Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos
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Course Description
Preference to freshmen. Sappho's surviving fragments in English; traditions referring to or fantasizing about her disputed life. How her poetry and legend inspired women authors and male poets such as Swinburne, Baudelaire, and Pound. Paintings inspired by Sappho in ancient and modern times, and composers who put her poetry to music.
Cross Listed Courses
Grading Basis
RLT - Letter (ABCD/NP)
Min
3
Max
3
Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?
No
Course Component
SU Intro Seminar - Freshman
Enrollment Optional?
No
This course has been approved for the following WAYS
Creative Expression (CE), Exploring Difference and Power (EDP)
Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?
No
Programs
CLASSICS16N
is a
completion requirement
for: