Ovid And The Ovidian Tradition (ENG-0109)

Fall 2023 · ENG 0109 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Close readings of Ovid's Metamorphoses, a bible of pagan mythology for later poets, and also his erotic poems, which explore the pathos and comedy of love, and invent an extraordinarily influential psychological vocabulary. Also a study of the Ovidian tradition, including two French works in translation, the Roman de la Rose and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and a number of shorter works in English, by such authors as Chaucer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Spenser.

Course codes: ENG-0109, ENG 0109, ENG0109, ENG-109, ENG 109, ENG109

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