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CLST 105. Classical Studies Capstone: The Classical in Art and LiteratureLayers of representation, interpretation, and theoretical frameworks filter our view of Greco-Roman Antiquity, and continually reconfigure the meaning of the "classical". This seminar will examine the histories, texts, theories, and works of art through which the classical tradition continues to evolve. Topics and authors may include: Greek mythology in contemporary art and fiction, theories of mythology, adaptation studies, the figure of Oedipus (Sophocles, Freud, Girard, Stravinsky, Pasolini), classicism in the history of art and architecture (Michelangelo, Palladio, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Jefferson, Picasso), antiquity in modernism. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics
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