English and Creative Writing 134F - Heroic Narratives

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Hamilton College

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Description:

What blend of physical prowess, spiritual strength, moral courage and intellectual power creates a heroic figure, and what sets these exemplary men and women apart from the ordinary run of humanity? In this course, we will examine heroes and heroines from medieval monster-slayers to modern Holocaust survivors, in genres ranging from epic poem to graphic novel. Readings will include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Spenser's Faerie Queene, novels by Charlotte Bronte, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Art Spiegelman, and the play Angels in America. (Writing-intensive.) (Proseminar.) Open to first-year students only Maximum enrollment, 16. Terrell.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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