Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CASWR 100 or WR 120) - This course may be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Fall 2025: The Iliad: translations, condensations, distillations. We consider some of the many and varied attempts to translate the Iliad and convey its essential qualities. Much of the course focuses on translations into English, from George Chapman to Emily Wilson. We also consider some smaller or more selective Iliads, including, for example, Alice Oswald's Memorial and visual representations of the poem. No knowledge of Greek required. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Writing- Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy.

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