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)

Units

Min

Max

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

Components

Course Component

SU Intro Seminar - Freshman

Enrollment Optional?

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Creative Expression (CE), Exploring Difference and Power (EDP)