Textbooks currently used in Western Culture 101 and 102:
Hunt et al., The Making of the West
Kagan et al., The Western Heritage
Western Culture Topics
Themes:
Hebrew Culture
The Greek World
The Roman World
Rise of Christianity
Middle Ages
Rise of Islam
The Renaissance
Texts:
Genesis
Homer, The Iliad, selections
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex or Antigone
Plato, Apology
One gospel, selections
Augustine, Confessions, selections
Dante, Inferno, selections
Machiavelli, The Prince*
Works of Art:
The Parthenon
Chartres Cathedral
Western Culture Professors
Elliott Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs
Morton Hall, 321
(434) 223-6246
rburke@hsc.edu
Elliott Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Director of the Rhetoric Program
Pannill 100 A
(434) 223-6255
nnace@hsc.edu
