All Roads Lead to Rome

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This is a three-credit foundational course for students interested in studying about Rome. The course is designed to satisfy the University of Notre Dame's literature, history, and fine arts requirement (old and new core). Students in this course build a foundation for understanding Rome's twenty-eight centuries of history through its cultural production (architectural, artistic, cinematic, and literary) by studying the complexity of its urban network; by examining the ruins of antiquity and the splendors of Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical art and architecture; by tracing the epic adventure that reunited Italy and led to the establishment of Rome as its capital, so that today it is at the heart of both the Italian Republic and the Vatican; by revisiting the tragedies of modern times, including fascism and the civil war; and by learning about the Rome of postwar and contemporary Italy. A writing intensive course, at the end of the semester students submit a research paper on a topic of his or her choosing. Taught in English.