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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Comparative & World Literature

Early Masterpieces of Western Culture

CWL 241
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Comparative study of major works of literature, philosophy and culture in the Western tradition from the ancient world to the Renaissance, from Homer and the Bible to Shakespeare and Cervantes. Emphasis on the works as representative of their historical and cultural period, as well as how these works create the cultural world we live in today. All materials in English, students from all areas and backgrounds are welcome. Lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays, Friday discussion section times vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for three categories:

  • Advanced Composition
  • Humanities - Lit & Arts
  • Cultural Studies - Western

3 credit hours

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Comparative & World Literature

2090 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building

707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-160

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 333-4987 | Fax: (217) 244-4019

Email: complit@illinois.edu

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