| Week 1 |
Introduction:
Emperors and Ugly Ducks |
Readings |
| Wed |
Introduction:The
Emeror's New Clothes |
"The
Emperor's New Clothes," p. 77, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Andersen's Life as a child |
"The
Ugly Duckling," p. 216, Haugaard. |
| Week 2 |
Andersen
and Folklore |
|
| Mon |
Once
upon a time... |
"The
Pancake House," p 1,Danish Folktales.
"
Snow White," p
26,Danish Folktales.
"
The
Little Kitchen Maid," p. 32, Danish Folktales. |
| Wed |
The Magic Tale |
"The
Traveling Companion," p. 40, Haugaard.
" The Companion," download
from the web. |
| Fri |
The Magic Tale |
Winther's "The
Eleven Swans"
"The
Wild Swans," p. 117, Haugaard. |
| Week
3 |
Andersen
as an artist, his artistic desires. |
|
| Mon |
The Fabliau |
"Clod
Hans," p.
479, Haugaard.
"
What
Father Does Is Always Right," p. 713,
Haugaard. |
| Wed |
The Fabliau |
"Little
Claus and Big Claus," p. 8, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Andersen's
early life |
"The
Dying Child," from the website. |
| Week 4 |
Andersen
the Romantic Author |
|
| Mon |
Romantcism |
"The
Daisy," p. 108, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Andersen's original works |
" Children's
Prattle," p.
630, Haugaard.
" Little Ida's Flowers," p.
22, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Translations |
"The
Princess on the Pea," p. 20, Haugaard.
"
The Tinderbox," p.
1, Haugaard. |
| Week
5 |
Dreams
and Striving higher |
|
| Mon |
Mermaids |
"The
Little Mermaid ," p. 57 Haugaard.
"
The Garden
of Eden," p. 132 Haugaard.
"
The Prince
and the Merman," in WITS.
"
The Merman," in WITS
|
| Wed |
Review |
|
| Fri |
First
Exam |
Sample Exam |
| Week 6 |
Many Faces
of Romanticism |
|
| Mon |
Romanticism
revisited |
"The
Angel," p.
200, Haugaard.
."The Comet ," p.
978, Haugaard.
"
The
Hill of Elves," p. 282, Haugaard.
|
| Wed |
The Snow Queen |
"The
Snow Queen," p. 234, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
|
"Inchelina," p.
29, Haugaard.
"
The Talisman," p.
550, Haugaard. |
| Week 7 |
Tales
of lovers: Andersen
and the sex roles of his society. |
|
| Mon |
Women
in the 19th Century |
"The
Swineherd ," p. 193, Haugaard |
| Wed |
Tales of Love
and Pain |
"The
Naughty Boy ," p. 38, Haugaard.
"
The Snowman ," p.
718, Haugaard.
"
The
Pact of Friendship," p. 167, Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Tales
of Love and Obsession |
"The
Sweethearts ," p. 213, Haugaard.
"
The Collar ," p.
366, Haugaard.
"
The Butterfly ," p.
782, Haugaard. |
| Week 8 |
Tales
of obsessions: The trapped mind. |
|
| Mon |
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.
(semi-optional): Article
on Andersen.
|
| Wed |
Obsessed
mind |
"Under
the Willow Tree," p. 431, Haugaard.
"
The Dung
Beetle," p. 705, Haugaard.
" Steadfast
Tin Soldier," page 112 in Haugaard. |
| Fri |
Obsessed mind
and the future |
"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 |
The
Social Hierarchy |
"The
Darning Needle," p. 271, Haugaard.
"
Shepherdess
and the Chimney Sweep," p. 297, Haugaard.
"
The
Janitor's Son," p. 865, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
The
Industrial Revolution |
"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. |
| Fri |
The
Modern World |
"The
Wood Nymph," p. 934, Haugaard. |
| Week 10 |
The
New Social Order |
|
| Mon |
The Crisis
of Romanticism |
"The
Candles ," p.
992, Haugaard.
"
The
Little Match Girl," p. 306, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Review |
|
| Fri |
Second
Exam
|
|
| Week 11 |
Critic
and Observer |
|
| Mon |
Andersen the
Social Critic |
"She
Was No Good," p. 452, Haugaard.
"
Everything
in Its Right Place," p. 416, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Andersen and the Changing
Society |
"Grief," p.
414, Haugaard.
"
A Drop
of Water," p. 354, Haugaard.
"
In
The Duckyard," p. 723, Haugaard.
|
| Fri |
Andersen and
Experimental Writing |
"The
Watchman Of the Tower," p. 614, Haugaard.
"A
Happy Disposition ," p. 410, Haugaard.
|
| Week 12 |
The
Plight of the Artist |
|
| Nov.
21 |
The Artist |
"Something ," p.
539, Haugaard.
"
The
Gardener and His Master," p. 1015,
Haugaard. |
| |
The Art |
"The
Pen and the Inkwell," p. 639, Haugaard.
"The Bronze
Pig," p. 156, Haugaard. |
| Nov.
23 |
The Audience |
"The
Old Gravestone," p. 383, Haugaard.
"The Pixy and the Grocier," p. 424, Haugaard.
"
The
Nightingale ," p. 203, Haugaard. |
| Week 13 |
Shadow,
Fake Professors and Tormented Artists |
|
| Mon |
Artist as Trickster |
"Professor
and the Flea," p. 1022, Haugaard.
"
The
Flying Trunk," p. 145, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Art and the Artist |
"Psyche," p.
785, Haugaard.
"
Lovely," p.
650, Haugaard |
| Fri |
The Darker
Side of Art |
"The
Shadow ," p. 334, Haugaard.
"
The
Will-o-wisps are in Town the Bog Witch Said," p.
799, Haugaard. |
| Week 14 |
What
is on the Other Side? Andersen and 19th Century
Religion |
|
| Mon |
Uncomplicated
Christianity, Grudtvigians and pietism |
"The
Angel ," p.
200, Haugaard.
"
The Old
Oak Tree's Last Dream," p. 545, Haugaard.
"
On
The Last Day," p. 401, Haugaard.
"The Girl Who Stepped on Bread," p. 606, Haugaard.
"
The Red
Shoes," p. 289, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Deism and Atheism |
"The
Bell ," p.
275, Haugaard.
"
The Evil
King," p. 592, Haugaard.
"
About
the Stolen Barley-corns," p. 55, Winther.
"
The
Elf Children," p. 57, Winther |
| Fri |
The Other Side |
"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 |
Andersen's
Death |
"The
Story Old Johanna Told," p. 1026, Haugaard.
"
Auntie
Toothache ," p. 1058, Haugaard. |
| Wed |
Review |
|
| Fri |
Third
Exam |
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