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Foundations of World Culture II: World Literatures and Texts

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21L.002X
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2012English
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This class continues our study of the foundational texts of human culture, focusing on early modernity until the recent past. In many ways, this includes several questions such as: Why did these works achieve the fame and influence they achieved? How do they present what it means to be a human being? How do they describe the role of a member of a family, community, tradition, social class, gender? How do they distinguish between proper and improper behavior?

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