SCANDINAVIAN DECADENCE IN ITS EUROPEAN CONTEXT

SCANDST 424

Readings in such authors as Hans Christian Andersen, Steen Steensen Blicher, C.J.L. Almquist, Alexis Kivi, Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Jonas Lie, Alexander Kielland, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Henrik Pontoppidan, August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlof, and Johs V. Jensen.

LITTRANS 350

Examines the European context of literary decadence (Baudelaire, Huysmans, Wilde) and how it inspired some of Scandinavia's most important writers (Strindberg, Hamsun, Jacobsen).

SCANDST 635

Survey representative literary texts from Scandinavia spanning eras including Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism; includes historical context.

SCANDST 411

Concentrated study of topics within Scandinavian literature.

SCANDST 634

Survey representative literary texts from Scandinavia spanning through Reformation, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Pre-Romanticism, including historical context.