Course Descriptions

Term:

Atlantic Rim

Fall Quarter (F19)

Dept/Description Course No., Title  Instructor
AFAM (F19)138  BLK WOMXN VIOLENCEMILLWARD, J.
AFAM (F19)134A  CARIB HISTORY IJAMES, W.
Emphasis/Category: Locating Africas, Atlantic Rim

Exploration of the history of the archipelago from pre-Columbian times to the end of slavery; examining the impact of European colonization, decimation of the indigenous populations, African slavery, resistance and emancipation; the unity and diversity of experience in region.
Days: TU TH  02:00-03:20 PM

HISTORY (F19)164A  CARIB HISTORY IJAMES, W.
Emphasis/Category: Hispanic, US Latino/a and Luso-Brazilian Cultures, Atlantic Rim

Exploration of the history of the archipelago from pre-Columbian times to the end of slavery; examining the impact of European colonization, decimation of the indigenous populations, African slavery, resistance and emancipation; the unity and diversity of experience in region.
Days: TU TH  02:00-03:20 PM

CLASSIC (F19)160  MEDEA THRU THE AGESGIANNOPOULOU, Z.
Emphasis/Category: Atlantic Rim

This course on re-imagining the classics will explore how and why the classics have been retold, reformed, invoked, reinterpreted, and received from antiquity to the present day. We will use the mythological figure of Medea as our case study. Beginning with some theoretical orientation and reading Euripides’ Medea, we will survey the various literary versions of the myth in Roman literature. In the latter part of the course, we will turn to Medea’s place in modern and contemporary literature, theater, and film. While discussing the various reinterpretations and reinventions of Medea, we will remain mindful of issues of intertextuality. How for instance, do later versions of the myth engage with and prefigure earlier works? How might contemporary media reflect upon and suggest new meanings for their classical source texts? The methods and approaches used in this course should provide a model with which to approach other mythological, literary, aesthetic, and philosophical topics in classics and beyond.
Days: MO WE  12:00-01:20 PM

Courses Offered by Global Cultures or other Schools at UCI

Atlantic Rim

Fall Quarter (F19)

Dept Course No., Title   Instructor
CHC/LAT (F19)139  LATIN AMERICA&CARIBDUNCAN, R.

Emphasis/Category: Hispanic, US Latino/a and Luso-Brazilian Cultures, Atlantic Rim
Studies in selected areas of Chicano/Latino History. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Prerequisite: Prerequisites vary.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.
Days: MWF  01:00-01:50 PM