CLCV 220

Spring 2017 All Classes

All Classes

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 2017
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
63846
Lecture-Discussion
D
11:00AM -12:20PM
TR
212 1205 W Oregon
Williams, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/17-05/03/17
Degree Notes:
Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult 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.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Chancellor's Scholar-CHPHonors students.
45762
Lecture-Discussion
G
2:00PM -3:50PM
MW
G18 Foreign Languages Building
Witzke, S
Part of Term:
B
Date Range:
03/13/17-05/03/17
Degree Notes:
Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
Section Info:
Instructor: Serena Witzke Title: History of Comedy from Aristophanes to Modern Sitcoms Description: This semester will examine the heritage of Greek and Roman comedy (Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence) in later comic playwrights Hrotsvit, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, through musical comedies, and into the modern iteration of ancient comedy: the sit-com.
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