Course Description 
| Comparative Literature and Culture 140F/G Seven Great Myths of Western Desire |
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A study of the philosophical, theological, and poetic extensions of seven great myths of desire: Semele, Narcissus, Flora, Mars and Venus, Orpheus, Cupid and Psyche, Ganymede. Each myth will be studied in four versions (classical, medieval, Renaissance, and modern), along with theories of myth and theories of desire. |
| 3 lecture hours, half course. |
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