Sep 18, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

EN 320 Classical and Medieval European Literature

(4 Credits)
This is a selective study and appreciation of texts from Western antiquity and the Middle Ages that remain influential and alive in our time. These texts are considered within the cultural contexts from which they sprang and to which they helped give definitive shape. Typically, readings are drawn from the plays and epics of ancient Greece, great Roman authors such as Virgil, Augustine, and Boethius, and such medieval works, genres, and authors as Beowulf, the Arthurian romances, Dante and Chaucer.

required for English majors

Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.