We are familiar with the folktales, legends and myths that build the imaginative framework of Western literature. We know the answer to questions like: How did Red Riding Hood escape the great Wolf's belly? or Why does Demeter weep each winter? But we have no idea who shot down nine suns and saved the world from burning or what became…
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We all know of The Great Bard, Shakespeare. We are all at least vaguely familiar with the natural world that surrounds us. It may be the case, though, that a relationship with the one actually relies at least partially upon a relationship with the other. The plays of Shakespeare are full of a common language of the land: birds, flowers,…
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The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis offers readers a dazzling world full of Greek myth, medieval cosmology, modern philosophy, and an enduring love for story. While the series might appear to some as an apparent grab-bag of creative fixtures from time’s attic, the Chronicles in both genre and form weave together these disparate threads into an ordered tapestry which…
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P.L. Travers wrote, “Myths come, it is true, from the ancient past, but it is no less true that they, like the traditions round which they gather, are constantly being rediscovered, renewed and restated.” Enter Mary Poppins, part-Goddess, part-Celtic Warrior Fey, full-time nanny with a parrot umbrella. Like Venus pulling aside the veil to reveal the work of the gods…
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“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.” This quotation from Proverbs 25:25 follows the title of C. S. Lewis’s The Pilgrim’s Regress, and it evokes the by now very Lewisian idea of sehnsucht, that sweet, painful longing for some unnamable thing just out of reach. Lewis, in his preface to the third…
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Dr. Jason Baxter's book, Why Literature Still Matters hit a nerve, so much so that readers not only agreed with the premise (that we need literature in our technological age) but wanted to know: "Yes, I agree, but now what? Where do we go from here?" In this course, Dr. Baxter will provide a six-week-long addendum to Why Literature Still…
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Within the world of stories, there is one kind of character which seems to cross every boundary- blurring lines of distance and time to greet us from many lands with many different faces, but with the same familiar voice. In Robin Hood, in the 108 outlaws of Liangshan marsh, in the Cowboys of the Wild West, in King David and…
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Students and teachers have been asking Angelina Stanford for years to develop a mentorship program--a way for students to be personally mentored and trained by her, to go deeper into their understanding of literature, literary theory, the imagination, and teaching practices and principles. To that end, we bring you another round of The Fellowship: A Literary Mentorship Program. This intimate Fellowship…
Classical Greek Grammar 2 follows Classical Greek Grammar 1 (offered on a rotating schedule). In this course students complete the grammar cycle and are introduced to longer and more complex readings in the New Testament, and various classical authors such as Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, and others. Students will also learn the basics of Greek poetics and composition. The course utilizes…
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Note: This "Sibling Seat" Product is used to track sibling registrations for the "Advanced Latin Elective" course. Sibling Seats cannot be purchased on their own. You should only add a Sibling Seat to your cart if you have first filled in sibling information in the main course product, found here.
