ENG-308 Renaissance Epic

GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: any first year writing seminar
The nature and purpose of the epic in the European Renaissance through a close study of Dante146s Divine Comedy, Ariosto146s Orlando Furioso, Spenser146s Faerie Queene, and Milton146s Paradise Lost. Renaissance theories of allegory and genre and the cultural work of these epics are explored. 4 credits.