21L.002-3 Foundations of Western Culture II: Modernism, Spring 2004
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Eiland, Howard
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Foundations of Western Culture II: Modernism
Date Issued
June 2004
Abstract
This course comprises a broad survey of texts, literary and philosophical, which trace the development of the modern world from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Intrinsic to this development is the growth of individualism in a world no longer understood to be at the center of the universe. The texts chosen for study exemplify the emergence of a new humanism, at once troubled and dynamic in comparison to the old. The leading theme of this course is thus the question of the difference between the ancient and the modern world. Students who have taken Foundations of Western Culture I will obviously have an advantage in dealing with this question. Classroom discussion approaches this question mainly through consideration of action and characters, voice and form.
Subjects
Western culture
foundations
modernism
texts
literary
philosophical
sociological
secular humanism
human events
individual
social
communal purpose
common
cultural
possession
ancient
modern world
discussion
action
characters
voice
form
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Literature Section
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