MYTH AND LITERATURE

ENGL 168

A thematic introduction to literary works in a variety of genres written in English from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Emphasis may vary between writers from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, and other Anglophone nations.

ENGL 177

A selected topic studying the intersection of literature and popular culture in various forms and media.

ENGL 241

What is a person, a home, a nation, a world? What we now call "English literature" begins with these questions, imagining a cosmos filled with gods and heroes, liars and thieves, angels and demons, dragons and dungeons, whores and witches, drunken stupor and religious ecstasy. Authors crafted answers to these questions using technologies of writing from parchment to the printing press, and genres old and new, from epic and romance to drama and the sonnet. Develops skills of critical reading and writing that are essential to majors and non-majors alike.

ENGL 169

An introduction to selected fiction, prose, drama and poetry written by Americans from the early twentieth century to the present day.

CLASSICS 270

Classical myths and their influence on later literature and art.