University Studies 310

The Great Conversation

Visions of Ecstasy

Spring 2001

Tentative Schedule

  1. (1/19) Discussion: The Canon Dilemma
  2. (1/26) Ovid: Metamorphoses selections
  3. (2/02) Apuleius: The Golden Ass selections
  4. (2/09) Plotinus: The Enneads selections
  5. (2/16) Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
  6. (2/23) Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival selections
  7. (3/02) Practice Forum
  8. (3/09) Dante: The Divine Comedy selections
  9. (3/16) Dante continued
  10. (3/30) Petrarch, Ficino, Pico selections
  11. (4/06) Castiglione: The Courtier selections
  12. (4/20) Machiavelli: The Prince
  13. (4/27) Erasmus: The Praise of Folly
  14. (final) Final Forum