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CHEM 313 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
2 Credit(s)
This course provides practical laboratory experience with a variety of analytical methods. These include titrimetric, spectrophotometric, conductometric, potentiometric and electrolytic methods as well as ion exchange and solvent extraction separations.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 104 or CHEM 118 or 904A and
- MATH 140 or 141 and
- PHYSIC 113 or 903T and
- ENGL 101.
Corequisite: CHEM 311
2 Credit(s) |
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2 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 351 Organic Qualitative Analysis
3 Credit(s)
Theory and practice in organic compound separation and identification employing classical and instrumental methods.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 252 and 256 or
- CHEM 954A
3 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 361 Analytical Instrumentation
4 Credit(s)
Principles and use of instrumental methods in analysis.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: CHEM 313 and 379.
4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 369 Chemical Structure
4 Credit(s)
Introduction to fundamental theories concerning the structure of atoms and molecules. Discussion of the application of spectroscopic methods in structure elucidation.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 312 and
- MATH 141 and
- PHYSIC 114 or 904T.
Corequisite: CHEM 379
4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 370 Inorganic Chemistry
4 Credit(s)
Discussion of the fundamental principles of theoretical and descriptive modern inorganic chemistry.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHEM 369
Corequisite: CHEM 371
4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 371 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
2 Credit(s)
This course provides practical laboratory experience in synthesis, reactivity, and characterization of inorganic compounds.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHEM 379
Corequisite: CHEM 370
2 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 379 Chemical Structure Lab
2 Credit(s)
Spectroscopy applied to chemical problems. Absorption and emission spectra, magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy are used in the laboratory work.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 314 and
- PHYSIC 182 or 904T
Corequisite: CHEM 369
2 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 397 Special Topics in Chemistry
1 - 4 Credit(s)
An advanced course offering intensive study of selected topics in chemistry. Course content varies and will be announced prior to registration. Several topics may be offered each semester.
1 - 4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 444 Cooperative Education Field Experience in Chemistry
3 - 6 Credit(s)
The Cooperative Education Program in Chemistry places students in work assignments directly related to chemistry. Three credits are awarded for a full-time, six-month assignment; fewer credits are awarded for part-time placement. Credits are awarded only upon successful completion of the prospectus. A maximum of six credits may be earned through the program.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 311 and 313 or
- CHEM 369 and 370 and
- cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
Department consent
3 - 6 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 458 Medicinal Chemistry
3 Credit(s)
This upper-level course presents the principles of medicinal chemistry. Organized along pharmacological lines, the course considers the development and design of drugs, those a) acting on the central and peripheral nervous system; b) acting on the cardiovascular, hematopoietic and renal systems; and c) acting as chemotherapeutic agents, vitamins, and hormones. Special emphasis is given to drugs used in emergencies and to drugs described in the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary. Syntheses of important compounds in the various categories are presented.
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Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHEM 252
3 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 471 Introduction to Green Chemistry
3 Credit(s)
This course probes aspects of chemistry that are designed to benefit society and that search for pathways to minimize environmental impact. The course first studies a specific environmental problem in depth, then probes the pragmatic implications of discoveries in the field, and finally provides an array of representative green chemistry examples.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHEM 312 (preferred) or 254 or 954A.
3 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 478 Readings in Chemistry
1 - 4 Credit(s)
Topics vary depending on instructor.
1 - 4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 479 Readings in Chemistry
1 - 4 Credit(s)
Topics vary depending on instructor.
Enrollment Requirements:
Department consent
1 - 4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 481 Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry I
1 - 4 Credit(s)
Special laboratory topics under individual guidance by faculty member. (Course offered in the fall only.)
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 254 and
- two of the following: CHEM 311, 312, 369, 370
Department consent
1 - 4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 482 Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry II
1 - 4 Credit(s)
Special laboratory topics under individual guidance by faculty member.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 254 or 256 and
- two of the following: CHEM 311, 312, 369, 370
Department consent
1 - 4 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 498 Senior Thesis I
2 Credit(s)
This course, the first in a two-part sequence, contains both laboratory and classroom components. In the classroom, topics of interest to practicing chemists are discussed, including segments on scientific ethics, literature searches, and scientific writing. Students will also prepare two short presentations and regularly attend departmental research seminars, as well as beginning their capstone research project. Both courses in the sequence are required for the Chemistry capstone requirement.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CHEM 252 or 254 or 954A and
- two of the following: CHEM 311, 312, 369, 370.
