Ancient Epic 2

Ancient Epic 2 is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies class taught by Bob Meagher.

Course Description
The aim of this course will be the comparative study of four ancient epics from India, Greece, Israel, and Italy. The core readings will comprise: the Ramayana, the Odyssey, the David Story, and the Aeneid. Each text will be considered both in its own historical and cultural context and in the larger shared context of bronze age epic, myth, and literature. This course satisfies the Division I distribution requirement.

Learning Goals

 * Multi-Cultural
 * Project-based
 * Reading
 * Writing