Prof.

ArneLunde Fall2016
Office:Royce332C
Officehours:Wednesdays10am11:30am&byappointment
Mailbox:Royce212
Email:lunde@humnet.ucla.edu

SCAND 155
The Scandinavian
Modern Breakthrough

Royce154Tuesdays&Thursdays11:00am12:15pm

This coursewillfocus ontheperiodinScandinavian literature andthearts knownas The

Modern Breakthrough. The course covers works from 1879 to 1905. Partly inspired and
provokedbythe1870slecturesandwritingsofDanishintellectualandculturaltheoristGeorg
Brandes, the movement broke with Nordic national romantic trends that had dominated
Denmark,Norway,andSweden.Insteaditlookedforinspirationtointellectualandaesthetic
currentsinEnglandandtheContinent(especiallyFranceandGermany).InthewakeofCharles
Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Emile Zola, and other iconoclasts, Scandinavian artists embraced
naturalismandscientificdiscourses,questionedreligiousandsocialdogmas,engagedinfierce
debatesaboutwomensrightsandmoralityquestions,whilerelentlesslyputtingsocietyundera
criticallens.NotonlyweretheseradicalartistsimportantandinfluentialinScandinaviaand
beyondintheirownepochbutmorethanacenturylatertheirworksstillpowerfullyresonate
withus.CoursereadingswillincludeHenrikIbsensplaysADollsHouseandHeddaGabler,
August Strindbergs plays The Father and Miss Julie, the novels Lucie by Amalie Skram,
VictoriabyKnutHamsun,andDoctorGlasbyHjalmarSderberg,aswellasshortfictionfrom
VictoriaBenedictsson,StellaKleve,AnneCharlotteLeffler,HermanBang,andKnutHamsun.
Theprimaryliteraturewillbeaugmentedbyarangeofsecondarycriticalessaysbykeyscholars.
Excerptsfromfilmandtelevisionadaptationswillbeshownasrelevant.
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Requiredtexts:AvailableatASUCLABookstoreinAckerman

Ibsen,Henrik.Ibsen:FourMajorPlays,VolumeI
Strindberg,August.MissJulieandOtherPlays
Brantly,Susan,editor.SexandtheModernBreakthrough:AnAnthology
Skram,Amalie.Lucie
Sderberg,Hjalmar.DoctorGlas
Hamsun,Knut.Victoria
Course Reader: Print edition $13; digital edition $10
NOTE: no refunds on course readers from bookstore

Undergraduate Course Requirements

Students are expected to carefully read all assignments in advance and to arrive to class on time
and ready to work. Chronic absences and/or lateness will negatively impact your grade.
Attendance and engaged participation in class discussions is expected. There will be an in-class
midterm during Week 6. Themajorwrittenassignmentforthecoursewillbeafinalpaper(2500
wordsminimumorabout8pages,plusbibliography).Allfinalpapersaredueby11pmon
Thursday,Dec.8.Iencourageyoutodiscussyourpaperideasinadvancewithme.

Grading:
In-class participation 30%
Midterm exam 35%
Final paper 35%

Graduate Course Requirements

Students taking the course for graduate credit will be responsible for the same reading
assignments as the undergraduate students, plus several additional requirements. You will be
exempt from taking the midterm. Grad students are expected to choose a fairly recent scholarly
book on a Modern Breakthrough topic of their choice. A critique/review (ca. 1000 words) on the
book chosen is due by Week 7. This book review could ideally be revised for submission to an
academic journal for publication. Finally, a page term paper of 3000-3500 words is due by
December 8. I encourage you to consult with me early in the quarter on both your book selection
and on your term paper topic/thesis.

Grading:
In-class participation 30%
Scholarly book review (ca. 1000 words) 30%
Final paper 40%
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GRADE SCALE

A+ 97-100 % B+ 87-89 % C+ 77-79 % D+ 67-69 %

A 93-96 % B 83-86 % C 73-76 % D 63-66 %
A- 90-92 % B- 80-82 % C- 70-72 % D- 60-62 %
F 0-59 %
In-class participation (30%)
Conscientiously complete all assignments in advance of each meeting. Be prepared to actively
participate in class discussions. Students who speak up and contribute meaningfully to class
discussions on a regular basis will do better on this part of the grade than those who do not.
Arrive to class on time. Chronic lateness (and chronic unexcused absences) will negatively affect
your grade.

Midterm (35%)
During week 6 there will be an in-class midterm. You will have the entire class period of 75
minutes to complete it. The midterm will be a combination of short answer IDs and an essay. A
study sheet for the exam will be handed out at the last class meeting prior to the exam date.
Please bring an examination bluebook with you the day of the midterm.

Final paper (35% of grade)

The final paper must be a minimum of 2500 words in length. The paper should engage with
some particular aspect of the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough. There are infinite possibilities.
You are expected to provide evidence of original thinking. Your paper needs to make one or more
provisional arguments and draw conclusions based on your research and own creative/analytical
thinking. Secondary literature and criticism will help you get deeper into your approach and
should be fully included in your bibliography or Works Cited listings. Cite all your secondary
sources (at least 3-5). Choose a topic and approach that you have a real stake in, that intrigues or
vexes you, one that even inspires you. Write as eloquent, persuasive, and well-constructed essay
as you can, one that ideally shares with your reader your research questions, discoveries, and
insights. You are always welcome to discuss your paper ideas with me by email, during office
hours, or by appointment.

Papers must be double-spaced, in Times Roman 12 pt. font or equivalent, have one inch margins,
and be in either MLA or Chicago Manual of Style format. Pages must be numbered. The paper
title itself should ideally preview your textual object of analysis and your argument.

