Fall 2026

The Writings of Hans Christian Andersen for Scandinavian Majors

An in-depth seminar on Hans Christian Andersen's writings, covering historical context and literary criticism.

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Historical reviews of Claus Andersen: The course is rated easy with low difficulty, but requires significant reading of long fairytales and preparation for random in-class quizzes.

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Prerequisites

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SCAND ST 202, 212, 222 or graduate/professional standing

SCANDST 475

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Claus Andersen: Claus Andersen delivers philosophical lectures on fairytales that reviewers find engaging and meaningful. While the class is generally considered easy, students note a disconnect between lecture content and quiz material. One review highlights significant frustration with a TA's grading and feedback quality.

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

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

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Claus Andersen: Claus Andersen delivers engaging, philosophical lectures on fairytales that students find relaxing and insightful, though the class involves substantial reading volume.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.69 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Claus Andersen: The course is rated easy with low difficulty, but requires significant reading of long fairytales and preparation for random in-class quizzes.

Historical reviews of Claus Andersen: While the professor is highly rated, one student reported a negative experience with a TA who provided poor feedback and graded late.

Topics

  • Writings of Hans Christian Andersen.
  • Historical and literary background.
  • Selected texts.

Skills

  • Application and discussion of literary criticism.
  • In-depth textual discussion.

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UW–Madison

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