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ENGL-300 - LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD 1  3 credits
This course examines literary classics of Western culture to develop both an appreciation of their intrinsic worth and an awareness of their significance in the history of ideas and literature. Readings are from the Biblical, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods and might include portions of the Old Testaments; selections from epic narratives such as Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, and Milton's Paradise Lost; selected poetry of Sappho, Catullus, Petrarch; selections from frame narratives such as Dante's Inferno and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Prerequisites: ENGL-100, ENGL-200 is strongly recommended.