MCAS MS AL 240 - Sicily & Mediterranean Cultures:Comp Lit

Institution:

Arcadia University

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Description:

The centre of Mediterranean area, Sicily has been conquered throughout the ages by different armies and inhabited by different populations, its look changed and shaped by various architectures and decorative styles, its culture built on many contributions, its literature nourished by other mature cultures with their features, skills, knowledge. The course focuses on some decisive moments of this long time process, trying to find the ttraces that those mixing cultures left on Sicilian culture, detecting the thresholds of the most important changes and outlining the shape of Sicilian Literature as a result of meeting and mixing traditions: we study, among the others, the ancient Greek culture and the mythic heritage; the Arabic tradition; the Spanish culture and its features. After a general introduction of the theory of Comparative Literature, the course will be organized into thematic units, with specific historical, cultural and literary introductions, using the essays and the suggestions of Vincenzo Consolo, one of the most interesting contemporary Sicilian authors. AUC Designation: Cl

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.arcadia.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 572-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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