2 Credit(s) |
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CHEM 499 Senior Thesis II
2 Credit(s)
This course, the second in a two-part sequence, contains both laboratory and classroom components. In the classroom, topics of interest to practicing chemists are discussed, including segments on scientific presentations (e.g., posters, PowerPoint, seminar talks) and career preparation. Students will regularly attend departmental research seminars, as well as continuing on their capstone research project. As paper of significant length and a research presentation are required. Both courses in the sequence are required for the Chemistry capstone requirement.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHEM 498
2 Credit(s) |
Chinese |
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CHINSE 101 Elementary Chinese I
4 Credit(s)
For students with no previous training in Chinese. Introduction to pronunciation (Mandarin), grammar, conversation, Chinese characters and the Pinyin romanization system.
Distribution Area: World Languages
4 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 102 Elementary Chinese II
4 Credit(s)
A continuation of CHINSE 101. Grammar, pronunciation, conversation, reading, and writing.
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHINESE 101 or equivalent.
4 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 105 Elementary Chinese for Heritage Speakers
4 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to standard Mandarin Chinese for students with some background in spoken dialects of Chinese. It covers the equivalent of Chinese 101 & 102 in a single semester.
Distribution Area: World Languages
4 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 201 Intermediate Chinese I
3 Credit(s)
Continuation of CHINSE 102. Intensive review and further study of grammar and audio-lingual skills with correlated intermediate-level readings in modern Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 202 Intermediate Chinese II
3 Credit(s)
Continuation of CHINSE 201. Intensive review and further study of grammar and audio-lingual skills with correlated intermediate-level readings in modern Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHINSE 201 or equivalent.
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 253 Is Culture Power? Re-thinking ‘Traditional’ Chinese Culture
3 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to Chinese literature and culture before 1900, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which fiction, poetry, letters, diaries, plays, and essays relate to other types of cultural production, including art, ritual, philosophy, politics, discourses of nation and ethnicity, and “everyday life.”
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 260 Modern Chinese Literature
3 Credit(s)
Short stories, novels, and essays from twentieth-century China in English translation. Some questions to be considered: What is literature? What role does politics play in the production of literature? Is there a meaningful relationship between literary theory and literary practice?
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 276 Modern Chinese Cinema
3 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to movies made in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, with particular attention to questions of cinematic style and technique. At the same time, it locates Chinese film in an international context-interpreting it with reference, on the one hand, to European, American, and Japanese film and, on the other, to changing economic, social, and political circumstances over the course of the last century. The course is taught in English; no knowledge of Chinese is necessary.
Distribution Area: The Arts
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 290 Special Topics
3 Credit(s)
Special topics in Chinese
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 301 Advanced Chinese I
3 Credit(s)
A course in written and spoken Chinese beyond the intermediate level. This course aims at developing students’ reading comprehension and speaking proficiency through the study of materials on contemporary China. The Pinyin romanization system is practiced in the classroom for accurate Mandarin speech.
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 302 Advanced Chinese II
3 Credit(s)
This course is designed for advanced students of Chinese who would like to improve their informal oral communication and formal presentational skills, and further develop their essay-writing ability. Readings and film selections focus on topical issues in modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture. The course is conducted in standard Mandarin Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CHINSE 202 or equivalent. CHINSE 301 is recommended.
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 303 Readings in Chinese: 20th Century
3 Credit(s)
Short stories, essays, and other writing in Chinese. Among other topics, we will consider changing views of gender and sexuality, the interplay of aesthetics and politics in literature, and the relationship between literature and film. There will be several screenings of films based on short stories. Class discussion in Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages | Diversity Area: International
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 304 Readings in Chinese: Contemporary Culture
3 Credit(s)
Short stories, essays, and other writing in Chinese, as well as films and television shows, with an emphasis on contemporary cultural products. Among other topics, we will consider new approaches to visual culture, changing views of gender and sexuality, and the politics of literary and nonliterary culture. Class discussion in Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 305 Readings in Chinese: Classical
3 Credit(s)
In this course, we read classical Chinese short fiction, essays, and poetry in the original, and discuss them in class
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 315 Chinese Popular Music
3 Credit(s)
This course familiarizes students with Chinese pop culture and popular language usage in social context through the study of Chinese pop songs over the last fifty years. Study of representative songs will contribute not only to a better understanding of Chinese society in different historical periods and the range of socio-cultural perspectives on these periods but also will realize the learners’ language proficiency level through use of the target language in an artistic format. This course is designed for advanced level Chinese language learners (including heritage learners). Materials are primarily in Mandarin, although some videos may be subtitled in English. Lecture and discussion are conducted in Chinese, and all written work is to be done in Chinese.
