English 180E
Upper Division Coursework: The Epic
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall 2006 | Altieri, Charles F.
Altieri, Charles |
TTh 12:30-2 | 30 Wheeler |
Other Readings and Media
Homer: Iliad,Odyssey; Vergil: Aeneid; Dante: Inferno, Paradiso; Milton, J.: Paradise Lost ; Wordsworth, W.: Prelude (1850 Edition); Pound, Ezra: Selected Cantos
Description
I imagine this course as an introduction to the pleasure of reading and thinking about the major epics in Western Culture. We will look especially at changing definitions in what is meant by �culture.� And we will immerse ourselves in how writers build on and modify their predecessors as itself an exercise in interpreting what culture can be.
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