The essential theoretical and aesthetic components of French classical comedy and tragedy are studied with particular reference to the theaters of Moliere and Racine. Textual readings of plays by Moliere and Racine are enhanced with video screenings of their theatrical adaptations in contemporary French culture in order to widen the interpretive horizon for each text, as well as assess its reception and impact on contemporary culture. Course taught in French.

Course taught in French. The purpose of this course is to acquaint the participants with some works of late-medieval and Renaissance storytellers (French "conteurs"). We will read a variety of texts in the storytelling tradition, from /Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles/ to Beroalde de Verville's /Le Moyen de parvenir/. We will place emphasis on genre definition, narratology, aesthetics and cultural history.

This course is taught in French. Exploration of global socio-economic, political, and environmental challenges, such as indigeous rights, food, water, and health issues, natural disasters, aland grabbing, and wars. A study of past and current events.

Who killed the hated Latin teacher? How does chronic hunger affect the mind? Why was the dwarf so intent on murder? What did the birds say? - The answers to these, and many other, intriguing questions are found in the novels of Scandinavia's master spinners of tales of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Knut Hamsun, Par Lagerkvist, Halldor Laxness, Hans Scherfig and more. Conducted in English

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The question we will address in this course is not so much whether cannibalism as a practice really existed (or still exists), but the fascination this topic has exerted on people?s minds. The purpose of the course is twofold: first, to introduce the student to the study of the textual and iconographic representations of American ?cannibalism? from the 16th century until the present: chronicles, literature, legal discourses on the one hand, and map sheets, single drawings, book illustrations and films on the other.

The course will consider, from a variety of perspectives, the folkloric genre that has been characterized as "the minimal poetic utterance." We shall examine such topics as the use of proverbs in various cultures, the connection between proverbs and other literary and folkloric genres, the poetic and linguistic

This course teaches how to start for profit or non-profit orgnaizations and raise the funding you need.

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Topics may include arguments for the existence of God, problem of evil, faith and reason, meaning of religious language, the divine attributes, and religious foundations of morality.