CULTR BLF 29 - Strange Mutations": Wonder, Faith, Skepticism, and Disbelief in Western Antiquity and the Renaissance

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Harvard University

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How does metamorphosis encourage belief and disbelief? This course examines the experience of change and transformation as represented by major writers in the Western literary, philosophic, and theological traditions. We will explore the diverse meanings given to metamorphosis in antiquity and consider how and why such meanings are remade in the Renaissance. Authors include Sappho, Homer, Plato, Ovid, Augustine, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Descartes.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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