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126 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
first two years serves as an introduction to the main aspects of Western culture.
In the last two years the more intensive study of the history of ideas, of literary
movements, and of art forms serves to interpret modern trends in civilization.
The maj or in general arts and letters leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
The following courses are required:
Lower Division. (1) Literature (Honors College) (AL 101, 102, 103), or
World Literature (Eng 107, 108, 109), or Survey of English Literature (Eng
101, 102, 103), or Introduction to Literature (Eng 104, lOS, 106), or any sequence
in foreign literature which has a prerequisite of two years (or equivalent) of foreign
language in college. (2) Shakespeare (Eng 201, 202, 203), or Survey of the
Visual Arts (AA 201, 201, 203), or Introduction to the History of Art (AA 204,
205,206), or Introduction to Music and Its Literature (Mus 201, 202, 203). (3) At
least one year of work in a foreign language beyond the first-year college level.
(4) One of the following sequences in history: History of Western Civilization
(Hst 101, 202, 103); History (Honors College) (Hst 107, 108, 109) ; English
History (Hst 304, 305, 306).
Upper Division. (1) Literature of the Ancient World (AL 304, 305, 306).
(2) Dante and His Times (AL 477, 478, 479). (3) One of the following sequences
in philosophy: History of Philosophy (Phi 301, 302, 303) ; Philosophy in Literature
(Phi 431, 432). (4) History of Literary Criticism (Eng 414,415,416) or
Aesthetics (Ph1441, 442, 443).
In addition the student must complete four upper-division year sequences, each
totaling at least 6 term hours, chosen from the major departments of the College
of Liberal Arts; however, any two of the following ,equences may be elected for
the partial satisfaction of this requirement: selected sequence in the history of
music; History of Painting (AA 346, 347, 348); Classical Art (AA 376),
Romanesque and Gothic Art (AA 377), Italian Renaissance Art (AA 378),
Basic Design (AA 295).
The student's program of study should form an integrated whole. The electives
should support the objectives of this program.
Honors. See HONORS COLLEGE, pages 120-123.
LOWER·DIVISION COURSES
AL 101, 102, 103. Literature (Honors College). 3 hours each term.
Intensive study of selected works of Occidental literature. Combellack,
Fischler, Gontrum, Moll, Strange, Wegelin.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES
AL 301, 302, 303. Introduction to Japanese Literature. 3 hours each term.
Fall: origins through Fuj iwara (twelfth century A.D.), with emphasis on the
Tale of Genji; winter: mediaeval (Kamakura, Muromachi, Tokugawa) literature
including drama (no, kabuki, bunraku) , haiku, and ukiyo writing;
spring: literature since the Meiji Restoration (1868). All readings in English.
Naff.
AL 304,305,306. Literature of the Ancient World. 3 hours each term.
Fall: Homer and the Greek epic; winter: the fifth century; spring: Latin
poetry. Lectures and readings in English. Special attention to influence of
Greek and Latin writers on English literature. Combellack, Kim.
AL 307, 308, 309. Introduction to Chinese Literature. 3 hours each term.
Ancient Chinese literature and Confucian classics, with emphasis on poetry;
later prose, poetry, and literary criticism; the development of drama and
fiction. Readings and lectures in English. Palandri.