LIT 344 - Heaven, Hell, And a New Cosmology

Institution:

Marylhurst University

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Description:

This course examines three authors, each with a vision of the afterlife. Students examine the traditional and contemporary understandings of belief (or not) in that afterlife through three great works of literature: Paradise Lost, The Inferno, and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Dante deals with the problem of human sin and notions of heaven and hell; Milton deals with the pre- and post-lapsarian worlds and his own struggle with his Trinitarian beliefs; Blake projects a whole new cosmology through the eyes of a prophet-himself. While not theological in nature, the course will discuss the literature from the Christian context of the times in which each work was written. Meets LAC outcome: AIB4. 3 crs.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marylhurst.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 636-8141

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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