SP437 – The Topless Towers Of llium – Timeless Themes in Literature

One of the most enduring influences on European literature has been Homer’s Iliad, describing the Trojan War as it reaches its end, and the people involved in its turmoil.

The course examines the Iliad and the literature it has inspired, from Greek tragedy, through Chaucer and Shakespeare and on to contemporary writing such as Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, and Natalie Haynes’ A Thousand Ships.

This is a story not just of war, but of the full range of human emotions, which is why its legacy has lasted unwaveringly for so very long.