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    This course outline describes a semester-long introductory course on the Great Books of Western literature, philosophy, and history. The course will introduce students to influential works from ancient Greece and Rome through the present day. Students will develop critical thinking, cultural appreciation, and understanding of the human condition through reading and discussing these classic texts. Topics will range from ancient works like the Iliad and Mahabharata to modern novels like Call Me By Your Name and Gone Girl. The goal is for students to improve skills like textual analysis, cultural context awareness, idea communication, and critical reflection.

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    This course outline describes a semester-long introductory course on the Great Books of Western literature, philosophy, and history. The course will introduce students to influential works from ancient Greece and Rome through the present day. Students will develop critical thinking, cultural appreciation, and understanding of the human condition through reading and discussing these classic texts. Topics will range from ancient works like the Iliad and Mahabharata to modern novels like Call Me By Your Name and Gone Girl. The goal is for students to improve skills like textual analysis, cultural context awareness, idea communication, and critical reflection.

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    Great Books Course Outline

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    Gwen Steffani Tesaluna
    This course outline describes a semester-long introductory course on the Great Books of Western literature, philosophy, and history. The course will introduce students to influential works from ancient Greece and Rome through the present day. Students will develop critical thinking, cultural appreciation, and understanding of the human condition through reading and discussing these classic texts. Topics will range from ancient works like the Iliad and Mahabharata to modern novels like Call Me By Your Name and Gone Girl. The goal is for students to improve skills like textual analysis, cultural context awareness, idea communication, and critical reflection.

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    Course Outline

    GE 19: The Great Books


    First Semester School Year 2023-2024

    Course Description: This course is an introduction to the Western cannon of literature,


    philosophy, and history. Students will read and discuss some of the most influential
    works of these disciplines from ancient Greece and Rome to the present day. The goal
    of the course is to help students develop their critical thinking skills, their appreciation of
    different cultures and perspectives and their understanding of the human condition.

    Course Objectives:

    By the end of the course, the students will be able to:

    1. Read critically and analyse complex texts.


    2. Demonstrate understanding of different literary genres, concepts, and
    terms.
    3. Understand the historical context and cultural influences of different
    works of literature.
    4. Make inferences and draw conclusions from texts.
    5. Communicate their ideas effectively in writing and discussion.
    6. Appreciate the complexity of the human condition and the diversity of
    human experience.
    7. Examine the contemporary world through the lens of different literary
    texts.
    8. Reflect critically on shared concerns and values.

    Topics

    1 Orientation
    Introduction

    2 Nature of Literature
    Genres
    Language
    Literary Standards/Devices

    3 Ancient Literature
    Greek: Iliad by Homer
    India : Mahabharata

    4 Middle Age
    Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
    Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

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    5 Renaissance and Enlightenment
    Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

    6 Renaissance and Enlightenment


    Shakespeare’s Sonnet by William Shakespeare

    7 Romantic Era
    Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

    8 Lyrical Ballads by Samuel Taylor Coletidge and William Wordsworth


    To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley

    9 Midterm Examination

    10 19th Century
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

    11 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

    12 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

    13 20th Century
    Gift of Magi by O. Henry

    14 The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

    15 Foundation by Isaac Asimov

    16 21st Century
    Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

    17 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

    18 Final Examination

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