FYSM 129 - Thoughts of Peace and War

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Trinity College

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We will look at how various kinds of writers-philosophers, politicians, poets, and psychologists---have written about wars in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on those who write from an anti-war standpoint. We will consider a range of different wars, reading authors as diverse as Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Ishmael Beah, Barbara Ehrenreich, and others, looking at political, psychological, and literary answers to the following kinds of questions: What makes people participate in wars How do people resist war What effect does war have on individuals and on nations What rhetorical strategies are used to promote war and peace How can we foster peace Answers to these questions vary from one war to the next; in studying particular wars, we will reflect on how our study of past wars can illuminate present ones, from a literary/rhetorical as well as a political standpoint. 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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