Carleton University · HUMS 3200

European Literature

Credits : 1.0 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Major movements and works from Dante's Divine Comedy through Voltaire's Candide. Themes include the New Humanism vs. old Chivalry in the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the rise of the modern novel and drama; reason, nature, and the Enlightenment project.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): HUMS 2000 and third-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also listed as ENGL 3201 .
  • Prerequisite(s): HUMS 2000 and third-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.
  • Lectures three hours a week.
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Major movements and works from Dante's Divine Comedy through Voltaire's Candide. Themes include the New Humanism vs. old Chivalry in the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the rise of the modern novel and drama; reason, nature, and the Enlightenment project.

  • Prerequisite(s): HUMS 2000 and third-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.
  • Also listed as ENGL 3201 .
  • Lectures three hours a week.

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