"The Woman in Scandinavian Literature"

Scand. 420

Lit Trans 343

Spring 2017

Monday-Wednesday-Friday 11-11:50

Nete Schmidt, Ph.D.  aschmidt2@wisc.edu, 1368 Van Hise,

Office hours T- R 12:15-1 and by appointment

Required Texts:

Grading Scale:

Participation:

In order to do well in this course, you should attend every class period and participate actively in class discussion and presentations.   You should be prepared for every class by having read and thought about the scheduled text, so you can share your thoughts and insights and benefit from listening to your fellow students.

If you are going to be absent, please let me know in advance.  If you are unable to attend a class, please call a classmate to find out what went on, so you will be up-to-date with assignments.

Presentations:

Each student will give two 20-minute power point presentations of one of our authors and texts. Presentations should provide a general summary of the author’s life and work and discuss, in particular, styles and themes associated with the author.

Students should provide a brief handout for the class including questions to initiate a discussion about the reading by the author chosen for the class.

Students should provide a write-up of the presentation to be handed in at the end of the class. The write-up should consist of power point slides, questions, and a brief summary of the purpose of the presentation.

The Syllabus:

The syllabus shows the reading and discussion topic for each day of the week, so the first entry is the reading for Monday, the second entry the reading for Wednesday, and the third entry the reading for Friday.

Please read the texts listed so you are able to participate in class discussions.

The course will consist of lectures, presentations, and discussion.

Readings marked UW are available at Learn@UW.

Formal Essay:

You will write one 3-5 page (750-1250 words) analysis of the readings that we have studied during the course. Topics for the essay will be provided. You must include outside sources in your essay to make it more academic.

Your essay must be word-processed, double-spaced in MLA format.  All should have a standard heading on the top left corner of the page (your name, date, my name, class), and each paper should have a title.

Prompts for formal essay.

Exams:

The first exam is on Friday, March 17, during class.

The second exam is on Wednesday, May 3, during class.

Plagiarism:

You must give credit to any source you use for ideas or wording. Representing the ideas and words of another as one’s own is a violation of the standards for academic honesty. Do NOT buy papers from the web as that is academic dishonesty and will result in a failing grade for the class.  Plagiarism, which is defined as the deliberate use of another’s ideas or words as if they were one’s own, can take many forms such as:  

- Borrowing, buying or stealing a paper from elsewhere; lending or selling a paper for another’s use as his or her own; using printed material written by someone else as one’s own  
- Getting so much help on a paper from someone else, including a college tutor, that the student writer can no longer legitimately claim authorship  
- Intentionally using source material improperly, e.g., neither citing nor using quotation marks on borrowed material; supplying an in-text citation but failing to enclose quoted material within quotation marks; leaving paraphrased material too close to the original version; failing to append a works-cited page when sources have been used  
- Unintentional misuse of borrowed sources through ignorance or carelessness  

Sanctions recommended for dishonesty are an “F” on the assignment and/or an “F” in the course. More serious violations may be referred to the Academic Dean’s Office for appropriate action.