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CLASSICS 111

CLASSICS AND POP CULTURE

3 credits.

Explores influence of Greco-Roman literature on contemporary popular culture putting classical texts, myths, and philosophical literature alongside modern media such as films, shows, books, pop songs, and music videos, to understand the past and critically engage with the present.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Make informed and original observations about Ancient Greek and Roman literature Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critique Ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture in terms of contemporary culture and vice versa Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand ancient narratives through critical analysis of rhetoric and poetics, including attention to problems of accessing foreign literature in translation Audience: Undergraduate 4. Increase familiarity with and convincingly employ secondary resources from scholarship to understand ancient literature Audience: Undergraduate 5. Manage collaborative multimedia projects on complex themes Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Make informed and original observations about Ancient Greek and Roman literature Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critique Ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture in terms of contemporary culture and vice versa Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand ancient narratives through critical analysis of rhetoric and poetics, including attention to problems of accessing foreign literature in translation Audience: Undergraduate 4. Increase familiarity with and convincingly employ secondary resources from scholarship to understand ancient literature Audience: Undergraduate 5. Manage collaborative multimedia projects on complex themes Audience: Undergraduate

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