World Arts and Cultures C 142 - Myth,Magic,and Mind

Institution:

University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for juniors/ seniors. Consideration of metaphor and symbol, reflexive anthropology, and notion of culture as text applied to such examples as trickster figures, rhetorical devices including parable and irony, and arguably magical experience of humans "shape-shifting" to becomeanimals. Concurrently scheduled with course C242. P/NP or letter grading.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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