War, History, and Memory: Introduction to Classical Literature II

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Homer's Iliad is a doom-filled beginning for the literature of war, a literary monument to fate, fear, memory, and loss. Starting from a study of the Iliad, this course traces conflict, politics, and remembrance across an assortment of works from the Ancient Mediterranean world. Students read texts in English translation from Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, in verse and prose, across the genres of epic poetry, history, tragedy, and comedy, oratory, and more. Cross-listed: ENGL-2751(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ENGL-2751.