Ethics and Literature
ENGL 365
Fall 2023
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
P.B. Shelley's claim that "the great instrument of moral good is the imagination" lacks the twentieth-century pessimism of his inheritor, W.H. Auden, who wrote that "poetry makes nothing happen." Beginning from this disagreement about the influence of creative work on social and material relations, this course explores the ethical effects of aesthetic production. Drawing on a historically broad set of readings, from the Enlightenment and Romantic period through the twenty-first century, we will look at how writers and philosophers address the relationship between literature and moral transformation. These works help us examine Wittgenstein's assertion that "words are also deeds." |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSCT)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
J.M. Coetzee, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
Ariel Dorfman, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
Seamus Heaney, THE CURE AT TROY
Harriet Jacobs, INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
Walt Whitman, LEAVES OF GRASS
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Examinations and Assignments:
A presentation, short writing assignments, and a final oral assessment |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: Theory, LH3, elective. It can also be taken to fulfill Research Option for thesis.
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| Instructor(s): Saint,Lily Leopold Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK302; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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