What is a Great Book?

It’s a book that’s worth reading again and again, each time to get new meanings about life. It’s a book that has been recognized as great across generations and cultures. Discussing Great Books is a critical part of a liberal arts education.

Do you love to read? Ready to dig deep into classics both familiar and ones new to you? Want to talk about books with your fellow Bucknellians?

Make the most of your liberal-arts education and get to know Great Books in this part-time seminar for Bucknell students of all years and majors.

ACADEMIC CREDIT OR STIPEND
Participate in the non-credit monthly readings and conversations throughout the year and earn a certificate of Great Books Studies in May 2025 with a $500 stipend upon successful completion of the seminar.

Or apply to receive full or partial Bucknell academic credit if you successfully propose an independent study with the faculty facilitator, Prof. Paul Siewers of Literary Studies, involving extra writing and reading and tutorials.

APPLY NOW
Places are limited, so please apply soon by contacting Prof. Siewers at asiewers@bucknell.edu.
This seminar is open to all years and majors.

All books will be provided free for participants!

SCHEDULE
Meetings will be on the first Monday of each month when Bucknell is in session, 3:30 to 5 p.m, at Open Discourse Coalition (239 Market Street).

**Snacks, coffee, and soft drinks will be served every session!**

READINGS

Fall Semester
September 2: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground
October 7: Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
November 4: Shakespeare, The Tempest

Spring Semester
February 3: Homer, The Odyssey
March 3: Linda Hogan, Solar Storms
April 7: C.S. Lewis, Til We Have Faces