Listed in: European Studies, as EUST-121
Formerly listed as: EUST-21
Robert Doran (Section 01)
Topics in the past have included readings and discussion of a series of related texts from Homer and Genesis to Dante: Homer’s Iliad, selected Greek tragedies, Virgil’s Aeneid, selections from the Bible, and from medieval texts. Three class hours per week. Required of European Studies majors.
Open to European Studies majors and to any student interested in the intellectual and literary development of the West, from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Fall semester. Professor Doran.
If Overenrolled: Priority given to EUST majors.
Section 01
M 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CONV 108
W 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CONV 108
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CONV 108
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey | Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007 | Homer/ Lattimore (tr.) | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Sophocles I: Three Tragedies | University of Chicago Press, 2013 | Sophocles | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Symposium | Penguin Classics, 2003 | Plato | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Aeneid | Bantam classics, 1981 | Virgil / Mandelbaum (tr.) | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Confessions | Oxford University Press, 2009 | Augustine / Chadwick (tr.) | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Beowulf | W.W. Norton & Co.,2001 | trans. Seamus Heaney | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
| Divine Comedy, 3 vols | Everyman's Library, 1995 | Dante / Mandelbaum (tr.) | Required | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.