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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program In this course students will explore Tolkien as a medievalist and a modern writer. They will study and discuss The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, and On Fairy Stories, as well as the medieval texts Beowulf, the Elder Edda, and the Saga of the Volsungs. Note: See ENGL 215H
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program We speak and write every day, and yet language remains one of the greatest mysteries of our existence. Is it language that distinguishes humans from animals? Is it possible to trace the origins of human language? What is the relationship between speech and silence? Between language and experience? Between words and images? Between original and translation? What are the limits of language? Can we even define what language is? This interdisciplinary course will explore the mythological, philosophical, theological, linguistic, and literary dimensions of these and similar questions. Our readings will span 2500 years of reflections on language, from the Bible and Plato to contemporary inquiries. Along the way, we will encounter philosophers such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, poets such as T.S. Eliot and Emily Dickinson, medieval mystics and modern linguists, and many other writers wrestling with the enigma of language.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C- Mythology will be studied in primary sources (such as the works of Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Virgil and the Greek dramatists). Its influence upon Western literature and art from the Middle Ages to the modern period will be considered. Cross-listed: See ENGL 288/388; HUM 388
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the elements, processes and operations of human communication systems through sound and written symbols, this course facilitates the understanding of ones language and the learning of foreign languages. Cross-listed: See ENGL 300
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary approach to great ideas of Western civilization, the course will proceed chronologically, beginning with the ancient Greeks. Cross-listed: See HUM 101
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course is offered with different themes. Note: It may be taken once for credit in the Humanities.
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3.00 Credits
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the lore of North Americas greatest river and also to acquaint students with our state’s most important ethnic tradition.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys major events, and ideas and issues in American cultural history. Cross-listed: See HIST 105/305; HUM 105
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Take ENGL-101, Minimum grade C- Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions of minority Americans, primarily of Chinese, African, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Mexican, and Native American heritage. Cross-listed: See ENGL 108; HUM 108/308
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