Polish

Quo Vadis by Sienkiewicz: Christians, Romans, Nero [Full]

Michael Mikos, Professor

Course: POLISH 192, SEM 001

Class Number: 26391

Credits: 3 HU

Time: MWF 10:00 – 10:50 AM

Place: PHY 126

Course Description:

We will read Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish Nobel Prize winner for literature, and learn how to analyze and enjoy a historical novel. We will treat this novel as an example of extended prose fiction, featuring a variety of characters, elaborate plots, and the splendid milieu of Rome at the time of Emperor Nero. Students will speak and write about Sienkiewicz's style, narrative technique, and point of view, as well as about individual characters, their actions, and language. The course will feature a guest lecture on the history of Rome and a discussion about Jeremiah Curtin of Greenfield, Wisconsin, translator of Sienkiewicz's novels.

About the Instructor:

Professor Michael Mikos of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature has published twelve books and over seventy articles about Polish literature, language, and culture. Since 1979 he has been taking American students to the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, where they study Polish language and culture.