HUMN 2155 Assignments

 

Paper 1. Select a subject from among the humanities of the ancient world: religion, art, architecture, literature, drama, music, and dance.  Do a search through Google (of the internet in general) and of GALILEO in the library's databases (password "embroil").  Narrow the subject to a paper-sized topic.  Give references in MLA format.

 

HUMN 2155
Midterm
Spring 2004
3/3/04 

Answer all questions.  1500 words maximum.  Due 3/11/04.

  1. How does the Greek culture of the Homeric and classical periods compare with that of earlier civilizations, like those of the Egyptians or the Mesopotamians?

 

  1. What are the characteristics of classical art, and how does classical Greek art contrast with Roman art?

 

  1. Compare and contrast the idea of the gods from the Iliad with that in Antigone.

 

  1. What are the similarities and contrasts among the three great Middle Eastern religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and how do they compare to Buddhism?

 

 

Paper 2.  Continue work on your subject in the Middle Ages and/or Renaissance.

 

HUMN 2155

Final

Harrison

4/22/04

 

Answer all questions.  2,000 words altogether.  Due at or before 6:30 p. m. Thursday, April 29, 2004.

 

  1. Show how the culture of ancient Greece and Rome was carried over into the medieval and modern European worlds.

 

  1. Show how the Germanic culture changed to accommodate the Christianity it acquired from the Mediterranean world, and how it changed that Christianity to suit itself.

 

  1. Show how the works of Shakespeare (sonnets, Hamlet, and Othello) reflect the new world view(s) of the Renaissance.

 

  1. Describe how Western music develops from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

 

  1. Compare and contrast Buddhist beliefs to those of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.