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| Classics | |
| CLAS 2020 | Roman Civilization (3.00) |
| Studies Roman history, literature, and art. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. | |
| CLAS 2040 | Greek Mythology (3.00) |
| Introduces major themes of Greek mythological thought; surveys myths about the olympic pantheon and the legends of the heroes. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| CLAS 3040 | Women and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course focuses on women's roles and lives in Ancient Greece and Rome. Students are introduced to the primary material (textual and material) on women in antiquity and to current debates about it. Subjects addressed will include sexual stereotypes and ideals, power-relations of gender, familial roles, social and economic status, social and political history, visual art, medical theory, and religion. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 |
| French in Translation | |
| FRTR 2510 | Topics in Medieval Literature (3.00) |
| An introduction to the culture of the High Middle Ages in France. Topics vary and may include love literature, family relations, war, and science and religion. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| FRTR 2584 | Topics in French Cinema (3.00) |
| Studies topics relating to concepts of film structure, history, and criticism in French and within the French tradition. Topics offered include Introduction to French Cinema and Written Text/Film Text. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| Italian in Translation | |
| ITTR 3215 | Dante's Italy (3.00) |
| This course investigates Italian history and culture through the prism of Dante Alighieri's Comedy, one of the most important works in European literature. The three canticles of the Comedy offer a meditation on the social and political life of the Italian city-states, a critique of contemporary Christianity, and a commentary on art and literature at the end of the Middle Ages. | |
| Japanese in Translation | |
| JPTR 3020 | Survey of Modern Japanese Literature (3.00) |
| Introduction to the modern Japanese cannon (1890's to the present) in translation. | |
| JPTR 5020 | Survey of Modern Japanese Literature (3.00) |
| Introduction to the modern Japanese canon (1890's to the present). Writers studied include Natsume Sôseki, the first modern writer to delve into the human psyche; Mori Ôgai, the surgeon-turned writer; Rynôsuke Akutagawa, the consummate writer of short stories; Shiga Naoya, the "god" of "I-Novel" Japanese fiction; Yukio Mishima, whose seppuku suicide caused a sensation world-wide; Endô Shôsaku, the Christian writer; two Nobel laureates, Yasunari Kawabata, the pure aesthetician, and Kenzaburo Ôe, the political gadfly. | |
| Korean in Translation | |
| KRTR 3800 | Seminar on Korea: Division North and South (3.00) |
| This course examines narratives of division through films and literary texts. Sub-topics will include the Korean War, national division, generational conflict, and gender. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| Russian in Translation | |
| RUTR 2730 | Dostoevsky (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Dostoevsky. | |
| RUTR 3360 | Twentieth Century Russian Literature (3.00) |
| This course surveys Russian literature (prose and poetry) of the twentieth century. Readings include works by Soviet and émigré writers. All works are read in English translation. | |
| Slavic in Translation | |
| SLTR 3300 | Facing Evil in the Twentieth Century: Humanity in Extremis (3.00) |
| The 20th century will most likely remain one of the most puzzling periods in human history, in which amazing progress was coupled with unprecedented barbarity of modern totalitarian regimes. The course helps students untangle this paradox by exploring a series of memoirs by survivors and perpetrators, as well as scholarly essays, films, and other cultural statements. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |