RELI 235: Religion and Literature

RELI 235-002: Religion and Literature
(Fall 2016)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW

Section Information for Fall 2016

This section of RELI 235 will consist of a close reading and in-depth study of Dante’s Divine Comedy, a work of tremendous religious, historical, and literary significance that many consider the first example of the European “novel.”

FULFILLS:  MASON CORE LITERATURE REQUIREMENT

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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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