Wellesley College
Updated for: 2009 
Subjects offered: Classical Civilization
, Other
CLCV 208 - Classical Literatures & Beyond: Sappho in the Western Literary Imagination
SUMMER SCHOOL
For 125 years Wellesley College has been providing undergraduates with
one of the finest liberal arts educations in the world. In 2009,
Wellesley College Summer School will once again open its doors for the
tenth year, and you have the opportunity to become a part of a
distinguished tradition of engaged learning and vibrant community.
Our Summer School is a co-educational program, featuring full credit
courses drawn from the regular Wellesley curriculum. It is open to all
college students, college graduates as well as eligible commuting high
school juniors and seniors. Wellesley College Summer School combines
academic excellence with a spectacular campus, state-of-the-art
facilities and a convenient location close to Boston.
COURSE
Who was Sappho? Woman. Poet. “The original lesbian.” And what is the
connection among these three identities? The fragments of her poetry
reveal a captivating, personal voice. Is this a window onto ancient
Greece, or literary deceit? This course addresses such questions as we
read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry and discover what these
poems, this woman, meant to later writers. We will study the phenomena
of allusion, intertextuality and influence as we explore the reception
of Sappho in the literary imagination of poets and artists over two
millennia. Distribution: Language and Literature
Credit: 1.0 (4 sem. hrs.)
Course Fee: $2000
Lectures: M, T, TH 1:20 - 4:00 p.m. (22 June - 17 July 2009)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Cashman Kerr Prince
cprince@wellesley.edu
781.283.3513
summerschool@wellesley.edu
781.283.2200
http://www.wellesley.edu/
http://www.wellesley.edu/
www.wellesley.edu/SummerSchool/
