ENG5065 Visions of Hell
This course examines how the conception of Hell evolved from that of an after-world where the dead dwell, to a place of diabolically appropriate punishment, to a state of mental and moral torment, to a useful incentive for impeccable behavior, to a means of revealing the nature of God and Heaven. Authors studied include Dante, Milton, Sartre, Joyce, and C.S. Lewis. Students need to be able to consider objectively the religious beliefs or disbeliefs assumed by the works.