Courses in Great Books (Division 382) Great Books 157/Phil. 157. Great Books in Philosophy. Students are strongly advised not to take more than two Philosophy Introductions. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). This course is intended to be an introduction to philosophy through analysis and discussion of some of the great works in the western philosophical tradition. Students learn important approaches to central philosophical questions through reading influential works which continue to inform and shape philosophy today. In addition to the analysis of texts, the identification and understanding of philosophical questions, and the evaluation of proposed answers, the course emphasizes development of student skills, particularly skills of argumentation, and of student understanding of the nature of intellectual inquiry. Great Books 191. Great Books. Open to Honors first-year students only. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Gt. Bks. 201 or Classical Civ. 101. (4). (HU). An introduction to the major literary, philosophical, and historical masterpieces of ancient Greece. Completion of Great Books 191 meets the English Composition degree requirement; completion of both Great Books 191 and 192 also gives eight credits toward the humanities distribution requirement. There are two lecture and two discussion periods each week. Readings include Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. Great Books 192. Great Books. Open to Honors first-year students only. (4). (HU). An introduction to masterpieces of the Roman period through the Renaissance. Completion of both Great Books 191 and 192 gives eight credits toward the humanities distribution requirement. There are two lecture and two discussion periods each week. Readings include further works of Plato, Vergil, selections from the Bible, St. Augustine, and Dante. Great Books 201. Great Books of the Ancient World. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Gt. Bks. 191 or Classical Civ. 101. (4). (HU). Readings in the major works of Western civilization from the Greek and Roman period. Readings typically include works by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Plato. Great Books 202. Great Books of the Medieval and Modern World. (4). (HU). Readings in the major works of Western civilization from the medieval, Renaissance, and early modern periods. Readings typically include works by Dante, Goethe, and Cervantes. Great Books 204/Physics 204. Great Books in Physics. (4). (NS). Study of selected works of Galileo, Newton, and Faraday. Great Books 221/Asian Studies 221/Chinese 221. Great Books of China. (4). (HU). Introduction in translation to the great works of literature which have influenced the lives and culture of the Chinese people from ancient times to the present. Great Books 222/Asian Studies 222/Japanese 222. Great Books of Japan. (4). (HU). Introduction in translation to books which have influenced the Japanese people through the ages. Great Books 246/AAPTIS 296. Great Books of the Middle East. (4). (HU). Introduction to the literary traditions of the classical (or medieval) and modern Middle East. Students explore the cultural traditions of the peoples who have expressed themselves in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and other Islamic languages since the time of the Prophet Muhammed. Readings are taken from the religious texts (including the Qur'an), from historical writings, and from poetry and artistic prose (such as the Thousand and one Nights). Other topics include the achievements of Islamic science and relations between the Middle East and the European West. Great Books 291. Great Books of Modern Literature. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the College Honors Program. (4). (HU). A continuation of Great Books 192 studying works from the Renaissance to the present, including Don Quixote, Faust, Crime and Punishment, Madame Bovary, and Huckleberry Finn. Great Books 331/Spanish 331. Great Books of Spain and Latin America. Open to students at all levels. A knowledge of Spanish is not required. (3). (HU). May not be included in a concentration plan in Spanish (or teaching certificate major or minor). From the Cid through the Golden Age: Discussion of selected masterpieces of Spanish and Portuguese literature read in English translation. Great Books 350/Amer. Cult. 360/Hist. 350. Debates of the Founding Fathers. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. (3). (Excl). Explores the writings of the founding generation of the American Republic. Great Books 394/WS 394. Great Books by Women Writers. Sophomore standing. (4). (HU). This course is designed to introduce students to women writers from a variety of traditions. A theoretical ground is laid with Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. Authors read are Hildegard von Bingen, St. Teresa of Avila or Sor Juana de la Cruz, Madame de Lafayette, George Sand, Virginia Woolf, and Toni Morrison. the several lecturers come from various departments and use differing critical approaches. The course aims to examine differences in women's writing in specific contexts, and to explore basic constructs of feminist literary theory. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index Queried: 5:37 PM EST on Thu, May 4, 2000 This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.