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
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 07/22/12 |
Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session |
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
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The Poems of The Pearl Manuscript, 5th Edition: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Gawain and the Green Knight 5th Ed - e-book is available at this site http://www.billstanton.co.uk/pearl/pearl1213.htm and in the APUS Online Library
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| ISBN: |
0859897915
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| Publication Info: |
University of Exeter Press
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| Author: |
Andrew, Malcom / Waldron, Ronald (Eds.)
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| Unit Cost: |
$35.00
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| Book Title: |
Purgatorio-Available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8795
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| ISBN: |
0385497008
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| Publication Info: |
Anchor Press
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| Author: |
Dante / Hollander, Jean (Ed.) / Hollander, Robert (Ed.)
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| Unit Cost: |
$19.95
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| Book Title: |
Saint Patrick's Purgatory : A Poem by Marie de France
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| ISBN: |
086698108X
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Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies
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| Author: |
DeFrance
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| Unit Cost: |
$20.00
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| Book Title: |
The Romance of Tristan
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| ISBN: |
0140442308
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| Publication Info: |
Penguin Books, Inc.
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| Author: |
Beroul / Fredrick, Alan S. (Translator)
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| Unit Cost: |
$12.00
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| Book Title: |
Consolation of Philosophy - available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14328
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| ISBN: |
0199540543
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| Publication Info: |
Oxford University Press
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| Author: |
Boethius / Walsch, P.J.
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| Unit Cost: |
$14.95
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| Book Title: |
Dream Visions and Other Poems - available online
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| ISBN: |
0393925889
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| Publication Info: |
W.W. Norton & Co
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| Author: |
Chaucer, Geoffrey
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| Unit Cost: |
$17.25
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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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| Author: |
Heaney, Seamus (Translator)
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| Unit Cost: |
$13.95
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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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| Author: |
Leslie
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| Unit Cost: |
$20.00
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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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| Author: |
Wise, Michael O. / Abegg, Martin G.
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| Unit Cost: |
$24.99
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