| Unit one |
Andersen
and Folklore |
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| Week 1 |
Introduction:
Emperors and Ugly Ducks |
Readings |
Wed
Jan 23 |
Introduction:The
Emeror's New Clothes
Andersen's Life as a child |
"The
Emperor's New Clothes," p. 77, Haugaard. |
| Week 2 |
Andersen and Folklore |
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Mon
Jan 28 |
Once upon a time...
Folklore and Romanticism |
Propp-R
"The
Pancake House," p 1,Danish Folktales.
"
Snow White," p
26,Danish Folktales.
"
The Little Kitchen
Maid," p. 32, Danish Folktales.
|
Wed
Jan 30 |
The
Magic Tale |
"The Traveling Companion," p.
40, Haugaard.
" The Companion," download from
the web.
Winther's "The Eleven Swans"
"The Wild Swans," p. 117, Haugaard |
| Week 3 |
Andersen
as an artist, his artistic desires. |
|
Mon
Feb 4 |
The Fabliau |
"Clod
Hans," p. 479, Haugaard.
"
What Father
Does Is Always Right," p. 713, Haugaard.
"The Swineherd ," p. 193, Haugaard |
Wed
Feb 6 |
The Fabliau
Andersen's early life |
"Little
Claus and Big Claus," p. 8, Haugaard.
"The Dying Child," from the
website. |
| Week 4 |
Andersen the Romantic
Author |
|
Mon
Feb 11 |
Romantcism
Andersen's original works and Translations |
" The
Daisy," p. 108, Haugaard.
" Little Ida's Flowers," p.
22, Haugaard.
"The Princess on the Pea," p.
20, Haugaard.
" The Tinderbox," p. 1, Haugaard. |
Wed
Feb 13 |
Andersen's
use of folklore |
"The
Ugly Duckling," p. 216, Haugaard.
"
The Little
Mermaid ," p. 57 Haugaard.
" The Prince and the Merman," in WITS.
" The Merman," in WITS |
| Week 5 |
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Mon
Feb 18 |
Review and Exam
taking technique |
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Wed
Feb 20 |
First Exam |
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| Unit two |
Andersen and his
Society |
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| Week 6 |
Many Faces of Romanticism |
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Mon
Feb 25 |
Romanticism |
"The
Angel," p. 200, Haugaard.
."The Comet ," p. 978, Haugaard.
" The Hill of Elves," p. 282,
Haugaard.
" Children's Prattle," p.
630, Haugaard. |
Wed
Feb 27 |
The Snow Queen |
"The
Snow Queen," p. 234, Haugaard. |
| Week 7 |
Tales
of lovers: Andersen
and the sex roles of his society. |
|
Mon
Mar 4 |
Women
in the 19th Century |
" Inchelina," p.
29, Haugaard.
"
The Talisman," p.
550, Haugaard.
"The Naughty
Boy ," p. 38, Haugaard.
"
The Snowman ," p.
718, Haugaard. |
Wed
Mar 6 |
Tales of Love
and Pain
|
"
The
Pact of Friendship," p. 167, Haugaard.
"The Sweethearts ," p.
213, Haugaard.
"
The Collar ," p.
366, Haugaard.
"
The Butterfly ," p.
782, Haugaard. |
| Week 8 |
Tales
of obsessions: The trapped mind. |
|
Mon
Mar 11 |
Andersen and
19th Century Sexuality |
"The
Icemaiden ," p.
735, Haugaard. " Ib
and Little Christina ," p. 469, Haugaard.
A Bachelor goes
a-wooing, by Lise Sørensen from the
web.
|
Wed
Mar 13 |
Obsessed
mind |
"Under
the Willow Tree," p. 431, Haugaard. "
The Dung
Beetle," p. 705, Haugaard. " Steadfast
Tin Soldier," page 112 in Haugaard.
"What the
Wind Told of Valdemar Daae and His Daughters," p.
595, Haugaard.
"
The Old House," p.
