Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - The Bible As Cultural Text

RLCT 2127  The Bible As Cultural Text

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed or three credits of 1000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552).

Antirequisites:

ENGL 2127

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

From modern cinema to poetry, pop fiction to Broadway, the Bible pervades the Western cultural imagination. Students examine the stories and poetry of the Bible through the lens of literature, film, art and music. Topics may include the Fall, sacrifice, suffering, sexuality, the body, heroism, authorship, and death. This course is also offered as ENGL 2127.