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3.00 Credits
Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Verkholantsev. This course will explore the representations of the West in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Russian literature and philosophy. We will consider the Russian visions of various events and aspects of Western political and social life - Revolutions, educational system, public executions, resorts, etc. - within the context of Russian intellectual history. We will examine how images of the West reflect Russia's own cultural concerns, anticipations, and biases, as well as aesthetic preoccupations and interests of Russian writers. The discussion will include literary works by Karamzin, Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Leskov, and Tolstoy, as well as non-fictional documents, such as travelers' letters, diaries, and historiosophical treatises of Russian Freemasons, Romantic and Positivist thinkers, and Russian social philosophers of the late nineteenth century. A basic knowledge of nineteenth-century European history is desirable. The class will consist of lecture, discussion, short writing assignments, and two in-class tests.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This seminar explores an aspect of medieval literature intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year. Topics in the past have included the medieval performance, medieval women, and medieval law and literature.
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Staff. This seminar explores an aspect of epic or romance intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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Staff. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219. This course engages in an in-depth study of Spanish and Colonial Spanish American culture(s) from the Pre-Roman period through the 17th century. Among the topics included are: Islamic Spain, the Spanish Reconquista, the Inquisition, the Origins of the Spanish Language, Sephardic Culture in Spain, the Pilgrimage Route to St.James, Picaresque Literature, Golden Age Spanish Drama, pre-Columbian Civilizations, the Conquest of the New World, and the establishment of colonial rule in Spanish America.
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Science studies. Class of 2009 & prior only. Domotor, Akhundov. A discussion of some philosophical questions that naturally arise in scientific research. Issues to be covered include: The nature of scientific explanation, the relation of theories of evidence, and the development of science (e.g., does science progress Are earlier theories refuted or refined ).
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Staff. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 219. This course engages in an in-depth study of certain key moments and texts in Spanish and Spanish American culture from the 18th century to the present. Among the topics dealt with are: the "failed" Enlightenment of Spain and Spanish America, the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, Carribean antislavery narrative, the revolt against Spanish rule and the creation of new nations in Spanish America, indigenismo, The Spanish Civil War, dictatorships, the Cuban Revolution.
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staff. Discover the fascinating world of twentieth-century Russian literature through the short but captivating texts by some of its greatest masters. Daring explorations of taboo topics, excellence of style, and, of course, reflections of life and death issues Russian literature is famous for--these are but few of the topics to be discussed in this course. From Anton Chekhov, Russia's greatest short story writer, through the Symbolists, Babel, Nabokov up to post-totalitarian writing, we will explore this unique literary tradition. No knowledge of Russian is required.
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Tigay. Prerequisite(s): HEBR 154 or the equivalent. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the critical methods and reference works used in the modern study of the Bible. To the extent possible, these methods will be illustrated as they apply to a single book of the Hebrew Bible that will serve as the main focus of the course.
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Staff. This course explores an aspect of renaissance literature intensively; specific topics will vary from year to year.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. It is difficult to imagine a current century without the remarkable contributions of Central European culture. Central Europe is the birthplace fo Freud and psychoanalysis, Schoenberg and twelve-tone composition, Kafka, Kraus, and Musil. It is also a combustible world theater for raging conflicts among political ideologies, nationalisms, and world views. This course examines the many legacies of Central Europe to the present. Through literature, cinema, and other arts, it explores a unique history that extends from the Habsburg and Ottoman empires, through two world wars, to communism and beyond. Readings are in English and include representative works from Albanian, Austrian, Bosnian, Czech, Hungarian, and Polish fiction.
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