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COL 224
The Meaning of Love
COL 224 SP
Next Offered in 9798 FA
This course will examine both the theory and representation
of love in the Western tradition. We will discuss the
different ideas of love in their historical context, but
will also attempt to see if there is a general idea of love
as a phenomenon basic to human experience. Readings in
philosophical and theoretical texts will be accompanied by
the reading of famous love stories, and perhaps the viewing
of some of them on film.
MAJOR READINGS
Plato, SYMPOSIUM
Longus, DAPHNIS & CHLOE
St. Augustine, St. Paul, etc., selections
W. Von Strassburg, TRISTAN & ISOLT
A. Capellanus, ART OF COURTLY LOVE
Denis de Rougemont, LOVE IN THE WESTERN WORLD
Shakespeare, AS YOU LIKE IT
Mme. de Lafayette, THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES
La Rochefoucauld, MAXIMS
Plus: Stendhal, Soloviev, Freud, etc.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short papers and one
longer paper. An oral presentation may be substituted for
one of the short papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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