HDCB01142U HDCB01142U DCC H.C. Andersen and his Contemporaries

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Danish Culture Courses

 

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Content

The course deals with literature and philosophy in the Danish Golden Age (ca. 1800-1850) with a special focus on Hans Christian Andersen's writing. Based on relevant topics (including natural philosophy, medievalism, theory of genius, aesthetics, the big city, modernity and romanticism), parallels are drawn between Andersen and Danish contemporary writers: Adam Oehlenschläger, B.S. Ingemann, N.F.S. Grundtvig, H.C. Ørsted and Søren Kierkegaard.

 

Relevant theories discussed in the course: nationalism and national thought, existentialism, medievalism, natural philosophy, historicism, philosophy of history, romantic aesthetics.

 

Overall learning questions that the course will answer: Analyze and discuss central themes within Danish literature and philosophy during the Golden Age (c. 1800 – 1850) Reflect on and situate H.C. Andersen's authorship in a Danish and international context

 

Danish Culture Courses – University of Copenhagen

Name of Exam: HDCB01141E Danish Literature and Philosophy in Context of Danish Culture and Society.

Learning Outcome

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

 

Knowledge and understanding of:

  • some central themes in selected works, or selected authors, genres or periodes, and their core concepts.

 

Skills in:

  • applying research-based knowledge to a special topic within Danish litera- ture and/or philosophy
  • understanding and reflecting on a special topic within Danish literature and/or philosophy
  • putting this in relation with current ideas and concepts in European litera- ture and philosophy.

 

Competencies in

  • taking an analytical approach to the focused study as an element of Dan- ish history, culture, and society.

Texts will be available online through Absalon.

The course is only offered to exchange and fee-paying guest students at the University of Copenhagen.
Lectures, class teaching and excursions.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 0
  • Total
  • 0
Written
Oral
Individual
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Home assignment, 11-15 standard pages.
Type of assessment details
Written take-home assignment with an optional subject.
Internal exam with one examiner.
The exam can only be taken individually.
Exam language: English.
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

Conducted in the same manner as the original exam.

Criteria for exam assesment

See Learning Outcome.