The following transcript is from an Apologetics 315 interview with Louis Markos. Original audio here. Transcript index here. If you enjoy transcripts, please consider supporting, which makes this possible.BA: Hello, this is Brian Auten of Apologetics315. Today’s interview is with Lou Markos, Professor in English, and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University. Dr. Markos teaches courses in British romantic poetry, literary theory, and the classics; as well in Victorian poetry and prose, seventeenth century prose, C. S. Lewis, mythology, epic, and film. His books include, On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis, Apologetics in the Twenty-first Century; From Achilles to Christ, Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics; A to Z with C. S. Lewis; and many more. The purpose of our interview today is to delve into the world of literary apologetics, explore some of the fine examples of literary apologists, and look at the lessons we can learn from the likes of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Well, thanks for joining me for this interview Dr. Markos.
LM: It’s great to be here Brian.
BA: Well first off, would you mind telling our listeners just a bit more about yourself and your work?
LM: Well, my name is Lou Markos. I’m a Professor in English and a Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University in Houston Texas. And I’ve been teaching here twenty-one years. The time has gone by fast. And my specialties are nineteenth century British and romantic and Victorian poetry, I also do film, literary theory, and for the interview today, I teach classes in C. S. Lewis, and also in J. R. R. Tolkien. Also, I teach in our honors college, and my job is to take each new honors class through the Greco-Roman curriculum. So, I get to teach them all the ancient Greek and ancient Roman classics. And so one of the things I love about teaching Lewis and Tolkien, is I also get to teach all the things that Lewis and Tolkien loved. So, I really feel in kinship with them.
