Development of European Culture

Catalog description

An introduction to the imporant literary works that arose from major European cultural and intellectual movements and an examination of their continued influence on the modern world. Readings focus on central texts pertaining to core religious issues, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Post Modernism. Examples from the arts, including film, music, and theatre, are used to illustrate the influence of the literary works.