FYSM 109 - Contemplation:Literary and Spiritual Views

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Trinity College

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Description:

This seminar will explore the nature of contemplation, which we will define as anything from thinking deeply about a subject to the disciplined practice of meditation. Readings will be drawn from fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and spiritual teachings, and will include authors such as Virginia Woolf, Annie Dillard, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Merton, Milan Kundera, Thich Nhat Hahn, and others. In three formal essays, plenty of informal writing, much class discussion, and contemplative reflection we will consider questions like these: How have various authors rendered the inner experience of contemplation in language How can contemplation be integral to academic work What views of the world, and of human interaction, does contemplation invite How does taking time to look deeply at an idea or experience change the way we see it What is the effect on each of us of the habit of slowing down to contemplate the world, and what is the effect when we don't How can we use contemplation to foster intellectual and personal transformation The course will include some in-class experiences of contemplative practices, such as centering meditation and contemplative reading/writing. 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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