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CLA-2434: Fairytale, Folklore, and Magic: Popular Literature in Ancient Greece and Rome

Description: Survey of ancient Greek and Roman popular literature. Introduces students to a wide array of texts, ranging from the ancient novel, popular compilations (e.g. books of marvels, fables, and jokes), ritual texts, funerary inscriptions, and folklore/fairytales. Examination of how scholars define popular literature as a category and introduction of contemporary approaches to it. Exploration of the connection of ancient Greek and Roman tales to international ones from different cultures and perspectives. Special attention to the depiction of private rituals in Greek and Latin literature. In English.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.59 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.87%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.98%

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