Interdepartmental 114f-115s: Pasts and Presences: An Introduction to the Humanities in the West, Peter Berek Office hours: Mon, 1:30-3:15, English Department office (200 Clapp); 3:30-5, 638 Williston Library Wed, 2:00-4 PM, 638 Williston Library and by appointment. Phones: Library office, 2311; English department, 2146; home, 253-9166. E-mail (pberek@mtholyoke.edu) Writing Mentor, Andrea LeClair '02. E-mail alleclai@mtholyoke.edu). Meeting Time: Mon, Wed, 11-12:15, 212 Skinner; films or lectures Monday evenings as needed, Gamble Auditorium.     Through the study of works from antiquity to the present, this year-long interdisciplinary course offers a critical introduction to some of the core humanistic traditions that have shaped--and continue to shape--Western culture, and to the controversies about changing conceptions of that tradition. General focus for 2001-2002: "Heroes, Heroines, and Society." Readings for the fall semester will include Greek plays, selections from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) including the story of David; and Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry V. We will consider later responses to these works in other media including film adaptations of Greek drama; Michelangelo's statue of David, and competing cinematic versions of Henry V (Olivier and Branagh). Spring semester will include the Don Juan myth in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Shaw's Man and Superman; Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses (in English); Bulgakov's 20th-century classic, The Master and Margarita; and the relationships among landscape and culture as explored in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and revealed in the changing design of the Mount Holyoke campus.      Topics are coordinated with cultural events on campus, within the Five Colleges, and in Boston or New York. Pasts and Presences requires participation in class discussion and regular writing assignments. Students should also expect to attend films, performances and special lectures on a regular basis throughout the semester. This course satisfies two distribution requirements in humanities--one in arts, language and literature, and one in history, philosophy and religion. This course satisfies two distribution requirements in humanities--one in arts, language and literature, and one in history, philosophy and religion. (8 credits). (Writing and speaking course) 2 meetings (75 minutes); 4 credits; enrollment limited to 17           EN