2022 Spring COMLIT 153 001 LEC 001

Spring 2022

COMLIT 153 001 - LEC 001

The Renaissance

Fables of Desire

Ellen S Oliensis

Jan 18, 2022 - May 06, 2022
Mo, We
10:00 am - 11:29 am
Class #:32874
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Comparative Literature

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 16
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:0

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Final Exam

TUE, MAY 10TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Other classes by Ellen S Oliensis

Course Catalog Description

European literature of the Renaissance.

Class Description

From the first century CE to the present, Ovid’s myth-encylopedic Metamorphoses has been an astonishingly fertile resource for myth-makers of all stripes (theorists, artists, philosophers). This class will focus on an array of stories that illustrate various permutations of desire: of men for women, women for men, men for men, women for women. We will explore these stories both in their original setting, within the poem and at the height of the Augustan period, and alongside the critiques, theoretical elaborations, and artworks they have provoked. Two broad (and interconnected) sets of questions will guide our discussions. First, how does Ovid figure questions of gender and desire, and how are these figurations muted, transformed, or otherwise put to use by his readers? And second, what is involved in translating a story written in Latin at the start of the first century CE into another language, era, and/or medium?

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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