Students will read and discuss a selection of representative folk tales from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. Conducted in English.

Conducted in Russian. Grammatical structure, principles of word building, exercises, translation, readings, close analysis of texts. Goal: understanding lectures in Russian; ability to respond with some degree of fluency; vocabulary sufficient to be able to read using a dictionary. Prerequisite: a year of intermediate Russian or equivalent.

Discussions based on varied topics of current interest and from modern Portuguese writers, to develop speaking ability in Portuguese. Conversations focus on everyday life situations. Use of current newspapers, magazines, articles and pamphlets dealing with social and cultural issues. Prerequisite: PORTUG 240 or equivalent.

Selections from the Latin comedies and tragedies of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca, with analysis of the style, structure, and cultural context of their works. Prerequisite: 300-level Latin course or equivalent with a grade of C or higher.

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This course addresses the notion of "Modernity" in Europe through the wide rage of its expressions in different fields such as philosophy, literature, figurative arts, music, etc. Italian Modernism will be presented against the backdrop of the European modernist movement, emphasizing its constant dialogue with other national cultures, as well as with its own cultural tradition and contemporary social and political situation.

Course taught in Italian.

The class, entirely conducted in English, gives an overview of Italian culture through the aspects that most crucially influenced world culture: geography, material culture, food, lyrical poetry, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the courts, politics, opera, and democratic reaction to dictatorship. Authors
include Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Verdi, and Gramsci. Texts will be in English translation by general students and in the original Italian by the majors and minors. (Gen. Ed. AL)

In this course, we will read at least one entire work of Sophocles (e.g. the "Antigone") in the original Greek, emphasizing large quantities of prepared reading as well as sight-translation and discussion of literary and cultural topics.

The course is a survey of the great German thinkers of the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). The readings are selections of original writings by Immanuel Kant, G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud, supplemented with secondary sources chosen for their clarity and aid in reading these mostly difficult texts. The course does not require any previous knowledge. The approach to these thinkers is analytic in the tradition of Anglo-American philosophy-that is, students will evaluate the persuasiveness and logical adequacy of the arguments.