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C.S. Lewis was an academic at heart, a professor who felt entirely at home writing massive volumes on medieval literature. (One such work runs to 700 pages!) Yet Lewis is also one of the most widely-read authors of the 20th century, universally beloved by modern readers. This class will treat C.S. Lewis the paradox – easy to read, infinitely profound – author of children’s literature, scholar of the Middle Ages, defender of the Christian faith. Over the year, we will examine a selection of Lewis’s works from each genre – fiction, scholarship, and apologetics – to understand his way of seeing the world. Homework should take around 3 hours per week. This class is equivalent to one high school credit of English.