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Literature Humanities

Syllabus

Chair of Literature Humanities: Prof. Gareth Williams, 615 Hamilton Hall ; (212) 854-2850

Humanities C1001-C1002: Masterpieces of Western literature and philosophy.

Popularly known as “Literature Humanities’’ or “Lit Hum,” this yearlong course offers Columbia College students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of some of the most significant texts of Western culture. The course is not a survey, but a series of careful readings of literary works that reward both first encounters and long study. Whether class work focuses on the importance of the text to literary history or on its significance to our contemporary culture, the goal is to consider particular conceptions of what it means to be human as well as the place of such conceptions in the development of critical thought.

The principal objectives of Literature Humanities are to teach students to ana-lyze literary texts and to construct intellectual arguments. An interdepartmental staff of professorial and preceptorial faculty meets with groups of approximately twenty-two students for four hours a week in order to discuss texts by Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, Vergil, Augustine, Dante, Boccaccio, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Austen, Dostoevsky, and Woolf, as well as Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament writings.

Registration Procedure

All information concerning registration in HUMA C1001-C1002 is included in the registration materials sent to students. All first-year students are preregistered in Literature Humanities.

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HUMA C1001x-C1002y Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy 4 pts. Taught by members of the Departments of Classics, English and Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Religion, Slavic Languages, and Spanish; and members of the Society of Fellows. Major works by over twenty authors, ranging in time, theme, and genre from Homer to Virginia Woolf. Students are expected to write at least two papers, to complete two examinations each semester, and to participate actively in class discussions.

HUMA C1001y-C1002x Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy 4 pts. The course description is the same as for HUMA C1001x-C1002y above. These are "reverse" sections and are open only with permission of the director of the Core Curriculum.

Course
Number 		Call Number/
Section 		Days & Times/
Location 		Instructor
Autumn 2008 :: HUMA C1001
HUMA
1001 		96697
001 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
401 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		97097
002 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
311 Fayerweather
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HUMA
1001 		42247
003 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
222 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		42646
004 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
304 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		42999
005 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
303 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		43348
006 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
302 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		43697
007 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
301M Fayerweather
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HUMA
1001 		45997
008 		MW 9:00a - 10:50a
501A International Affairs Bldg
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HUMA
1001 		46296
009 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
111 Carman Hall
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HUMA
1001 		46597
010 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
304 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		46898
011 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
307 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		47197
012 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
301 Fayerweather
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HUMA
1001 		47447
013 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
TBA
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HUMA
1001 		47797
014 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
109 Hartley Hall
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HUMA
1001 		48046
015 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		48497
016 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
109 Hartley Hall
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HUMA
1001 		50798
017 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
303 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		51197
018 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
304 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		51446
019 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
325 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		51898
020 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
425 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		52147
021 		MW 4:10p - 6:00p
313 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		52396
022 		MW 6:10p - 8:00p
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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HUMA
1001 		52798
023 		MW 6:10p - 8:00p
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		53047
024 		MW 6:10p - 8:00p
306 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		53396
025 		TuTh 9:00a - 10:50a
511 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		76696
026 		TuTh 9:00a - 10:50a
616 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		77497
027 		TuTh 9:00a - 10:50a
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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HUMA
1001 		78397
028 		TuTh 9:00a - 10:50a
109 Hartley Hall
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HUMA
1001 		80997
029 		TuTh 9:00a - 10:50a
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		90846
030 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
109 Hartley Hall
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HUMA
1001 		91497
031 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
302 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		92397
032 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
303 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		93096
033 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		95947
034 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
304 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		96646
035 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
425 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		97446
036 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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HUMA
1001 		98496
037 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
222 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		76280
038 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
224 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		11347
039 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
111 Carman Hall
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HUMA
1001 		11798
040 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
424 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		12096
041 		TuTh 11:00a - 12:50p
306 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		12396
042 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
302 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		12796
043 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
402 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		13096
044 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		13347
045 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
607 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		13696
046 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
407 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		16048
047 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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HUMA
1001 		16346
048 		TuTh 2:10p - 4:00p
707 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		16597
049 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
511 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		16897
050 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
109 Hartley Hall
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HUMA
1001 		17297
051 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
325 Pupin Laboratories
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HUMA
1001 		17598
052 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
111 Carman Hall
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HUMA
1001 		17896
053 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
306 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		18196
054 		TuTh 4:10p - 6:00p
613 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		18498
055 		TuTh 6:10p - 8:00p
301 Hamilton Hall
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HUMA
1001 		20898
056 		TuTh 6:10p - 8:00p
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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HUMA
1001 		21296
057 		MW 2:10p - 4:00p
206 Broadway Residence Hall
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