This course traces the theme of temptation over time, taking us to texts across centuries and continents. In this course we will move among literary periods and across oceans as we examine this theme that dates to Genesis in the Bible. We will build a timeline as we go and add maps and images and related historical context to tease out the richness of this theme in literary studies.
What events and ideas were circulating at the time each of these texts came out? Let's place the texts we read in chronological order and examine the cultural moment surrounding each tempting text. Be creative!