CLAS 102 - The Odyssey and the Myths of Comedy

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, WR

Critical study of Homer’s Odyssey, the first example of the comic perspective in western literature, selected comic dramas by Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Shakespeare, and some modern films. Attention to how the view of human experience established in these works serves to reflect and comment upon recurring themes in western civilization. Lecture and discussion. Enrollment Limit: 60.
Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Open to those who have taken CLAS 100 or 206, but not both.