Page 99 of Saint Anselm College 2002 - 2003 Catalog by Saint Anselm College Manchester New Hampshire

100 Comparative Cultures The Humanities curriculum continues with elective courses, Comparative Cultures. Prerequisites: HU 01-04 or permission of instructor. 5 Concentrates on a dramatic and clearly defined historical period in Paris and New France and the United States, a period characterized by rupture with York in the tradition on many levels of human activity. The decades after the First Twenties and World War saw the values and premises of intellectual and cultural Thirties heritage challenged or discarded. The course will examine the criticisms leveled against traditional values and explore new principles for life and art which came into being during this period. 6 Compares the cultures of Germany and the United States of America Germany U.S.A. during the 1920s and 30s with emphasis on the literature and film of Between the period against the background of the failure of the Weimar the Wars Republic and the rise of National Socialism in Germany, as well as the Great Depression and the New Deal in the United States. The course format is lecture/seminar, supported by an integrated series of films, video tapes, slides, and readings. 8 Probes the conflict and convergence of the two dominant national cul- The United States tures of our century through readings of source materials and reflecand Russia tive essays by contemporary scholars. 9 Examines the meaning of virtue and governance in two ancient Ancient China cultures: China, the worlds oldest continuous culture and the inheritance Ancient Rome: of one-fifth of humanity, and Rome, the parent and teacher of Virtue and Western civilization. The two cultures will be examined through the Governance writings of major thinkers (Confucius, Mencius, Cicero, Livy), through the general features of the Chinese and Latin languages, and through concepts clusters (for China, li, yi, ren, dao, de, tian, ming; for Rome, fas, lex, jus, virtus, pietas, officium, decorum).

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