Course Category: Language & Literature
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Elementary Latin I
Elementary Latin I is an intensive course designed to introduce you to the basic elements of the Latin language.
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Eddic Poetry in Old Norse
This course focuses on reading selections from this poetic literature in Old Norse, providing students with the opportunity practice their skills in translating the Old Norse language.
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Digital Text
This course is an introduction to developing and working with texts electronically, particularly literary and historical language texts.
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Dark Academia
Dark Academia explores this thriving genre which combines the Gothic, schooldays stories, mystery, and speculative fiction.
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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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Beyond Middle-earth
Join Corey Olsen and Tom Shippey for an in-depth look at the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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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.