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IHUM3 - Epic Journeys, Modern Quests
Second of a two quarter sequence. Great religious, philosophical, and literary texts that have addressed timeless questions about human identity and the meaning of human life. Focus is on the transformations or abandonment of the epic tradition in modernity. Compares conceptions of the afterlife. How traditions about the afterlife are appropriated. The diminished importance of the dead and increased emphasis on the power of the living in literary genres. 2nd qtr of two qtr sequence.
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Syllabus (2007-2008 Spring) [Sec 05]
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2008-2009 Spring
| Sec | Type | Instructor | Room | Units | Days | Times | ||
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| 01 | Lecture | Jean-Marie Apostolides & Robert Harrison | Cubberley Auditorium | 4 | Mon Wed | 11-11:50am |
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| 02 | Discussion | Christy Pichichero | School of Education 230 | 4 | Mon Wed | 2:15-3:05pm |
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| 03 | Discussion | Christy Pichichero | School of Education 230 | 4 | Mon Wed | 3:15-4:05pm |
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| 04 | Discussion | Christy Pichichero | School of Education 230 | 4 | Mon Wed | 4:15-5:05pm |
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| 05 | Discussion | David Walter | School of Education 229 | 4 | Mon Wed | 1:15-2:05pm |
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| 06 | Discussion | David Walter | School of Education 230 | 4 | Tue Thu | 9-9:50am |
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| 07 | Discussion | David Walter | School of Education 230 | 4 | Tue Thu | 10-10:50am |
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| 08 | Discussion | Sabrina Ferri | School of Education 230 | 4 | Tue Thu | 3:15-4:05pm |
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| 09 | Discussion | Sabrina Ferri | School of Education 230 | 4 | Tue Thu | 4:15-5:05pm |
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| 10 | Discussion | Sabrina Ferri | School of Education 230 | 4 | Tue Thu | 5:15-6:05pm |
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Readings
2007-2008 Spring
| Sec | Kind | Books | ||
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| 01 | Required Material(s) | Boccaccio: | Decameron | $15.00 |
| 01 | Required Material(s) | Conde: | Crossing the Mangrove | $12.95 |
| 01 | Required Material(s) | Diderot: | Jacques the Fatalist | $14.00 |
| 01 | Required Material(s) | Kafka: | Trial (New Trans by Mitchell) | $13.00 |
| 01 | Required Material(s) | Moliere: | Don Juan | $13.00 |
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