Description
This course will explore the role of literature and reading in our
experience of culture. Our reading and conversation will be all
about love, or more specifically, on courtship and marriage as a
means of acting out love. How do various genres of literature
represent the emotions, the behaviors, and the rules surrounding
love? And how does this shift according to genre, to time, and to
place. We will be reading and analyzing a variet of genres (poetry,
novel, film, drama, essay, music), with each text touching on these
questions--sometimes directly, sometimes as context for exploring
other themes. Ultimately, we will seek to acknowledge and
appreciate literature as a means of expanding our awareness of both
our experience and our culture. Prerequisite: LAR111. Fulfills
Liberal Art Core Literature requirement. 3 sh.