Courses

This course will survey the modern civil rights movement in the U.S. from World War II until the mid-1970s. Subjects will include the origins of the civil rights movement, its major victories, and its shortcomings, as well as the struggle for desegregation, voting rights, and economic assistance. How variables of race, class, and gender informed the evolution of the movement in the North and South, and how the movement transformed the cultural and political landscape willl also be examined.

The origins of the Civil War; the antebellum South, North, and Midwest; secession and conflict; the aftermath and Reconstruction.

Exploration of the representation of class in media, with emphasis upon an intersectional approach. Examination of how class narratives impact both production and consumption of media, as well as how activists can challenge power and give voice to the experience and perspectives of everyday working people through media.

A study of selected works of Greek and Latin literature in translation in relation to the development of English-language literature. Topics may include the epic, the development of tragic drama, and lyric and satirical poetry, and the theory and practice of translation.

European drama from the ancient Greeks through the seventeenth century, examining the significance of theatrical works in their own time and in our own culture and consciousness. Students will explore how the theatre creates art, and how the discipline of theatre studies creates meaning. Students will see how close reading of texts and the interpretive methods of the liberal arts inform the decisions of directors.

An introduction to the Hebrew of the Bible. For students who have completed two years of college-level study (or its equivalent) or who have attained proficiency in Modern Hebrew.

A survey of the rich cultural legacy of Islamic civilization from the 7th to 15thcenturies CE, a time of intense literary activity and intellectual inquiry in the Middle East, through close readings of scripture, literary texts, and scholarly works.Topics to be covered include the revelation of the Qur'n and development of Islamic religious sciences, ethnic and religious identity in the medieval Middle East, court culture and literature under the Abbasid caliphs, Persian identity and

An introduction to classical Japanese (bungo) using both a formal grammar and authentic texts.

A continuation of JPNS 211. An introduction to classical Japanese (bungo) using both a formal grammar and authentic texts.

Analysis and interpretation of Greek and Roman mythology: the various theories of its origins, a comparison with similar mythic elements in other ethnic groups, and the influence of the myths on the religious and patriotic concepts of classical times and on classical and modern languages and literatures. Texts, lectures, and class discussions supplemented by collateral readings leading to a term paper.