Literary genius can take innumerable shapes and forms through novels, plays, and poetry. Brilliant minds use their gifts to entertain, inspire, engage, and enlighten about philosophical and artistic concerns, social trappings, and human conceit. This course examines a selection of great minds each semester through a curated reading list that illuminates the particular brilliance of each individual featured author.
Students should read Medea by Euripides for the first class. 

Spring 2026 Reading List:

Medea by Euripides

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong

As You Like It by Shakespeare

Letters of a Peruvian Woman by Françoise de Graffigny

Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Continuing Education Units (CEU) : 0

You'll walk away with

• Increased cultural literacy
• Knowledge of major authors and texts

Ideal for

• The curious and creative
• Professionals who use critical thinking