HmCl 1001. THE CLASSICAL HERITAGE OF GREECE AND ROME

Introduction to the ancient Greek and Roman world through readings, lecture, and visual work. Discussion of historical and cultural contexts involved. Includes characteristics of the idea of "Classicism" which the Renaissance discovered and promoted.

HmCl 1002. THE RENAISSANCE AND ITS LEGACY

Exploration of major ideas of European Renaissance such as "the Renaissance Man," the classical revival and humanism, with illustrations of how these have continued to inform and inspire people of the modern world.

HmCl 1003. REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE AND THE HUMANITIES

Considers sweeping changes in the arts and humanities brought about by scientific, social, and industrial revolutions. Focuses on the challenges to positivism, nationalism, and colonialism by relativism and cultural pluralism.

HmCl 1021. CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

Readings in the myths of the Greeks and the Romans, with special attention to those that have influenced Western culture.

HmCl 1022. THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE

Readings from the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, examining them as literary works of their time and as the sources of topics, persons, and themes in the expression of later fine arts and literatures.

HmCl 1023. FOLKLORE

Contemporary definitions of folklore and folk life studies; introduction to current interpretive approaches to verbal and nonverbal traditional cultures. Readings in folktales, myths, narrative poetry, and in cultivated arts based on folk materials. Field research project required.

HmCl 3001. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HUMANITIES

Various topics to be assigned.

HmCl 3007. THE LATE ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL WORLDS

Reorganization of the late Roman world from Diocletian to the ninth century A.D. Study of the origins of feudalism and the medieval experience.

HmCl 3010. EXPRESSIONS OF THE SELF

Examination of ways people throughout history have portrayed themselves in literature and arts. Consideration of historical, social, and psychological aspects of individuality as expressed in autobiographies, poetry, self-portraits, and theoretical studies.

HmCl 3020. THE AGE OF THE HEROES: HOMER AND HIS WORLD

Organization and development of the Greek world from the fourth millennium B.C. to 700 B.C. Descriptive study of the Minoan and Mycenaean worlds emphasizing a critical evaluation of the archaeological, mythological, and artistic significance of Homer.

HmCl 3022. THE HISTORICAL JESUS

Survey of work done by the Jesus Seminar, most notably their detailed commentary on the canonical gospels and the work on the historical Jesus by John Dominic Crossan, co-founder and co- director of the Jesus Seminar.

HmCl 3023. U.S. FOLKLORE AND FOLK CULTURE

Historical and contemporary folk culture, including folk music, song, and art; folk narrative (folk tales, modern legends, and jokes); belief, custom, and superstition.

HmCl 3028. WOMEN IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD

Lives, social roles, statuses, and literary/mythical depictions of women in the classical world, from Bronze Age Greece through imperial Rome.

HmCl 3030. THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

Study of Republican Rome from origins through collapse in 44 B.C., with emphasis on cultural and political attributes, leading figures, and causes of its demise.

HmCl 3033. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT

Survey of forms of life, thought, and art from earliest literary texts in English, French, German, and Italian to 15th century; reading and discussion of appropriate selections in modern English translation; relationship of literature to its social backgrounds and major aesthetic movements, especially in visual arts.

HmCl 3035. THE MUSIC AND LIVES OF THE BEATLES

Examination of impact on our culture of music and lives of the Beatles. Their music; influence on music, fashion, and attitudes; Beatles' movies; interrelationship with political and social movement; later careers; their legacy.

HmCl 3038. FROM FICTION TO FILM

Reading of novels and viewing of films adapted from original works.

HmCl 3040. THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Study of Imperial Rome from Age of the Caesars through 550 A.D., with emphasis on politics of pax Romana, rise and spread of Christianity, and Roman legacy to the modern world.

HmCl 3051. SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION

Nontechnical survey of critical periods and/or themes in the history of science and their interconnections with other cultural issues.

HmCl 3055. THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

History of the Ancient Near East from birth of civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia (c. 3100 B.C.) to arrival of Alexander (330 B.C.). Review of the ancient cultures of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hittites, Persia, Syria, and Palestine.

