Welcome to the Course!

Welcome to Humanities 2123, General Humanities I, or as I like to call it, "The Poetry of Time and Space." Why the fancy title? Because we're focusing primarily on how civilizations throughout time used poetry to express their ideals, dreams, and nightmares across time and space--to end up in our classroom. Even though these civilizations have disappeared and many of the poets are forgotten, their words remain, easy to grasp and relate to (thanks to translation), and almost as relevant today as they were in ancient Greece or Elizabethan England. The goal of this course will be to connect the worlds of the past without our own society, and learn how little we've changed--and yet, how much we still have to learn about ourselves as a species. 

Because of COVID, this class has been broken up into three sections, each one meeting once a week, with the rest of the days on-line. Use this blog for those 'on-line' days, since I'll be posting questions and short videos to help you engage with the material. On our in-class days, we'll go over the work you've done on your own and make connections and clarify some of the trickier points (especially if you felt yourself completely lost). 

The posts below have a different syllabus for each section of the class: find the syllabus that pertains to the day you attend face-to-face class, and that's the one our class will follow. However, I'll also give you a hard copy syllabus next week. If you have any questions, e-mail me at jgrasso@ecok.edu. I look forward to talking with you throughout the semester!