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 320 Introduction to Teaching Chinese Language
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces theoretical and practical approaches to Chinese language teachings, including discussion of the relationship between general theories of language acquisition and teaching methodologies and the specifics of Mandarin Chinese, how to design and develop course materials, and comparative analysis of popular textbooks. Student swill conduct classroom observation and have the opportunity to design and teach a lesson. Knowledge of Chinese equivalent to CHINESE 202 or above strongly recommended.
Distribution Area: World Languages
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 376 Topics in Chinese Cinema
3 Credit(s)
This seminar analyzes Chinese film (from the PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and elsewhere) in depth and detail, considering both its aesthetic qualities and its relation to culture, history, and politics.
3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 378 Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s)
For those students wishing to pursue the study of Chinese language, literature, or culture beyond the intermediate level. A course of study is jointly designed by supervising instructor and student.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 379 Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s)
For those students wishing to pursue the study of Chinese language, literature, or culture beyond the intermediate level. A course of study is jointly designed by supervising instructor and student.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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CHINSE 479 Readings & Research
1 - 3 Credit(s)
Primarily for Seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 in their major who wish to pursue a research topic in depth, one ordinarily not available in standard course offerings. A written prospectus detailing the plan of study must be submitted to the supervising instructor and the department.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
Cinema Studies |
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CINE 101 Introduction to Cinema Studies
4 Credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of cinema studies, through the analysis of various national cinemas, genres, and directors. Through weekly readings, screenings, and discussions, students will learn the basic vocabulary of cinema studies and explore a range of modes of filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, and experimental cinema.
Distribution Area: The Arts
4 Credit(s) |
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CINE 201 Cinema Histories I: Origins to 1950
4 Credit(s)
This course is the first in a two-part cinema histories sequence that provides students with a broad overview of the historical developments of film. Students explore the technological, industrial, and cultural shifts that have impacted cinematic production from the nineteenth century to the break up of the studio system. This class examines film history in global terms as students study US cinema alongside other major film movements from Europe, Asia, Latin American, and Africa.
Distribution Area: Humanities
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
4 Credit(s) |
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CINE 202 Cinema Histories II: 1950 to Present
4 Credit(s)
This course is the second in a two-part cinema histories sequence that provides students with a broad overview of the historical developments of film. Students explore the technological, industrial, and cultural shifts that have impacted cinematic production from the brake up of the studio system to the present day. This class examines film history in global terms as students study US cinema alongside other major film movements from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
4 Credit(s) |
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CINE 213L The Art of Editing
3 Credit(s)
In this course, students will learn the art of cinematic editing and learn to recognize the impact of continuity and discontinuity editing. For two hours per week, the course will focus on looking at specific films that creatively engage editing techniques; for the remaining hour each week, students will learn the basics of editing language by putting together their own short sequences. Prior knowledge of editing is not required, but those students with some editing experience will also be able to engage anew with editing by learning from the masters of the trade in the history of cinema.
ART 213L and CINE 213L are the same course.
Distribution Area: The Arts
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 215L America on Film
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the flowering of American cinema through decades of social, political, and cultural change. It examines both classic representations of “The American Experience” and films which challenge such classic representations. The relations between film and other arts, and between film, history, and ideology, are an ongoing concern. AMST 215L and CINE 215L are the same course.
