CLAS 208 - The Classical Epic Tradition

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Classics

Description:

In this course, we read some of the most famous stories of the Western world, from the Iliad and the Odyssey, to Milton’s Paradise Lost and Joyce’s Ulysses, via Vergil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Civil War. All of these works are epic narratives, each presenting a different concept of the hero, and yet, at the same time, participating in a coherent, ongoing, and unfinished tradition. Questions explored include: the problematic nature of the hero, the relation between poetry and violence, the nature of literary tradition. Crotty.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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