GCS-110 Reading the World: Global Awareness Through Art and Literature
The primary goal of this course is to provide basic tools of analysis and synthesis utilized in the study of world art, literature, theatre and music from past to present. A parallel aim of this course is to examine the changing intellectual, social and artistic currents relating to seminal events across many cultures. Our approach to the material will be both chronological and thematic, covering the significant currents that exemplify social trends and practices of the various periods.