ENGL 381 - Classical Literature

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
Classical literature-the literature of ancient Greek and Roman civilization-is the origin of the idea of canonical literature, the idea of a “classic.” Readings for this course will explore those “classics” in numerous genres from drama, philosophical dialogue, lyric, poetic narrative, and epic, from authors including Homer, Euripides, Sappho, Virgil, Ovid, Horace, and Catullus. The course grounds these writers in the context of history, and art, as well as representative literary scholarship and theory relevant to this period in literature.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 203.