<p>Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of Greek, Latin, or Italian. Analysis of Greek and Roman works and their re-creations in Renaissance and modern periods. Emphasis on how poets build on work of their predecessors. Reading may range from <cite>Iliad</cite> or <cite>Odyssey</cite> to tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides or satires by Aristophanes. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Comparative Literature

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Classical Tradition: Epic, Tragedy, or Comedy

COM LIT 202

4 units