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: United States
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 235L Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema
3 Credit(s)
This course will investigate the most significant developments of film history int he major European countries after World War II. National cinemas of France, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe will be studied in detail through weekly screenings of classic films by some of Europe’s most accomplished filmmakers. Films will be analyzed both in a broad socio-historical framework and in respect to authors’ specific styles. MDNLNG 235L and CINE 235L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 275L Introduction to Screen and Television Writing
3 Credit(s)
An introduction to the art and the technical aspects of writing scripts for film and television. Involves analyses of screenplays, study of screen writers past and present, the relationship between director and writer, aesthetics of film writing. Project: the completion of a full-length screenplay from first treatment (synopsis) through first and second drafts and final script. THRART 275L and CINE 275L are the same courses.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 276L The Italian Cinema
3 Credit(s)
An in-depth look into the thematic and technical development of the Italian cinema in the context of literary and social history from neo-realism through the 1980’s. Films by Rossellini, Visconti, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, and Pasolini. The course is conducted in English. ITAL 276L and CINE 276L are the same course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 280L Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi
3 Credit(s)
This course surveys some of the most important and exciting cinematic works from postwar Japan. In the first part of the course, we will visit the “masterpieces” - world-renowned works by legendary directors such as Kurosawa Akira, Ozu Yasuijiro, and Oshima Nagisa. We will also discuss techniques of cinema using their works in order to familiarize ourselves with the critical terms of film studies. The second part of the course is divided by theme and is designed to touch on some of the crucial issues (e.g. subversion of tradition) as well as recent development (e.g. popularity of Japanese horror in the global market; what constitutes “Japanese” cinema) surrounding cinema in Japan today. Throughout the course, we will keep an eye for the relationship between Japanese cinema and Hollywood. Japan 280L and CINE 280L are the same course.
Diversity Area: International
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 285L History of French Cinema
3 Credit(s)
This course will acquaint students with films and filmmakers that have made an impact on French cinema and Society from the early 20th century to today. It provides a broad survey of cinematic practices in France and explores the major social issues political debates, and historical memories that have preoccupied French society. The course focuses on how French film interrogates social and national identity in France, but also in Africa and Europe more broadly. FRENCH 285L and CINE 285L are the same course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 289 Special Topics in Cinema Studies
3 Credit(s)
Various introductory special topics in cinema studies and related fields are offered experimentally, once or twice, under this heading. Topics are announced each semester during pre-registration.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 295L Introduction to Video
4 Credit(s)
This studio course is an introduction to working creatively with moving images within a personal, historical, and critical framework. Through technical workshops using iMovie and Final Cut Pro on the Macintosh, students explore the potential of digital non-linear editing and examine the characteristics and strategies of various genres and forms to inform and enrich their own production. ART 295L and CINE 295L are the same course.
Distribution Area: The Arts
4 Credit(s) |
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CINE 306L Introduction to French Cinema (in French)
3 Credit(s)
An introduction to the major works, filmmakers, and movements of French cinema. We will develop a basic knowledge of French film through the analysis of different genres. Through cinema we will also study social, historical and political issues. The course will be taught in French. FRENCH 306L and CINE 306L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: FRENCH 202 or permisison of instructor.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 314L Art of the Moving Image
3 Credit(s)
This art history seminar explores the intersection between the moving image and art worlds. It considers issues that come up when the principles, materials, and contexts of each are brought to bear upon the other. How are paintings, sculptures, and/or the artists who work in these forms represented in films? How are moving images presented in gallery/museum spaces and what are the implications for how they interact with other art works? What are the implications of thinking of cinema as an art form, rather than, for instance, as a form of entertainment or a mechanical recording device? How are moving images related to other kinds of art? Students will consider these and other issues related to the course topic, investigating the vibrant range of ways moving images and art inform each other when they interact. ART 314L and CINE 314L are the same course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 320 Studies in Film Directors
3 Credit(s)
This course addresses topics related to particular directors. Its specific focus changes from semester to semester, depending on the director or directors being studied. Regardless of the exact focus, the class will spend significant time exploring the concept of authorship as it related to film production, and students will critically engage with the history and politics of auteur theory.
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 321L Space and Place in Contemporary Art
3 Credit(s)
This course will take the notions of “space” and “place” as points of entry into the disparate array of practices that constitute the variegated and ever-expanding field of contemporary art. The source material for this class will be drawn from a range of artists, theorists, and movements, each of which reflects on the social construction of space and on the technologies, norms, and conventions with which humans represent space back to themselves.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 326L Costume Design for Film/TV
3 Credit(s)
This course will introduce participants to the costume design process for Film and TV. Students will study all aspects of the process; including script analysis, design research, and scene breakdown; continuity, shooting schedules, and wrap; and budgeting, on-set work titles, and union jobs. Students will also learn about the supporting allied arts and crafts. Students will be required to design projects structured to enhance their understanding of Film/TV production, concept, and style, using contemporary digital software. Additionally, students will gain an historical overview, researching a variety of design aesthetics. Film clips will further support critique and class discussion. Select field trips will also be part of the course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 330L Doppelganger: The Uncanny Double in World Literature and Film
3 Credit(s)
This course will examine the figure of the uncanny doppelganger in world literature and film as well as in psychoanalytic and film theory. For more than two centuries, the figure of the doppelganger has played a major role in folklore, fiction and popular culture. A doppelganger is a ghostly double of a living person and typically appears as his or her twin, shadow or mirror image, representing evil or misfortune. The motif of “self-as-other” fuses supernatural horror with a philosophical inquiry concerning personal identify and psychological investigation into the hidden depths of the human psyche.