HmCl 3078. LOVE, MANNERS, AND MORALS IN THE VICTORIAN AGE

Relationship of theories of evolutionism, freedom, and morality on lives, loves, and marriages of women and men in Victorian age.

HmCl 3081. THE BLACK HERITAGE

Comparative cultural study of black artists' work in social context of 20th-century Africa, West Indies, and Americas.

HmCl 3091. PROJECT IN THE HUMANITIES

Original paper or project under the guidance of the humanities and classics minor adviser. Primarily for humanities and classics minors.

HmCl 3150. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE

Study of the history, culture, and arts of ancient Egypt as they are known through the archaeological record.

HmCl 3160. EGYPTIAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

Exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization through primary texts in religious, historical, secular, and technical literature. Elementary Egyptian vocabulary; opportunities provided to learn to read and write hieroglyphic.

HmCl 3210. THE GREEK TRAGIC WORLD

Introduction to Greek tragedy through reading numerous plays in English translation. Analysis of plays as literature and as representative of Greek society, philosophy, religion, and history.

HmCl 3220. SCIENCE FICTION

Study of selected science fiction short stories, novels, films, videos, and music that explore the impact of the physical, biological, and social sciences in producing changing views of human nature, values, institutions, and societies.

HmCl 3230. UTOPIAN IMAGES

Exploration of ways humans imagine a better existence in a finer world, with examples from such expressive forms as utopian treatises, science fiction, pastoral poetry and art, religious traditions, landscape architecture, urban designs.

HmCl 3240. WOMEN AND MEN IN POPULAR CULTURE

Analysis of popular culture texts (literature, television, advertisements, music) and audiences to understand cultural construction of gender as reflected in representations of masculinity and femininity. Introduction to range of methods for cultural analysis.

HmCl 3250. GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE ARTS

Interaction of arts, economics, and politics in American literature, theatre, film, photography, painting, and music during the 1930s.

HmCl 3260. THE SOUTH IN AMERICAN CULTURE

Southern life and culture from pre-Civil War through recent times, with emphasis on the distinctiveness of southern culture and the contrast between its historical reality and its place in popular mythology.

HmCl 3270. POPULAR CULTURE IN THE 1960s

Interrelationships among the arts, popular culture, politics, and social change as found in literature, theatre, film, photography, painting, and music in the United States during the 1960s.

HmCl 3280. CIVIL RIGHTS AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON

U.S. civil rights era including the political, social, educational, religious, literary, and cultural forces that emerged during the movement.

HmCl 3290. AMERICAN PROSE FICTION TO FILM

Comparative study of several American novels and the films adapted from them, considering the differences between the prose fiction and film narratives.

HmCl 3333. FROM HOMER TO ALEXANDER: ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE

Early history of the Greek world from Heroic Age to death of Alexander the Great 850-323 B.C.

HmCl 3343. PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA

Perspectives on political, sociocultural, and economic aspects of Africa viewed in the context of the continent's triple heritage: its indigenous life, Islamic admixture, and wider contacts. Historical development and contemporary synthesis.

HmCl 3590. INDEPENDENT STUDY

Study of topics in humanities and classics in a tutorial setting.

HmCl 5001. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HUMANITIES AND CLASSICS

Topics announced in Class Schedule.

HmCl 5210. ARCHITECTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

Languages of world architecture; how the built environment communicates values of different societies, institutions, and persons of the past and present.

HmCl 5230. MEDIA IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

Role of various media in contemporary culture, including news and journalism, television, advertising, and film. Selected issues, such as the effect of violent images, gender and ethnic stereotypes.

HmCl 5333. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT

Study of the forms of life, thought, and art from the fall of the Roman Empire to the 16th century through selected literary texts in Latin, English, French, German, and Italian in modern English translations. Relationship of literature to its social backgrounds and to major aesthetic movements.

HmCl 5590. INDEPENDENT STUDY

Students devise reading and research programs in consultation with the instructor.