| Week 1 |
Introduction |
Readings |
| Jan. 18 |
Introduction:
The Geography and
Languages of Northern Europe |
|
| Week 2 |
Medieval
Scandinavia |
|
| Jan.
23 |
Old
Norse Tales |
King
Hrolf's saga
Structure handout
|
| Jan 25 |
Old
Norse Tales |
King Hrolf's
saga |
| Week
3 |
Propp
and the Structure of Magic Tales |
|
| Jan.
30 |
Magic Tales
and Fomalism |
The Pancake
House" (DF)
"The Two Princesses" (DF)
"Prince Whitebear" (DF)
Propp Handout
|
| Feb. 1 |
Magic Tales
and Formalism |
"Finn
Kings Daughter" (FN)
"Three Princesses of Whittenland" (FN)
"Haakon Grizzlebeard" (FN) |
| Week 4 |
Folktales
and Literature |
|
| Feb.
6 |
Magic
Tales |
Tatterhood
Mop head (FN)
Mastermaid (FN)
The Evil Stepmother (DF)
"East o' the
Sun and West o' the Moon."
"White
Bear-King Valemon" |
| Feb.
8 |
Magic Tales
and Hans Christian Andersen |
"Wild Swans"
"The
Traveling Companion"
The Eleven Swans" (DF)
"The
Companion"
(optional Viewing of Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
|
| Week
5 |
Folktales
and Literature |
|
| Feb. 13 |
Magic Tales
and Literature |
"The Princess
and all the Kingdom"
"The
Princess on the Pea"
Andersen's "The
Little Mermaid"
Disney's "The Little Mermaid" |
| Feb. 15 |
First
Exam |
|
| Week 6 |
Fabliaux |
|
| Feb. 20 |
Fabliaux and
Carnevalesque |
"Giske" (FN)
" Stupid Men and Shrewish Wives" (FN)
" Some Wives are that Way" (FN) |
| Feb.
22 |
Legends in the Modern Age |
Icelandic
Film |
| Week 7 |
Legends |
|
| Feb.
27 |
Legends |
Folktales of Norway pp. 75-78, 95-134 |
| Mar.
1 |
Legends about Spirits |
Folktales of Norway pp. 45-72, 81-94, and 137-146
"The Prince and the Merman" (DF)
"The Merman" (DF)
Motif Handout |
| Week 8 |
Legends |
|
| Mar. 6 |
Historical Legends |
Legends |
| Mar. 8 |
Folktales and Risistance |
Martin A. Hansen |
| Mar 13-15 |
SPRING
BREAK |
|
| Week 9 |
Sami
and Immigrant Tale |
|
| Mar.
20 |
Sami
Legends |
Lecture by Tom DuBois |
| Mar.
22 |
Immigrant Legends |
Lecture by Jim Leary |
| Week 10 |
Legends and anecdotes |
|
| Mar.
27 |
Orkney Islands |
Lecture by Mike Lange
|
| Mar. 29 |
Summery Period
|
|
| Week 11 |
Magical
Ballads |
|
| Apr. 3 |
Second Exam |
|
| Apr.
5 |
Ballads |
General Lecture
|
| Week 12 |
Magic
Ballads |
|
| Apr.
10 |
Magical Ballads |
Scandinavian Ballads pp. 15-24
Poetics |
| Apr.
12 |
Magical Ballads |
" The Knavish Mermaid" (C)
" Agnes and the Mermaid" (C)
" The Nixie" (C) |
| Week 13 |
Heroic
and Knightly Ballads |
|
| Apr. 17 |
Knightly Ballads |
Scandinavian Ballads: pp 41-50
" Ebbe Skammelsen" (C)
"
Sir Ebbe's Daughters" (C)
"
Tam Lin" (C)
" Germand Gladensvend"
|
| Apr. 19 |
Heroic
Ballads |
Scandinavian Ballads: pp 51-54 |
| Week 14 |
Historical and Outlaw Ballads |
|
| Apr.
24 |
Historical
Ballads |
Scandinavian
Ballads: pp 31-40 |
| Apr. 26 |
Outlawry Ballads |
Robin
Hood and Gustav Vasa |
| Week 15 |
Religious
Ballads |
|
| May 1 |
Religious
Ballads |
Scandinavian Ballads: pp 25-30
" Olav and Kari" (C) |
| May
3 |
Third
Exam |
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