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Literature

Sidney

 

 

I conjure you all

that have had the evil

luck to read this ink-wasting toy mine,

even in the name of the nine Muses,

no more to scorn the sacred mysteries of

poesy 

Sir Phillip Sidney, A Defence of Poetry

 

2008 Graduates

Recent News

Ten students graduated with degrees in literature, including the Valedictorian of the class, Anne Kerian, and Salutatorian, Rachel Dunleavy.  For more, see the Class of 2008 Graduates.

Mr. Mark McCullough joins the literature department.


   Featured courses


"A decent boldness ever meets with friends" writes Homer. 
Literary Tradition I (LITR 103) introduces students to the foundational epics of the West, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid, as well as intellectual life at AMU.  Are you ready?

This Spring, Dr. David Williams will offer a course on Flannery O'Connor .

 

  The Major in literature           


"And Fit audience find, though few," writes Milton.
 
See what courses are being offered for the upcoming fall semester in 2007. Find out what ten required coures you will need to gradaute with a Literature major. Learn how a Literature major would fit into your 4-years at Ave Maria with this sample course schedule, and examine our department's course catalogue.


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Jane Austen


 

 

 

An artist cannot do anything slovenly. -- Jane Austen