Course Category: Classic LIterature
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Classical Myths and Legends
This course puts the myths and legends of the Classical world in their wider cultural and historical contexts.
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Chaucer II: The Canterbury Tales
In this class we will study one of the great classics of English literature, The Canterbury Tales, in which we see Chaucer at the height of his poetic abilities, mixing sensitive characterization with stunningly complex storytelling.
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Celtic Myth in Children’s Fantasy
This course examines contemporary fantasy works whose authors have adapted, revised and re-imagined the medieval mythological texts of Ireland and Wales.
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C.S. Lewis and Mythologies of Love and Sex
This course explores some of the great mythologies of love that provide a background to today’s culture, sketched out along the twin paths of C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves and a chronological development of the ideas of love.
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Beowulf Through Tolkien
This course examines Tolkien and Beowulf together to provide insight into both the classic Old English epic and Tolkien’s modern fantasy works.
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Beowulf in Old English
This intensive, seminar-style class will give students an opportunity to practice translating the Old English language and to become intimately familiar with the Beowulf text.
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Chaucer I: Visions of Love
This class is the first semester in a two-part survey of Chaucer’s major works, looking at his early dream vision poems and his greatest completed work: Troilus and Criseyde.