Advisors, please alert interested students to these courses available for Spring 2015:
CLCV 323/CWL 322 The Comic Imagination
1:00-1:50 MWF
Daniel Leon
This course will introduce you to the comic plays of ancient Greece and Rome. These plays range from sharp political satire to outright slapstick and have collectively helped to shape the Western comic tradition. We will examine them as artifacts of the cultures that produced them and learn how to situate the fun of comedy within a serious socio-cultural discourse – hopefully without killing the fun. This class fulfills the general education criteria for advanced composition, and so another main goal is to improve your ability to write, both in terms of working with evidence and expressing yourself clearly and forcefully. Satisfies the General Education Criteria for Advanced Composition, Literature & the Arts and Western Comparative Culture.
RLST 286 Introduction to Hinduism
9:30 – 10:50 TuTh
What is Hinduism? This course introduces the vibrant and distinctive world of Hinduism through an examination of Hindu religious cultures, literatures, practices, and beliefs, from
the ancient period to the present day, as practiced in India, Nepal, and in the diaspora. The course uses textual, historical, and anthropological sources, as well as film to bring
to life the richness and diversity of Hindu religious traditions. (flyer attached)
RLST 201 Hebrew Bible in English
9:30 – 10:50 TuTh
This course meets a general education requirement in Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. Whether you call it the Bible, the Old Testament, or the Tanakh, there is
more to learn about these ancient texts. Join us! No Prerequisites. (flyer attached)
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