Introduces the student to some of the important shapers and definers of the modern (Western) artistic and intellectual tradition, along with some of the movements and counter-movements that framed their work (Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism, Modernism etc.). PRIOR TO FALL 2014: Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 1750 6.00.
Explores the interactions between Gods and humans in literature, art, and philosophy. We focus on critical questions, emotional struggles, and personal journeys that characterize interactions between humans and Gods. Special attention is given to the reasons why religious and secular people are interested in these interactions today.
A fundamental feature of the Enlightenment is the view that human experience is the foundation of gaining knowledge and truth. We focus on selected Enlightenment writers and thinkers in order to understand this approach to writing.
Sampling epic, romance, autobiography, short story, drama, music, political theory, science and the visual arts, this course traces European high culture from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. PRIOR TO FALL 2014: Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 1800 6.00.
An introduction to ancient and modern myths and theories about myths and mythology in comparative perspectives and their influences on modern literature and art. A close examination of influential primary texts from ancient Greek and Roman myth and philosophy with a view to understanding fundamental ideas, principles, and values on the basis of which the […]
This Foundations course offers a serious, focused, and critical examination of the ancient Greeks and Romans through the lens of important primary texts from Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Virgil, all considered in translation from ancient Greek and Latin. In the final part of the course, we consider the meaning and significance of our study the […]