CLCV 120

Spring 2024 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 16-May 1

The Classical Tradition

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Credit: 3 hours.

Survey of the Greco-Roman tradition from late antiquity to the present. Examination of Greco-Roman culture in medieval Christianity and Islam, the literary tradition of the Troy tale, the rediscovery of Greek texts and the Florentine Renaissance, classical allusions in early modern literature, the foundations of modern political movements, and the persistence of the classical tradition in contemporary popular culture.

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

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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CLCV 120 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	70179	Lecture-Discussion	B	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	242 Bevier Hall	Hadjipolycarpou, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Decolonizing the Body: Eros and the Erotic in the Poetry of C.P. Cavafy. This course offers a survey of classical tradition through the work of Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933). In his work, the poet reworks themes from writers of the Classical Greek, Roman, and Late Antique periods to create poem-landmarks of modernity that readers around the world continue to read today in various languages and translations. Some of the themes his poetry engages with, and we explore in the course, are Hellenism, exile, displacement, empire, colonialism, politics, homosexuality, decadence, time, art, old age, and lives of subjects confronted with existential pain. The course is suitable for students interested in Modern Greek Studies, Mediterranean Studies, English, Comparative Literature, History, Religion, and Modernity.