2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 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 English majors, this course satisfies the C-2 requirement.

 

 

 

Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically