Eric Luttrell | English 2332: Literature of the Western World from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance @ericluttrell | Uploaded May 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is a brief preview of English 2332, a literature survey that begins with the earliest literature ever written and ends with Shakespeare. The reading list currently includes:
-Atrahasis (The Flood)
-The Epic of Gilgamesh
-Genesis
-Hesiod's Theogony & Works and Days
- Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound
- Homer's Iliad
- Homer's Odyssey
- Virgil's Aeneid
- Beowulf

- Saxo Grammaticus' Amleth
- The Saga of Hrolf Kraki
- The Song of the Cid
- Marie de France's Lanval
- Morien (The Black Knight)

- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Shakespeare's Othello
This list will continue to expand each semester. As an online class with online lectures and quizzes, students can make choices between readings rather than complete every one. Each semester, the reading list will expand to include new reading options. Upcoming texts include The Dausi (Africa), Popol Vuh (Central America), Gawain and the Green Knight (Britain), Bricriu's Feast (Ireland).