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Summer and Fall 2012 European Studies
Courses
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All courses are 3 credits
Summer Courses
- EUR 101-G Foundation of European Culture
- The course presents students with the
thinking from a variety of disciplines that influenced the development of
the diverse national cultures of Europe. Students are exposed to a
chronological representation of the major ways that classical Greek, Roman,
Judeo-Christian, and Islamic cultures contribute to the making of
individual national cultures and identities of the major countries of
Europe.
- Summer I: MW: : 1:30-4:55 — T. Grenkov
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- EUR 201-I Development of European
Culture
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introduction of the important literary works from major European cultural
and intellectual developments and an examination of their continued influence
on the modern world. Readings focus on central texts pertaining to core
religious issues, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism
and Post Modernism.
- Summer II: MW: 6:00-9:25
— T. Grenkov
Fall Courses
- CLS 113-B Greek and Latin Literature in
Translation
- Historical and analytical study of the
development of classical Greek and Latin literature. Extensive readings in
translation include works illustrating epic, lyric, drama, history, satire,
and criticism.
- MWF: 12:00-12:53 —
A. Godfrey
- EUR 101-G Foundation of European Culture
- The course presents students with the
thinking from a variety of disciplines that influenced the development of
the diverse national cultures of Europe. Students are exposed to a
chronological representation of the major ways that classical Greek, Roman,
Judeo-Christian, and Islamic cultures contribute to the making of
individual national cultures and identities of the major countries of
Europe.
- TuTh: 7:00-8:20 — T. Westphalen
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- EUR 201-I Development of European
Culture
- An
introduction of the important literary works from major European cultural
and intellectual developments and an examination of their continued influence
on the modern world. Readings focus on central texts pertaining to core
religious issues, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism
and Post Modernism.
- Tu-Th: 4:00-5:20
— T. Westphalen
EUR 390-I #NATION, COLONY,
MIGRATION
Description available soon
TuTh: 2:20-3:50
— P. Carravetta
LAT 111 Elementary Latin I
An intensive course designed to prepare the
beginning student to translate Latin that may be needed for use in
undergraduate or graduate study. Focus of the course is on the fundamentals
of grammar and the techniques of translation. No student who has two or more
years of Latin in high school or who has otherwise acquired an equivalent
proficiency will be permitted to enroll in LAT 111 without written
permission from the course supervisor.
MWF: 11:00-11:53
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A. Godfrey
LAT 356-S3 Late Medieval Latin
Translation and discussion of Latin literature from the
12th to the 16th century. Authors include the Archpoet, Thomas Aquinas,
Petrarch, Erasmus, and Thomas MorePrerequisite:
LAT 112
Tutorial
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A. Godfrey
- HUG 221-I German
Cinema Since 1945
- A survey of contemporary Germany and
its political, social, and economic structure, as well as the study of
cultural life and institutions, within the context of its historical
development, with comparisons to American models and standards.
- M: 2:30-3:50 — B. Viola
HUI 231-D Sex
and Politics in Italian Cinema
The cinematic representation of gender, class, and sexual politics in
post-World War II Italian films and the relationship of these themes to
Italian history, society, and culture are discussed. Films by directors
such as Bertolucci, Fellini, and Wertmuller are studied. Readings
include selected works of film history, criticism, and theory.
Tu:: 2:30-3:50
/ Th: 2:30-4:50 — G. Balducci
HUI 234-G Introduction to 20th-century Theater
A study of avant-garde drama through the analysis of texts by Marinetti,
Bontempelli, Pirandello, Betti, Beckett, Ionesco, and Tenessee Williams.
Important questions such as identity and diversity are discussed from a
variety of perspectives within the social, psychological, sexual, and
multicultural context of our time.
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of D.E.C. category B or THR 101
TuTh: 4:00-5:20 — L. Fontanella
HUI 235-G Sex,
Love ant Tragedy in Early Italian Literature
A study of the interaction between the sexes in
contrast with man's spiritual needs in the major works of early Italian
literature. Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio, Boccaccio's
Decameron and Petrarch's poetry will be analyzed.
Remark: Meets English major
requirements
Advisory Prerequisite: Completion of
DEC category B or equivalent.
TuTh 2:30-3:50
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C. Franco / M. Giua
- HUI 239-I Modern Italy
- A survey of contemporary Italy and its political, social, and economic
structure, as well as the study of cultural life and institutions with comparisons to
American models and standards.
- TuTh: 2:30-3:50 — M. Mignone
HUR 141-B: The Age
of Empire
A survey of major Russian writers of the
19th and 20th centuries, including Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Solzhenitsyn.
The course offers a brief history of Russian literary masterpieces in the
context of world literature and of major cultural movements such as the
Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and 20th-century totalitarianism.
MW: 2:30-3:50 — I. Kalinowska
HUR 231-I: Saints and Fools
An introduction to literature about the
lives of saints and the holy fool tradition in major texts from Russian and
English literature. Emphasis is placed on the ways authors have used
fundamental religious values of humility, the transcendent irrational, and
kenosis -- Jesus's humbling himself by taking the form of a man -- to
comfort their own times. Authors considered include Charles Dickens,
Chaucer, Nikolai Gogol, and Aleksandr Pushkin; films include Murder in
the Cathedral and Forrest Gump.
Remark: Crosslisted with EGL 231.
TuTh: 4:00-5:20 — t. Grenkov
HUR 235-G: Crime and Punishment in World Literature
An exploration of crime and its punishment focusing Dostoevsky's
response to intellectual history and to literary depiction of criminals,
villains, detectives, acts of violence, and prevalent moral codes.
Prerequisite: Fulfillment of D.E.C.
category B.
TuTh:: 4:00-5:20 — N. Rzhesvky
MVL 241-G Heroes and Warriors
A study of warrior-hero in Western Literature from
the Greeks through the Middle Ages.
MW: 1:00-2:20 — T.
Kerth
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