Distribution Area: Humanities
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 341L Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
3 Credit(s)
This course is designed to encourage multidisciplinary analysis of gender, cultural representations, and film in the 20th and early 21st century. Among the topics that students will explore are: ethnographic film and gendered practices in ethnographic filmmaking; how ideologies of gender, “race,” and class are constructed, disseminated, and normalized through film (documentary as well as “popular” film); Indigenous women and filmmaking in North America; femininities, masculinities, and power in the “horror film” genre; human rights film and filmmaking as activism. Students will view films made in diverse locations and reflecting multiple historical, political, and cultural perspectives and will explore the intellectual, political and social significance of film in their own lives. ENGL 341L and WGS 341L and CINE 341L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 350 Studies in Film Genre
3 Credit(s)
An upper-level course offering advanced study of topics related to particular genres, the specific focus of which changes from semester to semester, depending on the genre or genres being studies. Whatever the exact focus, the class will spend significant time exploring the fundamentals of genre theory as students think historically and culturally about the shape and function of film genre and critically engage the nature and status of American cinema as it operates within and against larger global systems of circulation.
Distribution Area: The Arts
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 361L Indigenous Film and Critical Visual Studies
3 Credit(s)
This course explores the ways in which filmmakers have engaged with the notion of ingenuousness primarily through feature film and documentary forms over the last 40 years. The course will look at films directed, produced and written by indigenous and non-indigenous film-makers. We will examine films from a number of different geographical areas, concentrating on North America (the United States and Canada), Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, and Southern Africa. We will also be looking at a select number of films from other areas in relationship to specific issues, these include Tuvalu, Kazakhstan and Guatemala. As part of the course structure, we will also be engaging with a number of specific issues. These include colonialism, identity, the importance of land, environmental destruction, gender, coming of age, new media platforms, the impact of commercial media, and commodification and appropriation of indigenous peoples. A select numb er of film-makers will also be joining the course as guest lecturers.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 365L Acting for the Camera
3 Credit(s)
An exploration and evaluation of techniques of television production, with particular emphasis on common industry practices. THRART 365L and CINE 365L are the same course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 370L Studies in Experimental Film and Video Art
3 Credit(s)
This course surveys the history of experimental forms of cinema. For as long as cinema has been in existence, filmmakers and artists of many different backgrounds have used the medium to test the limits of its expressive tools. Thus, beginning with early cinema and continuing to the present day, experimental film and video have thrived, developing their own set of concerns and aesthetic interests. These oppositional, radical, creative, and revolutionary films challenge not only the dominant commercial form of the cinema– they also open up new horizons of expression for political, social, and aesthetic issues. By looking at the development of different forms of experiments over the course of cinema history, this course gives students a historical and theoretical background to hone their appreciation and understanding of the meanings produced by film and video art. ART 370L and CINE 370L are the same course.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 372L German Cinema
3 Credit(s)
German cinema constitutes one of the most creative, influential and exciting of all filmic traditions. In this course students will analyze masterpieces of the German cinema and develop an understanding of their expressive modes and formal structures. Topics may include Nazi cinema, cinema and technology, minority filmmaking, German filmmakers in American exile, German New Wave, women filmmakers, and contemporary German cinema. GERMAN 372L and CINE 372L are the same course.
