CLCV 220

Spring 2016 Part of Term B

Part of Term B
Mar 14-May 4

Origins of Western Literature

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Credit: 3 hours.

Origins and development of selected major genres in Western literature, emphasizing the relationship between classical representatives and their modern successors.

Same as CWL 220. May be repeated as topic varies.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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CLCV 220 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63846	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -12:50PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Williams, C	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Title: The Animal Self Section Info: A selection of literary texts from Greece, Rome, and the subsequent Western tradition in which animals are either protagonists or narrators. Recurring themes include: identity, boundaries and their transgression, reason and language, emotions and desire. Readings include selections from Homer’s Odyssey, Plutarch’s Gryllos, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Apuleius’ Golden Ass, Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, Jack London’s Call of the Wild, Richard Adams’ Watership Down. We conclude by looking beyond the Western tradition to Native American texts, including Louise Erdrich’s The Antelope Wife.
	45762	Lecture-Discussion	G	2:00PM -3:50PM	MW	Foreign Languages Building	Augoustakis, A	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Title: Homosexuality in Antiquity Section Info: This class studies attitudes toward same-sex desire, love, and relationships in Greece and Rome from Homer to Late Antiquity, as well as its reception in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and beyond. A wide variety of texts in ancient poetry and prose in translation are selected for reading.