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The Bookworm (1850) Carl Spitzweg

The Great Conversation (2007-2009)

What is it?


The Great Conversation Program at St. Olaf College is a five course introduction

to the western tradition in which students directly encounter significant works of literature, philosophy, art, theology, history, and music.


Syllabi from Kildahl Cohort (2007-2009)


The Tradition Beginning: Greeks and Hebrews (GC 113)


The Tradition Continuing: The Romans and the Christians (GC 115)


The Medieval Synthesis (GC 116)


The Tradition Renewed: New Forces of Secularization (GC 217)


The Tradition in Crisis: Dissenters and Defenders (GC 218)

“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversation?” - Lewis Carroll General Resources Program Website Moodle (For All Postings) Reading Thoughtfully Writing Thoughtfullyhttp://www.stolaf.edu/depts/great-conversation/http://moodle182.stolaf.edu/Reading_Thoughtfully.htmlWriting_Thoughtfully.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3