RELI 235: Religion and Literature

RELI 235-004: Religion and Literature
(Fall 2017)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Innovation Hall 136

Section Information for Fall 2017

This course introduces literary theory, briefly and painlessly: then heads off to look as some basic religious questions in literature. First to Gilgamesh in his quest for eternal life, his rocky relationship with the love-goddess Ishtar and his "bromance" with his buddy Enkidu. Job is the only guy who actually stands up to God in the Old Testament and we'll see where that gets him. Poor Oedipus, is he a plaything of the gods or worthy of Freudian analysis? To Narnia and C.S. Lewis where we'll get his take on creation, salvation and the end of the world.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores the relationship between religion and literature in different times and cultures, the influence of religion on literary works, and how literature expresses major religious themes such as death and immortality, divine will and justice, suffering and human destiny, and religion and state. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Literature
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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