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Uses archaeological and literary sources to discuss the beginnings of urbanism in the ancient Mediterranean region, with particular focus on 5th-century Athens and Imperial Rome. Aims not just to study how cities developed, but also how that development affected the ways in which people of the time thought about community living and the meaning of their physical environment. General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS). 3 points
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Examines the development of major elements and noteworthy peculiarities of Greek cities and Sanctuaries. Emphasis on individual monuments and arrangement of sites and their political, social, and religious functions throughout the Greek world from the rise of city-states through the formation of the Roman provinces. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Examines the role of women in ancient Greek and Latin literature; the portrayal of women in literature as opposed to their actual social status; male and female in ancient Mediterranean cosmologies; readings from ancient epics, lyric drama, history, historical documents, medical texts, oratory, and philosophy, as well as from contemporary sociological and anthropological works that help to analyze the origins of the Western attitude toward women. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS). 3 points
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Greek and Roman legal systems; archaic law in its social context; philosophy of law; development of private law in Rome. - J. Zetzel General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). 3 points
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Examines the history of the development of Roman law and legal thought. The role of law in Roman society. Introductions to Roman methods of legal analysis, with emphasis on study and class discussion of cases from the Roman jurists. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Examination of the ways in which gender and sexuality are constructed in ancient Greek society and represented in literature and art, with attention to scientific theory, ritual practice, and philosophical speculation. Topics include conceptions of the body, erotic, homoerotic literature and practice, legal constraints, pornography, rape and prostitution. - H. Foley Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). 3 points
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Major texts of ancient political theory. Topics include constitutional theory, origins and legitimation of government, ethics, and politics, the regulation of private life, the rule of law, and the cosmopolis. Authors include Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Polybius, Dio of Prusa, and Augustine. 3 points
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An interpretive cultural history of the Czechs from earliest times to the founding of the first Czechoslovak republic in 1918. Emphasis on the origins, decline, and resurgence of Czech national identity as reflected in the visual arts, architecture, music, historiography, and especially the literature of the Czechs. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or instructor's permission. 3 points
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A survey of postwar Czech fiction and drama. Knowledge of Czech not necessary. Parallel reading lists available in translation and in the original. - C. Harwood Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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No knowledge of Czech required. A survey of the Czech, German, and German-Jewish literary cultures of Prague from 1910 to 1930. Emphasis on Hasek, Capek, Kafka, Werfel, and Rilke. - C. Harwood Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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