducing Hans Christian Andersen |
"The
Emperor's New Clothes" p. 77, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Andersen's
Childhood |
"The
Ugly Duckling" p. 216, Haugaard. |
| Week 2 |
Andersen
and Folklore |
|
| Mon |
Andersen's Inspiration |
"The
Pancake House" p 1, Danish Folktales.
"
Snow White" p
19, Danish Folktales.
"
The
Little Kitchen Maid" p. 23, Danish Folktales. |
| Wed |
Magic Tales |
"The
Traveling Companion" p. 40, Haugaard.
" The Companion" download
from the web. |
| Fri |
Adapting
Folktalese |
"The
Eleven Swans" p 4, Danish Folktales.
"The
Wild Swans" p. 117, Haugaard. |
| Week
3 |
Andersen the Aspiring Artist |
|
| Mon |
Fabulous Fabliaux |
"Clod
Hans" p.
479, Haugaard.
"
What
Father Does Is Always Right" p. 713,
Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Fabliau vs.
Schwankmärchen |
"Little
Claus and Big Claus" p. 8, Haugaard.
"The Tinderbox," p. 1, Haugaard |
| Fri |
Andersen's Original Works |
"Children's
Prattle" p.
630, Haugaard.
" Little Ida's Flowers" p.
22, Haugaard. |
| Week 4 |
Andersen's
Worlds |
|
| Mon |
Enlightened Bourgeois Society |
"The Comet" p.
978, Haugaard.
"The
Bell" p.
275, Haugaard.
|
| Wed |
Enlightenment
vs. Biedermeier |
"The
Snow Queen" p. 234, Haugaard.
|
| Fri |
The Divided World |
""Inchelina" p.
29, Haugaard.
"
The Old
House" p. 346, Haugaard. |
| Week
5 |
Biographical Connections |
|
| Mon |
In-class movie: "Young Andersen" |
|
| Wed |
In-class
movie: "Young Andersen" |
|
| Fri |
Andersen's School Days |
"The
Dying Child" from the website.
"The
Daisy" p. 108, Haugaard. |
| Week 6 |
Wrapping Up Unit I |
|
| Mon |
Review for Exam 1 |
|
| Wed |
First
Exam |
Sample Exam |
| Fri |
The Many Faces
of Romanticism |
"The
Angel" p.
200, Haugaard.
"
The Garden
of Eden" p. 132 Haugaard.
"
The
Hill of Elves" p. 282, Haugaard. |
| Week 7 |
Romanticism and its Discontents |
|
| Mon |
Romanticism and Bourgeois Society |
The
Little Mermaid" p. 57 Haugaard.
"
The Prince
and the Merman" Danish Folktales.
"
The Merman"
Danish Folktales. |
| Wed |
Romanticism
vs. Biedermeier |
"The
Icemaiden" p.
735, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Andersen in Love |
Bachelor goes
a-wooing by Lise Sørensen (on this
website)
"The
Sweethearts" p. 213, Haugaard.
"
The Butterfly" p.
782, Haugaard. |
| Week 8 |
Love, Obsession, and Death |
|
| Mon |
Tales of Love
and Pain |
"The
Naughty Boy" p. 38, Haugaard.
"
The Snowman" p.
718, Haugaard.
"
The Pact
of Friendship" p. 167, Haugaard.
|
| Wed |
Love and Obsession |
" Ib
and Little Christina" p. 469, Haugaard.
"Under
the Willow Tree" p. 431, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Obsession and Death |
" Steadfast
Tin Soldier" p. 112, Haugaard.
"What
the Wind Told of Valdemar Daae and His Daughters" p.
595, Haugaard. |
| Week 9 |
Literature and Social Critique |
|
| Mon |
The Importance of Irony |
"The
Swineherd" p. 193, Haugaard
"
The Collar" p.
366, Haugaard.
|
| Wed |
An Ironic View
of Society |
"The
Darning Needle" p. 271, Haugaard.
"
Shepherdess
and the Chimney Sweep" p. 297, Haugaard.
"
The Dung
Beetle" p. 705, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Industrial Revolution and the Crisis of Romanticism |
"
The Millennium" p.
428, Haugaard.
"
The
Old Street Lamp" p. 313, Haugaard.
"The
Candles" p.
992, Haugaard.
|
| Week 10 |
The
New Social Order |
|
| Mon |
Social Climbers |
"The Princess and the Pea," p. 20, Haugaard.
"
The
Janitor's Son" p. 865, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Andersen the
Social Critic |
"
The
Little Match Girl" p. 306, Haugaard.
"She
Was No Good" p. 452, Haugaard.
"
Everything
in Its Right Place" p. 416, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Andersen and the Changing
Society
|
"Grief" p.
414, Haugaard.
"
A Drop
of Water" p. 354, Haugaard.
"
In
The Duckyard" p. 723, Haugaard. |
| Week 11 |
Critic
and Observer |
|
| Mon |
Review for Exam 2 |
|
| Wed |
Second Exam |
|
| Fri |
The Role of the Artist |
"Something" p.
539, Haugaard.
"
The
Gardener and His Master" p. 1015,
Haugaard.
|
| Week 12 |
The
Plight of the Artist |
|
|
Mon |
Artist as Craftsman |
"The Bronze
Pig" p. 156, Haugaard.
"Psyche" p.
785, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Artist as
Trickster |
"Professor
and the Flea" p. 1022, Haugaard.
"
The
Flying Trunk" p. 145, Haugaard. |
|
Fri |
The Divided Soul |
The
Shadow" p. 334, Haugaard.
"
The
Will-o-wisps are in Town the Bog Witch Said" p.
799, Haugaard. |
| Week 13 |
The Art Itself |
|
| Mon |
Art and its Audience |
"The
Pen and the Inkwell" p. 639, Haugaard.
"The
Nightingale" p. 203, Haugaard.
The Pixy and the Grocer, p. 424, Haugaard |
| Wed |
Andersen and
Experimental Writing |
"The
Watchman Of the Tower" p. 614, Haugaard.
"A
Happy Disposition" p. 410, Haugaard.
|
| Fri |
No
class: Thanksgiving! |
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| Week 14 |
Art and Religion |
|
| Mon |
Creeds and Deeds |
"
On
The Last Day" p. 401, Haugaard.
"The Girl Who Stepped on Bread" p. 606, Haugaard.
"
The Red
Shoes," p. 289, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Deism,
Pantheism, and Atheism |
"The
Angel" p.
200, Haugaard.
"
The Old
Oak Tree's Last Dream" p. 545, Haugaard.
"
The Evil
King" p. 592, Haugaard.
|
| Fri |
Beyond the Veil |
"
About
the Stolen Barley-corns" p. 55, Winther.
"
The
Elf Children" p. 57, Winther
"The
Dead Child" p. 642, Haugaard.
"
The
Story of a Mother" p. 360, Haugaard.
"
The Pine
Tree" p. 225, Haugaard.
"
The Flax" p.
369, Haugaard. |
| Week 15 |
Farewell
My Life, Farewell My Readers |
|
| Mon |
The End of Andersen |
"
Auntie
Toothache" p. 1058, Haugaard.
"The
Story Old Johanna Told" p. 1026, Haugaard.
|
| Wed |
Review |
|
| Fri |
Third
Exam |
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