Distribution Area: The Arts | Diversity Area: International
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 376L Dystopian Science Fiction in World Cinema
3 Credit(s)
This course will investigate the most significant developments in the genre of science-fiction cinema in a wide geographic context. In particular the course will frame and analyze dystopian fictions, focusing on its origins, recent developments and interpretations. We will investigate, compare and contrast various dystopian texts through a number of different lenses (political, cultural, ethic) and in various means (written assignments, class discussions, online forum) in order to form informed opinions on the meaning, significance, and cultural usefulness of the concept of dystopia. In fact, while this genre offers gripping and often bleak depictions of futuristic or post-apocalyptic worlds, it can be viewed as a key element to analyze and understand contemporary fears and anxieties. MDNLNG 376L and CINE 376L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 389 Advanced Special Topics in Cinema Studies
3 Credit(s)
Various advanced special topics in cinema studies and related fields are offered experimentally, once or twice, under this heading. Topics are announced each semester during pre-registration.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 395L Video Workshop
4 Credit(s)
Designed to strengthen and expand students’ technical facility through hand-on exploration of non-linear digital editing using Final Cut Pro software on the Macintosh. This course also helps foster the development of a personal vision within a historical and critical framework of emerging digital technology. Workshops may be devoted to specific genres and/or specific technical or conceptual concerns. May be repeated for credit. ART 395L and CINE 395L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ART 295 and one additional ART course or permission of instructor
Department consent
4 Credit(s) |
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CINE 420 Political Cinema Across Cultures
3 Credit(s)
The focus of this course will be a comprehensive history of the interrelationship between politics and film in wide geographical and cultural contexts and in distinct time periods, starting from World War II. Film will be studied that was created in Europe, North America, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular the course will frame and analyze various political issues, themes, and ideologies, zeroing in on all the different ways in which these have been used or represented on screen. We will investigate, compare and contrast films and other relevant texts through a number of different lenses (political, cultural, ethical) and using diverse means (written assignment, class discussions, online forum) in order to develop informed opinions on their meaning, cultural significance, and ideological implications. Since its early days, film has been instrumental in advancing political agendas, supporting specific policies, championing ideologies (both overtly and surreptitiously), and influencing national and global audiences. Issues of historical significance and global concern such as the effects of propaganda and totalitarianism, the right to self-determination of peoples, and dominant ideological discourses, among others, will be studied in detail through weekly screenings of relevant classic films. Films will be analyzed both in a broad socio-cultural and historical framework and in respect to authors’ specific style.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
3 Credit(s) |
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CINE 450 Introduction to Film Theory
3 Credit(s)
An advanced upper-level introduction to film theory. This course explores some of the foundational questions that have shaped the discipline: What is cinema? How is it distinct from other art forms? What is the relationship between film and photography, painting, and the “real” world that a film may capture? What is a good film? What are its unique aesthetic properties? What is the cinematic apparatus? How does a film affect, construct, or delimit a spectator? What is a film spectator? How does cinema enable us to better understand ourselves as perceiving, emotional, and political subjects? Students examine three major theoretical movements: classical film theory, semiotic and apparatus approaches, and politically grounded identity-based film theory. Students also consider films in their own right as theoretical experiments in perception, aesthetics, and politics. Students will read theoretical texts and contemporary reflections on them, as well as watch films and portions of films, in order to explore the issues that have driven cinema studies since its inception.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CINE 101 or 201 or 202.
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CINE 480 Internship in Cinema Studies
3 Credit(s)
A tutorial course for students with approved internships related to cinema studies. Students meet every other week with a faculty internship coordinator to discuss the work they are doing in the internship. Course requirements typically include an internship journal, end-of-term portfolio, and a summary essay, and may include an oral presentation to a class or student group. For application forms and full information about requirements, see the director of internships.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
- CINE 101 or 201 or 202 and
- one 300 or 400-level CINE course.
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CLSICS 161 Demystifying Language: English Vocabulary
3 Credit(s)
Seventy-five per cent of English vocabulary derives from either Latin or Greek. This course provides students with a system and analytical tools to demystify the process of building their English vocabulary. Students are given an introduction to English word formation (morphology) and principles of semantic change, as well as to history of the English language, while mastering a large body of word elements based in Latin and Greek. The course builds general linguistic awareness while increasing students’ English vocabulary and ability to understand unknown words at sight. Attention is given to academic, scientific and medical terminology.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 180 Poets, Warriors and Sages: The Greeks
3 Credit(s)
Through consideration of significant figures in Greek literature, history and philosophy, this course introduces students to the major features of the culture of Ancient Greece and to the prominent place of Greek ideas in the Western tradition. The course focuses on critical reading of ancient sources and incorporates analytical writing focused on the reflection of social structures in Greek literature.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 230L Ancient Egypt
3 Credit(s)
A survey of the history, art, archaeology, and religion of ancient Egypt. CLSICS 230L and HIST 230L are the same course.
