Literary Voyages Honors 3 credits Exploration of the theme of the voyage as presented in selected literary works representing various cultural perspectives, using Homer s The Odyssey as the archetypal voyage poem. Literal voyages serve as rites of passage leading to psychological growth. Motifs subsumed within the more comprehensive voyage theme Beginnings, A Season in Hell, Self Discovery, Reconciliation and Renewal, and Reprise correspond to analogous life experiences. Students are asked to write essays on the voyage theme and to present ideas in a seminar format. They work in small response groups, learning how to give constructive criticism while coming to understand what their writing means to a variety of readers.
All students receive practical training and experience in tutoring.
Offered every semester. The Art of the Novel Honors 3 credits A course in extended prose fiction writing. Emphasis is on studying various genres of prose fiction and on preparing a partial manuscript for submission to a trade publisher. Offered at the discretion of the Honors Program. Lyric Poetry Honors 3 credits A study of lyric poetry from Sappho to the present.