Fall 2019 - HUM 381 D100
Selected Topics in the Humanities I (4)
Class Number: 1367
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Fri, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 11, 2019
Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
David Mirhady
dmirhady@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3906
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Prerequisites:
45 units.
Description
COURSE DETAILS:
We have c. 100 speeches that were prepared for delivery in Athens’ democratic law courts. We have a comedy that makes fun of them, philosophical discourses of the time that deal with legal issues, and even tragedies. We’ll be reading a selection of these in order to identify and isolate the legal principles at play in the world’s first democracy.
Grading
- Participation 20%
- Short Papers (10% each) 40%
- Longer Paper 20%
- Final Exam 20%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Michael Gagarin (editor), Speeches from Athenian Law.
ISBN: 978-0292726383
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