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Scandinavian Life and Civilization Scand. 276 / 476 114 Van Hise TR 5:00 - 6:15 PM |
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Spring 2008 Prof. Nete Schmidt 1368 Van Hise 262-2128
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SYLLABUS
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Date |
Lecture |
Required Reading |
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T Jan 22 |
Introduction (Schmidt) |
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R Jan 24 |
Lay of the Land (Ostergren) |
The Geography of Scandinavia |
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T Jan 29 |
Hidden in the Ground: Archaeology (Gebauer) |
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R Jan 31 |
Many Tongues of Scandinavia (Mellor) | The Scandinavian Languages |
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T Feb 5 |
Scandinavian Mythology (DuBois) |
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R Feb 7 |
Nordic Environment (Alanen) | (Reader) |
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T Feb 12 |
The Vikings (Wolf) |
"Prehistory & The Viking Age" in History of Scandinavia |
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R Feb 14 |
Vikings in America (Mellor) | "Erik the Red" (Reader) |
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T Feb 19 |
The Icelandic Sagas (Wolf) |
"Hrafnkel's Saga" (Reader) |
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R Feb 21 |
Black Death (Schmidt) |
"The Black Death" and "Death in Bergamo" (Reader) |
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T Feb 26 |
The Seventh Seal - Movie (Schmidt) |
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R Feb 28 |
Religion and Churches / Moving towards the Reformation(Schmidt) |
"The Early Middle
Ages", "The Reformation" in History of Scandinavia
"Lutheranism" in Family and Community |
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T March 4 |
Holberg (Thresher) |
Erasmus Montanus,
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| R March 6 | The Modern Breakthrough (Ingwersen) | Pictures, "The Spirit of the Ball", "The Little Match Girl", "The Candles" (Reader) |
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T March 11 |
MIDTERM |
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R March 13 |
Pathfinder - Movie (Schmidt) |
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T March 25 |
First People of the North, The Sami (DuBois) |
Selected Sami Texts (Reader) |
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R March 27 |
The Hanseatic League (Steakley) | |
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T April 1 |
Bellman (Brantly) |
Fredman's Epistel no.30 (Reader) |
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R April 3 |
Scandinavian Music
(Webster) ESSAY DUE |
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T April 8 |
Kierkegaard (Allen) |
"The Rotation Method", "Solomon's Dream" (Reader) |
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R April 10 |
Folklore (Leary) |
"So Ole says to Lena" "Big Erick" (Reader) |
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T April 15 |
Dramatic Scandinavia: Ibsen and Strindberg (Thresher) |
"Hedda Gabler" (Reader) |
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R April 17 |
Isak Dinesen (Brantly) |
"The Blank Page" (Reader) |
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T April 22 |
Scandinavian Art (Schmidt) |
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R April 24 |
Modern Scandinavian Literature (Ambelang) |
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T April 29 |
Politics and Culture (Willson-Broyles) |
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R May 1 |
Scandinavian Film (Thresher) |
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T May 6 |
Scandinavian Women (Schmidt) |
"Timeline of Scand. Women" (Reader) |
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R May 8 |
Contemporary Scandinavian Movie (Schmidt) |
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Final Exam: Thursday May 15, 5:05 PM