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The Classical Inheritance
CCIV276 SP

This course will use readings in 19th-century travel narratives and analysis of 19th-century photographs to examine how travelers and photographers constructed their views of Classical Greece and Rome.

MAJOR READINGS

Selections from authors such as Twain, Dickens, Hawthorne, Symonds, Henry James, et al., along with modern critical essays on travel narrative and on photography.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short (2-4 pp.) papers and one longer (10-15 pp.) final paper.

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA CLAS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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