192. Great Books. Open to Honors freshmen only. (4). (HU).
Continuation; of Great Books 191, from Plato to the Renaissance. We will read Plato, SYMPOSIUM and REPUBLIC; Vergil, THE AENEID; selections from the Old Testament and New Testament; St. Augustine, CONFESSIONS; Dante, THE DIVINE COMEDY (INFERNO, and selections from PURGATORIO and PARADISO); Boccaccio, selections from the DECAMERON. Great Books 192 is open only to freshmen in the Honors Program; other students wishing to take a similar course are encouraged to elect Great Books 202. [Cost:2] (Siebers)
202. Great Books. (3). (HU).
Section 001 – Great Books of Ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. We will read and discuss a few of Euripides' tragedies (probably ALCESTIS, MEDEA, and HIPPOLYTUS), Plato's SYMPOSIUM, Vergil's AENEID, Augustine's CONFESSIONS, Dante's COMEDY, Machiavelli's THE PRINCE, and Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Grading will be based upon class participation, a series of short essays (total of 10-12 pages), a midterm, and a final exam. Our texts have delighted, instructed, and influenced many minds, great and small, for centuries, and form an important part of the foundation of our culture. Our purpose will not be to learn about these works, but to learn the works themselves, so that they become, in a sense, a part of our experience, our personal property. [Cost:2] [WL:1] (Wallin)
Section 002. In this course we will study the DIVINE COMEDY of Dante, three of Shakespeare's plays (OTHELLO, I HENRY IV, and THE TEMPEST), Milton's PARADISE LOST, and Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE. We will proceed through class discussion, and we will probably write very short papers quite frequently. There will be one hour exam and a final exam. [Cost:3] [WL:1] (McNamara)
221. Great Books of the Far East. (4). (HU).
An introduction to some of the great books that have exerted a commanding influence on the lives, thought, and literary experience of the Chinese people through the ages, and that have the power to delight or enlighten Western readers today. We will begin with a short selection from the ancient I CHING or BOOK OF CHANGES which represents one of the earliest crystallization of the Chinese mind and then extend to examine several texts in the ethical and social philosophy of Confucianism and two mythical texts in the philosophy of Taoism. Other readings include sections from THE BOOK OF SONGS; one wild Buddhist text about the experience of enlightenment; MONKEY, a novel of myth, fantasy, comedy, and allegory; THE TOWER OF MYRIAD MIRRORS, a sequel to MONKEY exploring the world of dreams and the unconscious; and finally THE STORY OF THE STONE (also known as THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER) a monument of fiction, set in the last high point in traditional Chinese civilization and depicting in vivid detail its splendor and decadence. Weekly one-page written assignments, three brief papers (four or five pages each), and a final examination are required. [Cost:4] [WL:1] (Shuen-Fu Lin)
394(294)/Women's Studies 394. Great Books by Women Writers. Sophomores standing and above. (4). (HU).
This course is designed to introduce students to "Great Books" by European and American women writers from the twelfth to the twentieth century. Taught by a series of lecturers using differing critical approaches, the course aims to provide a perspective from which to critique the traditional Great Books canon; to examine differences in women's writing in specific contexts; and to explore basic constructs of feminist literary criticism and theory. Texts to be read include: Virginia Woolf's A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN; Hildegard von Bingen's hymns; Juana Ines de la Cruz's poetry; Madame de La Fayette's THE PRINCESSE DE CLEVES; George Sand's INDIANA; Woolf's TO THE LIGHTHOUSE; Toni Morrison's SULA. There will be two lectures and two discussions per week. Written work: two short papers; a term paper; and a final exam. Lecture time: T,TH 12-1. [Cost:2] [WL:1] (Herrmann and others)
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