Two Nordic playwrights, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, are widely considered pioneers of modern drama, and filmmakers Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann have also been celebrated for their work in theater. This course examines the global legacy of these pioneers and the Nordic region's subsequent innovations in theater and drama. Topics: national romanticism, realism, naturalism, symbolism, expressionism, surrealism, and feminist and diasporic theater. We will study each play as performance as well as text. Note: This course will be linked to a special Strindberg Symposium at Harvard, as...

Thanks to the generous support of Harvard’s Office of Undergraduate Education, we are now able to offer Harvard students a full array of tutorial courses in the modern Nordic languages that we previously did not offer regularly, including Danish (90r.a), Finnish (90r.b), Icelandic (90r), and Norwegian (90r.c). Contact Program Coordinator Ursula Lilndqvist for details.

Continuation of the basic course focusing on a basic mastery of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. During spring term, the emphasis is on more advanced conversation and an exploration of Sweden's culture and civilization through selected texts and video. By semester's end, students will be able to carry on conversations in everyday Swedish, read news articles, and write letters and produce substantial creative work.

Sweden and Swedish Finland have produced some of the most translated and beloved works of children's fiction in the world. In this intermediate Swedish language course, we will review the essentials of Swedish grammar and vocabulary as we explore some of these classic works of children's fiction, film, and comic books and the aspects of Swedish culture they illuminate. The final project for this class involves producing your own work of children's fiction or film. Conducted in Swedish.