ENGL 029 - Classical Antiquity and English Literature

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. [Formerly ENGL 096]. This course will examine the relationship between early English literature and that of ancient Greece and Rome. At times will will discuss how classical theories of genre and aesthetics were appropriate and reinvented in medieval, raniassance, and seventeenth-century texts. What does it mean to call HAMLET and OEDIPUS THE KING tragedies, or THE FROGS and THE WAY OF THE WORLD comedies Should we consider the development of English drama and poetry as an extension of an imposing classcial traditon or as a sustained and resistant response to it See the English Department's website at www.english.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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