Lecture 1, Introductions I
G1 Class 1.1, Introductions II
G1 Class 2.1, Sacred Performance Among Hunter-Gatherers
Lecture 2, Sacred Spaces, Holy Hours
G1 Class 2.2, Enuma Elish: Sacred Performance in Babylon
G1 Class 3.1, Gilgamesh: Mesopotamian Epic 1
Lecture 3, The Contrasting Art of Two Ancient Empires
G1 Class 3.2, Gilgamesh: Mesopotamian Epic 2
G1 Class 4.1, Abraham: Biblical epic 1
Lecture 4, Monotheism: evolution or revolution?
G1 Class 4.2, Moses: Biblical Epic 2
G1 Class 5.1, Classical Poets on Love
Lecture 5, The Civic Function of Greek Theater | Medea part 1
G1 Class 5.2, Greek Sculpture | Medea, part 2
G1 Class 6.1, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Rage and Redemption
Lecture 6, Socrates and Greek Philosophy
G1 Class 6.2, Socrates’ Higher Vision of Love
G1 Class 7.1, Christianity: a brief introduction
Lecture 7, Midterm Exam
G1 Class 7.2, Christian Warrior Culture
G1 Class 8.1, Medieval Christian Romance
Lecture 8, Late Medieval Love Lyric
G1 Class 8.2, The Petrarchan Craze
G1 Class 9.1, The Sociology of Court Life
Lecture 9, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
G1 Class 9.2, The Tempest and the Politics of Rebellion
G1 Class 10.1, The Tempest and the Politics of Healing
Lecture 10, The Antiquities Craze in Renaissance Italy
G1 Class 10.2, Baroque Art: Embracing Passion
G1 Class 11.1, Descartes' Cogito Ergo Sum
Lecture 11, Kant and Enlightenment Reason
G1 Class 11.2, Self-Reflection and the Orient: Montesquieu & Montagu
G1 Class 12.1, The Enlightenment: Classical Music
Lecture 12, Enlightenment Satire: Voltaire & Hogarth
G1 Class 13.1, Satire's End, and an introduction to Romanticism
G1 Class 13.2, Blake: the Dialectic of Innocence and Experience
G1 Class 14.1, Wordsworth, Coleridge: Finding the Self in Nature
Lecture 14, Romanticism and Revolution: Napoleon and Beethoven