UNAS1715 · Complex Problems and Enduring Questions

War and Peace: Historical and Literary Experiences

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

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Thomas Epstein

Professor of the Practice, Classical Studies Department

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Instructor: 3.9
Course: 3.9

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Thomas Epstein

Professor of the Practice, Classical Studies Department

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Instructor: 3.9
Course: 3.9

About this course

This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both HIST1727 and UNAS1715. How does War and Peacespeak through its historical context and as a description of a perennial human situation? War and Peace is a great and massive novel. Its primary subject, the effect of the Napoleonic Wars on Russia, may seem distant from our contemporary concerns. Yet its fundamental questions - "How shall I live and what is worth dying for? Is war a necessary evil, or something greater, or different? How does our social-historical experience construct our identity?" - are as relevant today as ever. Approaching these and other questions from our separate disciplines, we will attend both to the historical and literary context in whichWar and Peace was written and to the ways it speaks to us today.

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OrganizationHow well the course was organized: 3.90 / 5
ChallengeHow intellectually challenging students found it: 4.49 / 5
AttendanceHow necessary attendance was: 4.45 / 5
AssignmentsHow helpful assignments were: 4.33 / 5

Weekly effort: ~5 hours

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Evaluation history 2 terms

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Term	Evaluations	Course rating	Instructor rating
Spring 2025	1	3.4	3.6
Fall 2021	1	4.4	4.3