2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Classics
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
CLASSICS 260-0 Sec. 26
Closed
Classical Mythology: Greek Mythology
CAESAR Class Number: 40354
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 2 - 4:30pm
Penny Livermore
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 4365.
The ancient Greeks understood their myths as traditional tales about the origins of the world, the gods, human society, and institutions as well as about the relationship between gods and mortals. Some myths, in particular, constitute an invaluable anthropological basis for investigating the Greeks' attempt to define themselves in opposition to a whole series of "others," including the divine, the feminine, and the foreign. Through a selection of mythological narratives involving gods and goddesses, legendary heroes and heroines, Centaurs, Gorgons, Amazons, exemplars of feminine virtue, and barbarian enchantresses, students examine how the Greeks used the divine/human, male/female, Greek/barbarian dichotomies to shape their notions of "self" and "otherness" and mark the boundaries between what they perceived as "us" and what they categorized as "them." This course counts toward the Weinberg College literature and fine arts distribution requirement, Area VI.
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Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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