Literature

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THIS COURSE IS CLOSED — NEW COURSES WILL BE OFFERED IN JANUARY 2026

THIS IS A ONE SEMESTER ONLINE COURSE. Due to the nature of the online courses, availability is limited and provided on a first come, first serve basis. (You will be contacted if this course is no longer available.)

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Homer’s Iliad—an epic composed ages ago about the Trojan War and the lives of its heroes and heroines—concludes with the iconic line: “Thus, then, did they celebrate the funeral of Hector breaker of horses.” But this was in the realm of myth … or was it? While Achilles and Hector can be seen as archetypes of Greek warrior culture, historians affirm that Agamemnon was not only an historical figure, but that he had the naval power to undertake such a campaign.

Beyond the war story, the Iliad offers a cultural ethos. Unlike in later Greek philosophical traditions, Homer defines heroism by deeds, not discourse; and men (and even the gods) lie at the heart of legend, and personal renown is paramount.

Our course will examine this warlike attribute of the Greeks and its consequences—how it led to the collapse of both Sparta and Athens. We will also explore the reality of men committed to action rather than thought, and how the desire for heroism and fame (so-called “street cred”) in the end leads only to endless war and destruction.

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This course provides a chronological study of classic American literature from the early 1600s to the twentieth century. Detailed historical sections, timelines, and author biographies provide background information on the people, forces, and philosophies that shaped the various literary styles and periods. Featured authors include William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, Irving, Longfellow, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson, Clemens, Crosby, Frost, Sandburg, and Hemingway.

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This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction short stories, biographies, and poems are arranged in units by themes such as Families and Friends, Explorers, Patriots, Men and Women of Faith, Artists and Musicians, Sportsmen, and Legendary Heroes. Featured authors include Dickinson, Kipling, Bunyan, Whittier, Dickens, Wilder, Longfellow, and O. Henry. Famous people and legends highlighted in the stories include William Tell, Casey Jones, Paul Revere, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Columbus, Thomas Edison, Johnny Appleseed, Florence Nightingale, Sherlock Holmes, and King Arthur.

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This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction stories and poetry are arranged in units by settings. Locations highlighted include At Home, At School, Throughout America, Around the World, About the Sea, and Upon the Mountains. Featured authors include Christie, Whittier, Frost, Longfellow, Irving, Wesley, Kipling, Hawthorne, O. Henry, and Dickinson. A separate booklet of supplementary lessons published by Christian Liberty Press introduces literary terms such as plot and climax, personification, simile and metaphor, rhythm and meter, allusion, rhyme scheme, and apostrophe.

Description:

This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction stories and poetry are arranged in units by settings. Locations highlighted include At Home, At School, Throughout America, Around the World, About the Sea, and Upon the Mountains. Featured authors include Christie, Whittier, Frost, Longfellow, Irving, Wesley, Kipling, Hawthorne, O. Henry, and Dickinson. A separate booklet of supplementary lessons published by Christian Liberty Press introduces literary terms such as plot and climax, personification, simile and metaphor, rhythm and meter, allusion, rhyme scheme, and apostrophe.

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This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily but not exclusively by English and American authors. Themes covered are truth and wisdom, courage, humility, justice, temperance, Christmas, joy and peace, beauty, faith and hope, love, and time and eternity. Lessons on literary terms, such as personification, allusion, foreshadowing, irony, and tone are presented through the supplemental lessons booklet. Featured authors include Tolstoy, Shakespeare, à Kempis, Tennyson, Hawthorne, Carroll, Twain, Frost, Dickinson, O. Henry, Longfellow, Milton, Bunyan, and Wordsworth.

Description:

This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily but not exclusively by English and American authors. Themes covered are truth and wisdom, courage, humility, justice, temperance, Christmas, joy and peace, beauty, faith and hope, love, and time and eternity. Lessons on literary terms, such as personification, allusion, foreshadowing, irony, and tone are presented through the supplemental lessons booklet. Featured authors include Tolstoy, Shakespeare, à Kempis, Tennyson, Hawthorne, Carroll, Twain, Frost, Dickinson, O. Henry, Longfellow, Milton, Bunyan, and Wordsworth.

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This course presents a background to the study of world literature featuring the use of short story, essay, and narrative and descriptive poetry. Each reading selection includes author biographical information and questions to encourage thoughtful interaction and Christian character development. The textbook introduces the meaning and use of such literary terms and forms as: character development, narrative poetry, plot, imagery and figurative language, theme, rhyme and rhythm, emotion, poetry patterns and forms, paradox, and setting. The course features classic literary works by such authors as Dickens, Browning, Frost, Holmes, Tennyson, Poe, Doyle, Keats, and Cummings.

Description:

This course presents a background to the study of world literature featuring the use of short story, essay, and narrative and descriptive poetry. Each reading selection includes author biographical information and questions to encourage thoughtful interaction and Christian character development. The textbook introduces the meaning and use of such literary terms and forms as: character development, narrative poetry, plot, imagery and figurative language, theme, rhyme and rhythm, emotion, poetry patterns and forms, paradox, and setting. The course features classic literary works by such authors as Dickens, Browning, Frost, Holmes, Tennyson, Poe, Doyle, Keats, and Cummings.

Description:

This course provides a chronological study of classic American literature from the early 1600s to the twentieth century. Detailed historical sections, timelines, and author biographies provide background information on the people, forces, and philosophies that shaped the various literary styles and periods. Featured authors include William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, Irving, Longfellow, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson, Clemens, Crosby, Frost, Sandburg, and Hemingway.

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This course provides a chronological study of classic English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the twentieth century. Selections in the textbook include such diverse forms as poems and hymns, short stories, essays, and excerpts from novels and plays. Authors featured in the textbook include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Wesley, Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, Dickens, Shaw, and Orwell. Background material, brief author biographies, and histories of each time period are provided, along with a glossary of literary terms.