The papers are due at latest by 11:00 pm, Thurs. Dec. 8. Please upload a digital copy of your
paper to turnitin on the course CCLE website through MyUCLA. No late papers please. Papers
submitted after that point will be penalized 1/3 of a grade for each day late.
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POLICY ON PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Do not take credit for writing, ideas, phrasings, etc. that are not
your own. Always properly acknowledge any outside sources in your papers, even internet
sources. Plagiarism is a violation of the UCLA Student Conduct Code and will result in the
automatic assignation of a failing grade and referral to the Dean of Students for disciplinary
action. (Refer to www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/integrity.html for Student Guide to Academic
Integrity).

UCLA Student Conduct Code 102.01c: Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use of another's words or ideas as if they were
one's own, including, but not limited to, representing, either with the intent to deceive or by the
omission of the true source, part of or an entire work produced by someone other than the
student, obtained by purchase or otherwise, as the student's original work or representing the
identifiable but altered ideas, data, or writing of another person as if those ideas, data, or
writing were the student's original work.

Instructional Media Lab in Powell 270

Fall quarter hours are:
Monday-Thursday 10am 9pm
Friday 10am 6pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday 1pm - 6pm

Bruin Media: Film adaptations based on a number of our literary texts can be viewed digitally
through BruinMedia via the CCLE (Common Collaboration and Learning Environment) course
link on MyUCLA. Your computer or device needs to have downloaded Microsoft Silverlight.
Mozilla Firefox is recommended also for optional access and viewing.

Update from the Office of Instructional Media: This quarter we will continue the process of
transitioning from Bruin Media to Wowza. Our office will be streaming video from both platforms
as we continue to shift away from Bruin Media. When the files have been shifted to Wowza the
students shouldnt have issues with which browser to use, as it no longer relies on Silverlight. In fact
when a film link is opened the media is played in the same window as the course website, it no
longer launches as a new window. Microsoft Silverlight is being phased out, so they are no longer
updating it and releasing new versions. So if the students have Silverlight installed, they wont
experience having to install new versions and have it be incompatible with different browsers. Titles
still on Bruin Media would require Silverlight and students would want to avoid Chrome or Safari,
Firefox is usually the recommended browser, but we were told that once a title resides on Wowza,
those issues should be gone. Students shouldnt be able to know if a certain title is being streamed
through Bruin Media or Wowza.
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Weekly Assignments: (subject to minor revisions)

WEEK 0

Thur. Sept. 22
Introduction to course; syllabus
Handout: Some questions to ask yourself when reading a play
Handout:JoanTempleton,IbsensLegacy:MakingtheTheaterMatter
LectureonHenrikIbsenslifeandwork

WEEK 1

Tues. Sept. 27
Read: Ibsen, A Doll House/ Et dukkehjem (1879)
Screen excerpts from 1973 A Doll House film adaptation

Thur. Sept. 29
Continue discussion of Ibsens A Doll House/ Et dukkehjem (1879)
Screen excerpts from Looking for a miracle: reflections on Ibsens A Doll House from Mabou
Mines Dollhouse (2008)

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WEEK 2

Tues. Oct. 4
Read:IbsenplayHeddaGabler(1890)

Thur. Oct. 6
Continue discussion of HeddaGabler(1890)
Read: Gail Finney, Ibsen and feminism
Screen excerpts from 1975 film Hedda

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WEEK 3

Tues. Oct. 11
Read:Strindbergsplay,TheFather

Thur. Oct. 13
Read: Strindbergs essay, Preface to Miss Julie
Read: Margaretha Fahlgren, Strindberg and the woman question
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WEEK 4

Tues. Oct. 18
Read: Strindbergs play Miss Julie

Thur. Oct. 20
Continue discussion of Strindbergs Miss Julie
Read: Ross Shideler article, Miss Julie: naturalism, The Battle of the Brains and sexual desire

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WEEK 5

Tues. Oct. 25
Read:shortstories:VictoriaBenedictssonsHappinessandHermanBangsFranzPander

Thur. Oct. 27
Read: short stories: Stella KlevesPyrrhicVictoriesandAnneCharlotteLefflersAurora
Bunge

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Tues. Nov. 1
IN-CLASS MIDTERM

Thur. Nov. 3
Read:AmalieSkramnovelLucie(Chaps.19)

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WEEK 7
Tues. Nov. 8
Read: complete rest of novel Lucie

Thur. Nov. 10
Read:JanetGartononAmalieSkram
Read:lectureonEdvardMunch

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WEEK 8
Tues. Nov. 15
Read: Sderberg novel, Doctor Glas (through July 26 diary entry)
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Thur. Nov. 17
Read: complete rest of Sderberg novel Doctor Glas
Read: Susan C. Brantly, Murdering the Father: Hjalmar Sderbergs Doktor Glas

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WEEK 9
Tues. Nov. 22
Read: Hamsun short stories, Ladykiller and A Womans Triumph

Thur. Nov. 24
NO CLASS: Thanksgiving holiday

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WEEK 10
Tues. Nov. 29
Read: Knut Hamsun novella, Victoria

Thur. Dec. 1
Screen in class: Norwegian film adaptation of Victoria

Finalpapersduetoturnitinby11pmThur.Dec.8
Latepaperswillbepenalized1/3ofalettergradeforeachdaylate

Somerecommendedresearchwebsites:

UCLA
http://guides.library.ucla.edu
http://guides.library.ucla.edu/scandinavian
http://guides.library.ucla.edu/film