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Mar 28, 2024
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CLAS084 PO - Greece, Rome, and the African DiasporaWhen Offered: Offered alternate years, next offered fall 2017. Instructor(s): S. Eccleston Credit: 1
Greek Tragedy and anti-Apartheid efforts. Roman Epic and Colorism. Greek and Roman Studies at HBCUs. This literature course will introduce students to the complex and long standing relationships between Greco-Roman culture and the African continent, with a particular focus on how the Classics has been challenged, bettered, and influenced by traditions across the African diaspora. What do civilizations in the Ancient Mediterranean offer not only as a site of resistance to European cultural dominance and White normativity but also as a place also in need of recuperation by methodologies created for/by African diasporic artists, intellectuals, and activists ? Readings will include secondary criticism and primary texts from antiquity to today. Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog: Area 1
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