Prof. Wen is a cool dude. There was really nothing much for this class. Easy A.

Grade Calculation:
1 Essay - 10%
Socratic Questioning (randomly calls on someone during lecture) - 10%
Midterm 1 - 40%
Midterm 2 (counts as the final) - 40%

Prof. Wen gave us all full credit for the essay we didn't have to do because the lecture hall was locked (LOL) and we couldn't enter and discuss it the week it was due. Normally, the only way to get out of the essay was to volunteer yourself as an actor for the play we were reading in class.

You don't really need to go to lecture as he said personally that items from the lecture are not needed in order to complete the midterms. The only reason you would go is because he would sometimes randomly call on people during lecture and ask them questions about the week's reading. But, the chances that he would call on you is pretty rare because in total there were only around 10 people max, called out during lecture during the entire term.

The midterms were fair and relatively easy. He provides 2-3 prompts for you to answer based on the readings (they are not cumulative). You could probably get away with reading half of the books required and reading a summary for the other half because there's a good chance one of the books you actually read will be a prompt (I recommend reading the books that he goes over heavily). He also includes prompts on the movies screened during lecture too.

* Tip: If you see a large amount of athletes in a class, that usually means that you're in an easy class. And this class had a lot of NCAA athletes and actual Olympians!

** Another Tip: I HIGHLY RECOMMEND SAVING THIS CLASS FOR YOUR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR. This class can serve as a buffer and grade booster between your harder upper division classes.

SELLING SCAND50/50W MATERIALS! INCLUDES NOTES THAT WILL GET YOU AN A.

-Course Reader
-Hunger by Hamsun
-The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen
-Naive.Super by Erlend Loe
-The Dwarf by Par Lagerkvist
-Anecdotes of Destiny by Isak Dinesen
All are in excellent condition.

I will throw in very helpful, detailed summaries of every single book (also includes key themes that you need to write about on exams) as well as my notes from class.

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Selling course materials
-Scandinavian 50 Course Reader
-Hunger by Hamsun
-The Shadow by HCA
-Naive.Super by Loe
-The Dwarf by Lagerkvist
-Anecdote's of Destiny - Dinesen
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Took this class during the summer and while this review is under Professor Wen, he only supervised it and we never saw him at all. The teaching was left to the TA, Luke Beuerlein, so most of what I say in this review relates to him, not Wen.

People are not joking when they say this class is easy. I did very little studying/preparation and got an A+ with ease. That said, the workload is relatively heavy because you only have 6 weeks in the summer and there are a lot of books to get through. Although I got an A+, getting through this class was a struggle because of how boring it was. Luke obviously tried his hardest to give engaging lectures but 1. nobody gave a shit about the material so they never talked during discussions making it very silent and awkward and 2. it felt like it was his first time teaching a class so he stumbled a lot.

Midterm/final was 4 or 5 identification questions (who the author of the work is, the title, and the significance of the passage) with 1 essay. They were absurdly easy but only if you actually did the reading. Overall really easy but boring class

This class is a joke.

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Class is easy, if you read and know all of the material. There is actually quite a bit of reading, including 4 short novels and numerous stories in the course reader. The professor expects you to know them all fairly well because his exams test solely on ability to recall what you remember from the content. His exams are all multiple choice, making them short and easy to finish, but he does offer a few tricky questions which can only be answered if you truly know what happened in the story.

Talk about a swell guy Professor Wen is an amazing professor and lecturer. I honestly wish someone like him can teach all my classes. To be frank the class sounded very dull and boring but the material was actually quite interesting. Unfortunately I didn't take the course too seriously so I didn't end up with a high grade but that doesn't mean I'm going to write a bad review about the professor. The professor is great and if you want an A in the class, just do the work assigned and you will receive. Guaranteed.

It was my first year of UCLA, I very enjoyed this class. I had no idea about Scandinavian literature and had no interested. However, Professor Wen made this class interesting and fun! (I got A!) I sell my course leader, reading materials, paper and mid-term paper. $25
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