printer friendly pageSLAVIC 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ILAC 181, ITALIAN 181, PHIL 81)
What, if anything, does reading literature do for our lives? What can literature offer that other forms of writing cannot? Can fictions teach us anything? Can they make people more moral? Why do we take pleasure in tragic stories? This course introduces students to major problems at the intersection of philosophy and literature. It addresses key questions about the value of literature, philosophical puzzles about the nature of fiction and literary language, and ways that philosophy and literature interact. Readings span literature, film, and philosophical theories of art. Authors may include Sophocles, Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Proust, Woolf, Walton, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Students master close reading techniques and philosophical analysis, and write papers combining the two. This is the required gateway course for the Philosophy and Literature major tracks. Majors should register in their home department.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Holliday, J. (PI)
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Hoyos, H. (PI)
SLAVIC 195: Russian and East European Theater (SLAVIC 395)
Evolution of modernist Russian/Eur. dramaturgy, theatrical practices, landmark productions from Chekhov-Meyerhold-Grotowski to present; re-performance of classics; techniques of embodiment. Taught in English.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
SLE 91: Structured Liberal Education
Focusing on great works of philosophy, religion, literature, painting, and film drawn largely from the Western tradition, the SLE curriculum places particular emphasis on artists and intellectuals who brought new ways of thinking and new ways of creating into the world, often overthrowing prior traditions in the process. These are the works that redefined beauty, challenged the authority of conventional wisdom, raised questions of continuing importance to us today, and¿for good or ill¿created the world we still live in. Texts may include: Homer, Sappho, Greek tragedy, Plato, Aristotle, Zhuangzi, Confucius, the Heart Sutra, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and the Aeneid.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 8
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:IHUM-1, THINK, WAY-A-II, Writing SLE
Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
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Garcia, M. (PI)
;
Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
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Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
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Garcia, M. (PI)
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Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
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Kretler, K. (PI)
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Osgood, M. (PI)
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Sabol, J. (PI)
;
Watkins, G. (PI)
SLE 92: Structured Liberal Education
Focusing on great works of philosophy, religion, literature, painting, and film drawn largely from the Western tradition, the SLE curriculum places particular emphasis on artists and intellectuals who brought new ways of thinking and new ways of creating into the world, often overthrowing prior traditions in the process. These are the works that redefined beauty, challenged the authority of conventional wisdom, raised questions of continuing importance to us today, and¿for good or ill¿created the world we still live in. Texts may include: Augustine, the Qur'an, Dante, Rumi, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Las Casas, Descartes, Locke, Mill, Schleiermacher, and Flaubert.
Terms: Win
| Units: 8
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:IHUM-2, THINK, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER, Writing SLE
Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Garcia, M. (PI)
;
Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
...
more instructors for SLE 92 »
Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Garcia, M. (PI)
;
Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
;
Kretler, K. (PI)
;
Osgood, M. (PI)
;
Sabol, J. (PI)
;
Watkins, G. (PI)
SLE 93: Structured Liberal Education
Focusing on great works of philosophy, religion, literature, painting, and film drawn largely from the Western tradition, the SLE curriculum places particular emphasis on artists and intellectuals who brought new ways of thinking and new ways of creating into the world, often overthrowing prior traditions in the process. These are the works that redefined beauty, challenged the authority of conventional wisdom, raised questions of continuing importance to us today, and¿for good or ill¿created the world we still live in. Texts may include: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Du Bois, Eliot, Woolf, Kafka, Brecht, Vertov, Beauvoir, Sartre, Fanon, Gandhi, and Morrison.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 8
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:IHUM-3, THINK, WAY-ED, Writing SLE
Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Garcia, M. (PI)
;
Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
...
more instructors for SLE 93 »
Instructors:
Galvez, M. (PI)
;
Garcia, M. (PI)
;
Hossainzadeh, N. (PI)
;
Kretler, K. (PI)
;
Osgood, M. (PI)
;
Sabol, J. (PI)
;
Watkins, G. (PI)
SPANLIT 204: Second Language and Second Dialect Acquisition
Spanish-language teaching and learning in tutored environments. In Spanish.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
SPECLANG 75: Greek Culture, Ideals, and Themes
Introduction to Greek culture and its global influence in a social historical context, through images from its past and institutions in contemporary Greek society. Limited enrollment.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
| Repeatable for credit
SPECLANG 198Q: Modern Greece in Film and Literature
Preference to sophomores. Cultural and literary highlights. Filmmakers include Kakoyannis, Dassen, Boulmetis, Angelopoulos, and Scorsese; readings from Eugenides, Gage, Kavafis, Kazantzakis, Samarakis, Seferis, and Elytis.
Last offered: Autumn 2016
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
STS 200S: Introduction to Philosophy of Science (HPS 60, PHIL 60)
This course introduces students to tools for the philosophical analysis of science. We will cover issues in observation, experiment, and reasoning, questions about the aims of science, scientific change, and the relations between science and values. STS majors cannot take
STS 200S if they have previously taken
PHIL 60. Priority is given to STS seniors.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
TAPS 1: Introduction to Theater and Performance Studies
TAPS 1 provides you with a solid foundation in Theater Studies and traces the development of the burgeoning field of Performance Studies. We will consider a range of canonical plays and emerging performance forms, and explore how performance can also function as an interpretive framework for analyzing a broad range of social behaviors, sites, and institutions. Through a series of close readings, discussions, written and practical exercises, and viewings of live performance, this course will help you achieve a richer understanding of the performances you see and the performances you may wish to make. This quarter,
TAPS 1 will serve as the platform for the Theater & Performance Studies professionalization series. We will host several guest speakers (directors, actors, playwrights, and dance practitioners), who will give you some real connections in the theater world and will provide you with information and skills to help you build a career in the arts.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Robinson, A. (PI)
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