ENGC 3057 - WESTERN TRADITIONS IN LITERATURE I

Institution:

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

This course examines especially significant works during the earlier periods of Western literature. Students will sample various well-known texts from the Ancient to the Modern period. In order to help the students orient themselves within these vast fields, the course focuses on texts that highlight how the conceptions of the afterlife have evolved and developed in the Western Tradition and how the problem of good and evil has been posed. Students read selections from such works as Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Milton's Paradise Lost as well as the Book of Job, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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