ENG 273 - The Epic

Institution:

Cabrini University - Closed

Subject:

English

Description:

This Heritage course introduces students to literary epics drawn from diverse cultural contexts, historical moments, and creative traditions. Attention will be given not only to the literary dimensions of the epic, but also to the epic's role as an anthropological touchstone and artifact. Read and interpreted closely, epics reveal the ideological assumptions and cultural practices of the societies that gave rise to them. Examples of the kinds of texts read in this course include, but are not limited to: Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, Eliot's The Waste Land, and other texts that aspire to the epic form and scope. 3 credits

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.cabrini.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 902-8100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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