Ancient Romance, Fantasy, and Science Fiction

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores genre fiction in Greek and Roman antiquity, including romance, fantastical biographies, science fiction, picaresque narratives and religious fiction. Includes Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, The Alexander Romance, Heliodorus’ An Ethiopian Story, Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, Lucian’s A True Story and other prose fiction of the Roman Empire.