The Nordic Child
Explores the concept of the Nordic Child through Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking and other books/films, examining themes like nature, play, school, and storytelling.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate an informed understanding of diverse Nordic childhoods and how these are represented in a variety of texts.
Build and show skills of creative and critical thinking, historical thinking, and literary and media analysis through class discussion, short writing assignments, and formal papers.
Develop and demonstrate skills of literary analysis by interpreting texts in multiple genres--including novels, tales, and short stories--in class discussion and especially in writing.
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of current scholarship in the fields of children's literature, childhood studies, and Nordic literary studies in class discussion and formal papers.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Course mapSatisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing
- Satisfied Communications A
- graduate/professional standing
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- Any of
- Satisfied Communications A
- graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
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Topics
- Nature, play, school, sexuality, death, loss, and storytelling in Nordic children's culture
- Books and films representing common ideas, elaborations, and exceptions to the idealized Nordic Child
Skills
- Creative and critical thinking, historical thinking, and literary and media analysis
- Literary analysis by interpreting texts in multiple genres including novels, tales, and short stories
- Application of current scholarship in children's literature, childhood studies, and Nordic literary studies
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