Epics/topics covered:
Part I: The Ancient World
- Mahabharata
- Ramayana
- Homer, Iliad
- Vergil, Aeneid
- Statius, Thebaid
Part II: From the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century
- Song of Roland; Daurel and Beton; Journey of Charlemagne to Jerusalem and Constantinople
- Poema de mio Cid
- Nibelungenlied
- Kudrun
- Book of Dede Korkut
- Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari)
- Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi yanyi)
Part III: Literary Epics from the Sixteenth to Seventeenth Century
- Ariosto, Orlando Furioso and Bigolina, Urania
- Spenser, Faerie Queene
- Camões, Os Lusiadas; Ercilla, La Araucana; Villagrá, Historia de la Nueva México
- Milton, Paradise Lost
Part IV. Writing Oral-Derived Epics from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
- Popol Wuj
- Kalevala
- Manas
- David of Sassoun
Part V: The Enduring Oral Tradition
- the Mwindo Epic
- the Epic of Sun-Jata
- the Epic of Askia Mohammed
- the Legend of Poṉṉivaḷa Nadu (Land of the Golden River)
Part VI: Teaching World Epics in Various Contexts
- Gilgamesh; Iliad; Odyssey; Aeneid; Beowulf
- Táin Bó Cúailnge; Geste Francor; Infancy Gospel of Thomas; Life of Buddha; Egil’s Saga
- Gilgamesh; Shahnameh; Sirat Bani Hilal
- Odyssey; Kebra Nagast; Shahnameh
Recent Comments