Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: LITERARY LOVE AFFAIRS, LOVE AND PASSION IN EUROPEAN LITERATURE ***** Love-stories are usually about a young man who seeks the ideal girl, finally gets her, and becomes as good a Philistine as others. Students examine this philosophical wisdom by reading stories and theoretical texts about love and passion by European authors from the time of Shakespeare to the present. ***** Enrollment limited to 15. ***** Also offered as GERM 129. ***** Instructor(s): Steiner.