Explore the wellsprings of literary culture through a survey of timeless
classics from antiquity into the modern era. Read the masterpieces—tragedy
and comedy, epic and lyric, religious and secular—and probe the qualities that
have contributed to their survival and continuing influence. Critical thinking,
close reading, intensive class discussion, response papers, and related art projects
all contribute to a heightened appreciation of the arc and build of literary culture in constant conversation with the visual arts.
classics from antiquity into the modern era. Read the masterpieces—tragedy
and comedy, epic and lyric, religious and secular—and probe the qualities that
have contributed to their survival and continuing influence. Critical thinking,
close reading, intensive class discussion, response papers, and related art projects
all contribute to a heightened appreciation of the arc and build of literary culture in constant conversation with the visual arts.
- Teacher: Albert Lafarge