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Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

Total classes: 12 Prerequisite: The ability to read two chapters per week with understanding Suggested grade level: 9th grade and up Suggested credit: One full semester credit Literature or Ancient Literature Description Dr. Russell teaches Homer’s Odyssey as the...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

Moby-Dick: Americans and the Hunt for God

Total classes: 14 Prerequisite: The ability to read and enjoy the book as well as separate main points from many details. Suggested grade level: 11th to 12th grade or advanced 10th grade Suggested credit: One full semester American Literature or English Description...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

Special Delivery – Letters Among Friends

Total classes: 6 Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th Suggested credit: 1/2 semester credit literature Description Fr. James V. Schall said the following about letters: “The letter is unique because, in its purest form, it deals with the person to whom we send it and...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Total classes: 8 Prerequisite: None Suggested grade level: 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade Suggested credit: 2/3 Semester English or Literature Description In this course, we will be reading two of Charles Dickens’ most unusual novels, A Tale of Two Cities and...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

The Victorian Detective (Victorian Classics)

Total classes: 12 Prerequisite: Willingness to read and openness to enjoying the works. Read “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and Chapters 1-15 in Bleak House before Class 1. Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th Suggested credit: 1 Semester Literature...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

The Screwtape Letters: Divine Direction from a Demon

Total classes: 6 Prerequisite: None Suggested grade level: 11th and 12th Suggested credit: 1/2 semester Literature or English Description “What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God?” the demons whined, before cast out by the Lord in the eighth chapter...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

G. K. Chesterton’s St. Thomas Aquinas

Total classes: 6 Prerequisite: None. However, it would be a benefit (though not a requirement) if a student has taken a philosophy course. However, this course would be an excellent introduction to philosophy for those who have never had any before. Suggested grade...
Odyssey: The World Without Fathers

Almost Home: CS Lewis’s The Great Divorce

Total classes: 6 Prerequisite: None Suggested grade level: 10th to 12th Suggested credit: ½ semester Literature Description “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the...

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