OLLI101558 - Exploring a few Renaissance Writers (In person at TUCC)

Course Description

EXPLORING A FEW RENAISSANCE WRITERS

Instructor: Lyle Murley

Day of Week: Tuesday

Dates: Jan 30 – Apr 9 (10 sessions)

No Class: Mar 5

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: In person at TUCC

Students will explore a few Renaissance works from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna, and Racine’s Phaedra. to Milton’s Samson Agonistes. More, Machiavelli, and Montaigne will provide prose readings. Discussions will begin with Sir Gawain on Jan. 30 and conclude with Milton on April 9. Students can use whatever texts they have, and most works are available on line.

Pre-Requisite: Interest in reading and discussing literary works.

Maximum In-Person: 40

Instructor Bio:

Lyle Murley, PhD, English, Northwestern University; MA, English, University of Chicago; BA English, St. Olaf College. Lyle was a professor of English at California Lutheran University, chair of the department, and now a professor emeritus. He was professor of the year on two occasions and received the Sears Roebuck Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence.

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