WESTERN CULTURE: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS I

ILS 371

Selected interdisciplinary topics in literature and art with emphasis on social, historical and political contexts.

ILS 253

Representative episodes in the interaction of literature and society, organized either around a set of social institutions and their literary connections or around a set of literary forms and their social connections.

ILS 204

The development of literature and the arts from the Renaissance to the modern period, including such figures as Shakespeare and Michelangelo through T.S. Eliot and Picasso. Literature and art in the context of society and ideas.

CLASSICS 206

Explores the legacy of ancient Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern art and science in later historical periods of Western culture. Identify, analyze and critique the roots of western culture and to understand and interpret how classical cultures influence global arts and sciences past and present.

CLASSICS 970

Examines central literary and cultural issues in classical antiquity from both Greek and Roman perspectives.