HUMN520 - Antiquity and Medieval World
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This course addresses the possibility of the existence of a proper way or path through life. The course topics address works from history’s most esteemed authors. Included among the topics are Aristotle, seminal works of art and literature from the Far and Middle East, the Hellenistic world, and the Roman Empire. Religious issues of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity are covered in depth. Readings for this course include: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics; Confucius' Analects; Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching; The Bhagavad Gita; Epictetus' The Encheridion; Virgil's Aeneid; The Bible; and Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradisio.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 05/30/10 |
Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 12/28/09 - 05/30/10 |
06/07/10 - 08/01/10 |
Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 05/31/10 - 10/24/10 |
11/01/10 - 12/26/10 |
Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Saint Patrick's Purgatory : A Poem by Marie de France
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| ISBN: |
086698108X
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| Publication Info: |
Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies
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| Book Title: |
The Romance of Tristan-Available free online on various sites such as Project Gutenberg.
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| ISBN: |
0140442308
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| Publication Info: |
Penguin Books, Inc.
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| Book Title: |
Consolation of Philosophy - available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14328
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| ISBN: |
0192838830
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| Publication Info: |
Oxford University Press
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| Book Title: |
Dream Visions and Other Poems - available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2383
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| ISBN: |
0393925889
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| Publication Info: |
W.W. Norton & Co
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| Book Title: |
Beowulf : A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition-Available free online on various sites such as Project Gutenberg.
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| ISBN: |
0393320979
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| Publication Info: |
W.W. Norton & Co.
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| Book Title: |
Wanderer
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| ISBN: |
0859892611
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| Publication Info: |
University of Exeter Press
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| Book Title: |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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| ISBN: |
0921149921
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| Publication Info: |
Broadview Press
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| Book Title: |
Dead Sea Scrolls : A New Translation
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| ISBN: |
006076662X
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| Publication Info: |
Harpercollins College Division
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| Book Title: |
The Divine Comedy: The Inferno/the Purgatorio/the Paradiso-Available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8795
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| ISBN: |
0451208633
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| Publication Info: |
NAL / New American Library
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