Description
This course focuses on the interplay between religious traditions and literary imagination, exploring how religious themes, archetypes, and spiritual concerns have come to expression in literature from ancient myths to modern media. Through the study of multiple genres (e.g. novels, plays, films and television) in addition to sacred texts, students will delve into the ways in which literature reflects, critiques, and influences religious ideas, practices, and worldviews. Meets General Education Distribution Area III.B.