CLCV 120

Spring 2026 All Classes

All Classes

The Classical Tradition

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

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

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

CLCV 120 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	70179	Lecture-Discussion	B	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	1110 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Hadjipolycarpou, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Modern Greek and Greek American Culture: A postcolonial perspective. This course examines the cultural, historical, and social production of modern Greek and Greek American identity through a postcolonial lens. Students will explore Greece’s complex positioning as both a “cradle of Western civilization” and a semi-peripheral nation shaped by empire, colonial legacies, and global power structures. The course traces the formation of Greek national identity, folklore, language, literature, music, and religious practices, as well as the experiences of Greek diasporic communities in the United States. The course emphasizes the interplay between local, national, and transnational contexts, encouraging students to consider how Greece and its diaspora negotiate race, gender, class, and global hierarchies.
	70713	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:50PM	MW	215B David Kinley Hall	Hadjipolycarpou, M	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Storytelling and Transformation: Narratives of Self from Homer to Ariana Huffington. This course explores storytelling and its junctures with the idea of self from the past to the present. We trace the beginnings of this phenomenon in the Odyssey and see its evolution through time in Europe and Modern Greece to end the course with a discussion about the role of storytelling in entrepreneurial culture in the United States today. Students become acquainted with important concepts, topics, and terms in the classical tradition and reception and develop their own definitions as they engage in conversation about modern contexts.