346, Haugaard. |
| Week 9 |
A Statis
World in Changing: Changing views in western culture. |
|
Mon
Mar 18 |
The
Social Hierarchy |
"The
Darning Needle," p. 271, Haugaard. "
Shepherdess
and the Chimney Sweep," p. 297, Haugaard. "
The
Janitor's Son," p. 865, Haugaard.
" Children's
Prattle," p.
630, Haugaard. |
Wed
Mar 20 |
The
Industrial Revolution and the Moddern Wold |
"The
Great Sea Serpent," p. 1006, Haugaard. "
The Millennium," p.
428, Haugaard. "
The
Old Street Lamp," p. 313, Haugaard. "
A
Question of Imagination," p. 971, Haugaard.
"Grief," p.
414, Haugaard.
"The Wood Nymph," p.
934, Haugaard. |
| |
Spring Break March
25-29 |
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| Week 10 |
The
New Social Order |
|
Mon
Apr 1 |
The Crisis
of Romanticism
Andersen the Social Critic |
"The
Candles ," p.
992, Haugaard. "
The
Little Match Girl," p. 306, Haugaard.
"She Was
No Good," p. 452, Haugaard.
"
Everything
in Its Right Place," p. 416, Haugaard. |
Wed
Apr 3 |
Second Exam |
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| Unit Three |
Andersen: his vocation,
life and death |
|
| Week 11 |
Critic
and Observer |
|
Mon
Apr 8 |
The Artist |
" In
The Duckyard," p. 723, Haugaard.
"Something ," p. 539, Haugaard.
" The Gardener and His Master," p.
1015, Haugaard.
"Professor and the Flea," p.
1022, Haugaard.
" The Flying Trunk," p. 145,
Haugaard. |
Wed
Apr 10 |
The Art and audience |
" The
Pen and the Inkwell," p. 639, Haugaard.
"The Bronze Pig," p. 156, Haugaard.
"The Old Gravestone," p.
383, Haugaard.
"Psyche," p. 785, Haugaard.
" Lovely," p. 650, Haugaard
|
| Week 12 |
The
Plight of the Artist |
|
Mon
Apr 15 |
The Darker
Side of Art |
"The Pixy
and the Grocier," p. 424, Haugaard.
" The Nightingale ," p. 203,
Haugaard.
"
The Shadow ," p. 334, Haugaard.
" The Will-o-wisps are in Town the Bog
Witch Said," p. 799, Haugaard. |
Wed
Apr 17 |
Andersen and Experimental Writing
Christianity |
" A Drop of Water," p. 354,
Haugaard.
"The Watchman Of the Tower," p.
614, Haugaard.
"A Happy Disposition ," p.
410, Haugaard."The Angel ," p. 200,
Haugaard.
" The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream," p.
545, Haugaard.
" On The Last Day," p. 401,
Haugaard.
" About the Stolen Barley-corns," p.
55, Winther.
" The Elf Children," p. 57,
Winther |
| Week 13 |
What
is on the Other Side? Andersen and 19th Century
Religion |
|
Mon
Apr 22 |
Christianity |
"The Girl
Who Stepped on Bread," p. 606, Haugaard.
" The Evil King," p. 592, Haugaard.
" The Garden of Eden," p.
132 Haugaard. |
Wed
Apr 24 |
Pietism, Deism and Atheism |
" The
Red Shoes," p. 289, Haugaard.
"The Bell ," p. 275, Haugaard.
" The Pine Tree," p. 225, Haugaard. |
| Week 14 |
|
|
Mon
Apr 29 |
The
Other Side |
"The
Dead Child," p. 642, Haugaard.
" The Story of a Mother," p.
360, Haugaard.
" The Flax ," p. 369, Haugaard. |
Wed
May 1 |
TBA |
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| Week 15 |
Farewell
My Life, Farewell My Readers |
|
Mon
May 6 |
Andersen's
Death |
"The
Story Old Johanna Told," p. 1026, Haugaard.
" Auntie Toothache ," p.
1058, Haugaard. |
Wed
May 8 |
Third
Exam |
Option 1 -
2:30-3:45
Regular class room |
Sun
May 12 |
Third
Exam |
Option 2 -
7:25-8:40
Ingraham B10 |