Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Literature
Why is Scandinavian crime fiction so popular? Is it the terse language, the Nordic landscape, and the protagonists as anti-heroes, feminists or outsiders, which make these novels so appealing? In this course we will study the Nordic detective novel and its development from pulp fi ction to high brow, mainstream literature.
Field Studies
- Half-day tour to southern Sweden
- Walking tour of Malmö, Sweden’s 3rd largest city. Students will also have the opportunity to compare this Swedish city to Copenhagen so we have a better understanding of what is “Scandinavian.”
Instructors
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Janis Granger
Ph.D. (Scandinavian Studies, UC Berkeley, 1982). M.A. (Scandinavian Studies, UCLA, 1976). Lecturer in Danish, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982-1984. With DIS since 1984.
