ENGL 90242 - Literature and Life: The Comparative Approach

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

TThe course aims at establishing links between literature and the central problems of human life. If literature does not speak to the living, then it is worth absolutely nothing. There will be four main themes, organized as an itinerary or progression from one to the other: Death, Wonder and Knowledge, Com-passion, Recognition and Rebirth. Death is the problem of each single human being; the pursuit of knowledge is one way of removing or overcoming death; com-passion is a way of adding personal feeling to knowledge of the other in the flesh; recognition (knowledge of the other in the flesh) can lead to rebirth and possibly resurrection. These themes will be studied by means of literary (and philosophical) texts in a comparative manner.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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