All sections read an ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and a major modern work of fiction. Authors may include Achebe, Basho, Camus, Chekhov, Conrad, Fugard, Garcia-Marquez, Gordimer, Ibsen, Ionesco, Kafka, Mann, Mishima, Naipaul, Ngugi, Waugh, Sophocles, Woolf, and Yoshimoto, but do not include any North American authors. Students write critical and personal essays. The journey as a motif both in literal and metaphorical terms provides a focus for this study of literature. All sections read an ancient Greek tragedy, an epic poem, Hamlet, and Heart of Darkness.
Students write critical and personal essays.
Students are introduced to some of the most influential writing of Western civilization, with a strong emphasis on classical Greece and Rome. Special attention is paid to the authors' concern with human nature, ideals of human conduct, and the relationship between the human and the divine. Students write critical and personal essays. Through the study primarily of literature but also of historical, philosophical, and artistic works, students are introduced to some of the most influential writing of Western civilization, with a strong emphasis on classical Greece and Rome. Special attention is paid to the authors' concern with human nature, ideals of human conduct, and the relationship between the human and the divine.