L.ENG 291 - Ancient Greek Literature-EC

Credits: 3

An introductory course in ancient Greek literature in English translation, with a focus on understanding the fundamental nature and conventions of literature as an art form and field of study, including the ways in which literature both reflects and shapes human experience. Readings will include epic and lyric poems, tragic and comic plays, and ancient critical works about literature. Authors may include Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Menander, and Theocritus. Students will engage with the literary works they read by asking questions and discussing them, by writing critical and personal essays, and also by memorizing and reciting poems or passages from plays using performance techniques.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design-EC