Distribution Area II: World Cultures
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CLSICS 239L Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas
3 Credit(s)
This course studies Hinduism through its narrative literature, especially the great epics (the Mahabharata and Ramayana) and mythological texts (Puranas - the “Ancient Books”). Through stories of gods, devotees, villains, and heroes, the course explores the development of significant themes in the Hindu tradition, from ethics and philosophy to asceticism and religious devotion. An important focus of the course is the enduring cultural significance of myth and the epics of South and Southeast Asia, as retold through the ages in a variety of languages, cultural contexts, and media, including classical and vernacular texts, the oral tradition, drama, dance, and cinema.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 262L Greek Art and Architecture
3 Credit(s)
An introduction to the art and architecture of ancient Greece, from the Late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with special attention to social and cultural contexts. Through careful study and analysis of key works we will explore the visual codes and cultural expectations that informed their original creation and reception, as well as the qualities that have contributed to their enduring influence and prestige. ART 262L and CLSICS 262L are the same person.
Distribution Area: The Arts
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CLSICS 270 The Life and Works of Julius Caesar
3 Credit(s)
Julius Caesar has been called “the best-known ancient Roman.” Not only was he Rome’s greatest general, he has been considered among the finest Latin writers and surpassed by very few Roman orators. Yet he was a man of contradictions who aroused violently different reactions. This course will explore the biography and works of Julius Caesar from several different vantage points and through many different kinds of sources; his own written works; the archaeological evidence of his buildings, coinage, and statues; the writings of his contemporaries and successors; the views of modern scholarship; and the poets and playwrights who have given us their own versions of Caesar.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 271 Paganism and Christianity
3 Credit(s)
Through texts and documents, as well as art and archaeological remains, this course examines the form, experssion and practice of religious life int he ancient Greeco-Roman and Judeo-Christian world, with particular emphasis on cross-cultural borrowings and adaptations.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 278 Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
3 Credit(s)
A survey of the art, architecture and social history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the cities destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius on August 24, AD 79.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 280 Special Topics
3 Credit(s)
This course offers study of selected topics in the field of classical studies. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
3 Credit(s) |
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CLSICS 281 Greek Civilization: Multi-Cultural Perspectives
3 Credit(s)
This exploration of Greek culture from the Bronze Age (3,000 BCE) to the Hellenistic period (3rd C BCE), focuses on the “other voices” of ancient Greek society; women, slaves, and foreigners; how such identities were constructed in the ancient texts; what we can know about the lived realities of such groups. Thus, the course aims to turn attention away from the stereotype by which Greek culture exists as an unchanging canon of texts, produced by Greek men, with undeniable and continuing influence on Western culture. Indeed, part of the course will consider precisely how Greek culture has come to enjoy such status, and what, by contrast, it has meant for different peoples at different times.
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
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CLSICS 282 Roman Civilization
3 Credit(s)
A consideration of the major periods of Roman civilization through the reading of literary masterpieces supplemented by a text and lectures on cultural and historical backgrounds. Discussion of Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, Petronius (Rome). Introduction to archaeological and artistic materials.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 284 Greek and Roman Mythology
3 Credit(s)
A survey of the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, this course introduces students to accounts of creation, myths of the gods, and stories of the heros. We also consider the literary, artistic and religious dimensions of myth. Readings include Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, selected tragedies, and Ovid’s Metamophoses.
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
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CLSICS 287 Women in Greek Society and Literature
3 Credit(s)
Readings in English translation of works of Greek literature dealing with women and their place in society. Particular attention is given to the social, historical, religious and economic forces that shaped gender roles in Greek society, and to the gulf between the roles of women in society and their images in literature. Not open to students who have taken CLSICS G212.
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
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CLSICS 288 Image and Reality: The Women of Rome
3 Credit(s)
Readings in English translation of works of Roman literature dealing with women and their place in society. Consideration of the social structures and forces that affected gender roles in Roman society. Particular attention is given to typologies of women in Roman literature. Not open to students who have taken CLSICS G215.
