2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 146 - The Epic


Explores the tradition of epic poetry, in both its primary and secondary forms, as well as examining the extension of the epic vision to its later manifestations in lyric verse and prose fiction. The course begins with the Epic of Gilgamesh, and extends to the twentieth century. Authors and texts covered include Gilgamesh, Homer, Beowulf, Milton, Blake, Shelley, Melville and Eliot.
For undergraduate English Majors, this course fulfills the B-2 requirement.

 

 

 

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually