Great Books World Tour - GBLS
1P93
Overview
A half-course introduction to selections from masterworks of literature,
philosophy, religion, and social thought, from around the globe and from
earliest times to the 20th century. The readings all take up the timeless
question "What is a human being?", examining such themes as love, fate,
happiness, freedom, and human conflict.
Major readings range from the Gilgamesh Epic of the ancient Near
East (perhaps the oldest written story), to the classic dialog about love
and philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus, to the powerful journalism of
John Hersey's Hiroshima, to Chinua Achebe's landmark African novel
Things Fall Apart. Plus briefer selections from India's majestic
Bhagavad Gita, the mysterious Thousand and One Nights,
Jonathan Swift, Stephen Leacock, Mao Tse-Tung, Martin Luther
King Jr., a number of Nobel Prize winners, and other important
international writers.
This is an ideal opportunity for people who would like to sample the richness of the great books
experience without taking a full-year course. The Great Books World Tour has a moderate reading load,
often examining excerpts and short works, and has a weekly 1-hour lecture to furnish a context for the
discussion during a 2-hour seminar.
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No prerequisites
One 1-hour lecture, one 2-hour seminar per week
Satisfies Humanities context credit
Instructor: Prof.
Thomas Mulligan
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Maintained by: Prof. Thomas Mulligan, Brock University, St. Catharines,
Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1