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
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CLSICS 289 Rome in Hollywood
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses principally on the treatment of Rome in American films. It compares ancient sources with their adaptations into film. The ways Romans change in the transition from page to screen furnish clues to America’s view of itself, providing a case study of how ideology distorts history.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 290 Lovers, Slaves, and Shipwrecks: The Origins of the Novel
3 Credit(s)
Novels of adventure, love, fantasy, travel, and social satire originated among the Greeks and Romans. The best known examples from antiquity are the Satyricon of Petronius and The golden Ass of Apuleius, but novels continued to be written in Latin well into the eighteenth century A.D., and were hugely popular. This course will introduce students to this long tradition. The course will focus on deep shifts in gender roles and sexuality, cultures, ethnicity, multiculturalism, fantasy, and science fiction.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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CLSICS 291 Sport and Spectacle in Greece and Rome
3 Credit(s)
This course will examine the competitive games of antiquity-especially athletics, chariot racing, and gladiatorial combat-and analyze the place they had in the religious and cultural lives of Greeks and Romans. Topics include athletic training, the Pan-Hellenic festivals, praise poetry, prizes, professionalism, nudity, the participation of women, amphitheaters, and the cult of violence in Rome.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 292 Alexander the Great and His Legacy
3 Credit(s)
At age twenty, Alexander became king of Macedonia; at age thirty-three, he died the master of an empire that stretched from Greece to India. This course explores the personality that shaped his achievements, his self-presentation, the responses of conquered people to overwhelming power, and cultural identity among Greeks, Macedonians, Persians, and Egyptians.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 294 Magic and Science in Greece and Rome
3 Credit(s)
Magic and science constitute two competing ways of understanding and manipulating the natural world. Topics in this course include: astrology, witchcraft, necromancy, curses, erotic magic, voodoo dolls, legal restriction on magic, the philosophical basis of scientific thought, mathematical contribution of Euclid and Archimedes, Hippocrates and the emergence of medicine, scientific methods as shaped by Plato and Aristotle, natural development vs. intelligent design, Eratosthenes’ measurement of the globe, the astronomical theories of Aristarchus and Ptolemy, military technology, and Christian hostility to science.
Distribution Area: Humanities
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CLSICS 301L Ancient Greek History
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a survey of the origin, rise and development of ancient Greek civilization from the arrival of the Greeks in Europe until the death of Cleopatra (approximately 1600-30 BC). Emphasis is placed on the rise of the Greek city-state and the spread of Greek culture to the East. CLSICS 301L and HIST 301L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: one 200-level or higher CLSICS or HIST course or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 302L Roman History
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the Roman state from its origins until the triumph of Christianity from about 700 BC to 300 AD. Republic and Empire receive equal attention. CLSICS 302L and HIST 302L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One 200-level or higher CLSICS or HIST course or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 303L The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a survey of Greek archaeology and history from the Bronze Age through the Classical Era. Students are introduced to the methods and aims of archaeology. The course begins with the Minoan and Mycenaean eras; the Dark Age and emergency of the full Hellenic era are treated, with emphasis on the city-states of the Greeks. The course makes extensive use of images and surveys the art and architecture of the Greeks in the context of primary literary sources. CLSICS 303L and HIST 303L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One 200-level or higher CLSICS or HIST course or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 306L The Archaeology of Ancient Rome
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a methodological approach to roman archaeology as a key to understanding the history and culture of Rome and its empire from the city’s origins in about 750 BC through the height and decline of Roman civilization during the first through fourth centuries AD. The course makes extensive use of images and surveys the art and architecture of the Romans in the context of primary literary sources. CLSICS 306L and HIST 306L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One 200-level or higher CLSICS or HIST course or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 310L Greek and Roman Historians
3 Credit(s)
Through the examination of all of the major Greek and Roman writers of history from Herodotus to Ammianus Marcellinus, this course considers the development of historical writing. With support from secondary scholarship and through extensive reading of the ancient texts, students will evaluate the work of each author, with particular attention to the roles that audience, culture and historical context have in shaping narrative structure and approach. CLSICS 310L and HIST 310L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One 200-level or higher CLSICS course or HIST 211 or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 327L Hellenistic Art and Culture
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the Hellenistic period–the three centuries between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the defeat of Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BC–particularly primarily through a close examination of the visual arts. Hellenistic art and architecture are examined in their political, social, religious, and multi-cultural contexts, in order to arrive at a fuller portrait of the age. ART 327L and CLSICS 327L are the same course.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One 200-level or higher CLSICS course or one ART course or permission of instructor.
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CLSICS 375 Greek and Roman Tragedy
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a survey of the tragic drama of fifth-century Athens, including the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Focus in on both artistry and social, historical and cultural context, including the interplay between the universal and the culturally specific. Performance conventions, literary genre, and the subsequent tragic tradition (especially Seneca in Rome) are also studied.
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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