Spring 2027

In Translation: the Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Studies Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales and other genres, focusing on biographical traits, genre mastery, and complex narrative methods within a translation context.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Claus Andersen

Reading was generally light, though some nights required an hour to complete everything, and students noted the material involved reading fairytales.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Characterize and describe literary texts, specifically Hans Christian Andersen's tales.

  • Analyze Andersen’s tales through biographical, historical, and literary lenses.

  • Compare and contrast literary texts and Andersen's tales.

  • Formulate relevant questions as part of a literary analysis.

  • Identify what distinguishes Andersen's tales from other fairytales and other literary texts.

  • Communicate discoveries to others by writing critical analysis.

  • Formulate in writing an understanding of different approaches to Andersen.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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LITTRANS 275

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AGNETE SCHMIDT is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CLAUS ANDERSEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SCOTT MELLOR is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Claus Andersen

Students describe this course on fairytales as engaging and fun, with professors who demonstrate strong passion and knowledge for the material.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.60 GPA, 86.9% A/AB (n=251 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 82.7% A/AB (n=104 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.64 GPA, 87.9% A/AB (n=66 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Claus Andersen

Reading was generally light, though some nights required an hour to complete everything, and students noted the material involved reading fairytales.

Past student reviews · Claus Andersen, Agnete Schmidt

Professor Claus Andersen was noted for being caring and holding coffee hours, while one student found Professor Agnete Schmidt’s lectures boring due to repeating themes.

Topics

  • Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairytales
  • Other literary genres mastered by Andersen
  • Biographical traits of Andersen's stories
  • Genre mastery and complex narrative methods

Skills

  • Literary analysis using biographical, historical, and critical perspectives.
  • Characterization and description of specific literary texts.
  • Formulating analytical questions for literary study.
  • Comparative identification of distinctive features in fairy tales.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 recent terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.18 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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