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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the interdisciplinary nature of Western culture and will incorporate materials from all disciplines within the humanities—art, literature, philosophy, history, and music. 3 semester hours
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Topics offered in response to student and faculty interest. 3 semester hours each
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Students read works by major writers from Japan, China, India, African nations, and other cultures. This course includes works by writers such as Basho, Firdausi, Confucius, Li Po, Motokiyo, and Mishima. In addition, students study selections from The Koran, The Bhagavad Gita, and a number of Japanese Noh plays. 3 semester hours
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From the Gallo-Roman period to the Space Age, this course will examine particularly how political, philosophical, and social conditions and developments are reflected in achievements in French literature and the arts. Taught in English. 3 semester hours
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This course concentrates on a study of contemporary French political, economic, and social structures and their development from the end of World War II to the present. Emphasis will be placed upon the evolution of family life, the changing role of women, education, leisure time activities, immigrant workers, and the sphere of French influence in other Francophone regions of the modern world. Current newspapers and magazines will be the sources of many topics. 3 semester hours
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Plays from tragedy, satyr drama, old comedy, and new comedy will be read with the emphasis on tragedy. For each play, attention centers on its structure and the version of myth presented or the political context from which it arose and which it influenced. 3 semester hours
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6.00 Credits
A course designed to explore, examine, and analyze the "Black Experience" in the United States from a humanistic perspective. The disciplines of history, philosophy, religion, languages, literature, and art provide the interpretive, interdisciplinary frame of reference. The first semester covers the period up through the Civil War. The second semester includes Reconstruction to the present. 6 semester hours
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Designed and intended as an introduction to the field of folklore, this course is essentially a survey encompassing the basic, major divisions of the discipline: oral narrative, belief systems, material culture, and popular culture. Attention will be given to the nature, development, function, and appropriateness of folklore in our culture. Through the examination, analysis, and discussion of the components of folklore, the student will gain an understanding of and an appreciation for the discipline, especially with respect to its interdisciplinary ramifications. The opportunity to engage in fieldwork-oriented research will also be afforded. 3 semester hours
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Literature and film represent two of the media in which society explores its most puzzling questions. This course examines the way particular issues are treated in literature and film, focusing on both the issues and the analytical skills necessary to critique the two media. Issues are different each time the course is offered. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
In this introduction to the literature of Spain and New Spain from pre-contract through 1650, students read and discuss the discourse of exploration and conquest and analyze the themes of discovery, cultural encounter, and identity from both Spanish and indigenous perspectives. It begins with an overview of the chivalric spirit and the literature which molded the minds and spirits of the conquistadores, and continues with the chronicles of discovery and exploration and with an examination of Spanish colonialism. Finally, students consider an alternative perspective to the encounter of the two worlds through the reading selections and the iconography from the Amerindian accounts of the invasion of their lands. All readings, discussions, and assignments are in English. 3 semester hours
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