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HUM 2271 - Heritage of the Western World: Renaissance and Reformation


Credits: 3

Catalog Description
In this course, students will study, in historical context, the literature and art produced during the Renaissance and Reformation that has proved of enduring value or influence in molding contemporary culture. Works will be read either in their entirety or in part (e.g., Christine de Pisan’s Book of the City of Ladies, Pico’s Oration on the Dignity of Man, More’s Utopia, Luther’s Address, Shakespeare). Art and architecture of the period will also be considered, as well as cross-cultural encounters between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 06B: The Humanities and Fine Arts, Goal 08: Global Perspective



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