LITR264 Themes in Literature - Religion
Department of Language & Literature: Literature
- I. Course Number and Title
- LITR264 Themes in Literature - Religion
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- The Department of Language and Literature has determined that all literature courses are writing-intensive and that students must write a minimum of 2500 words in formal writing assignments.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course explores the connection between religious belief and literary expression, including poetry, novels, drama, and essays. Study of classic religious and literary texts from around the world will focus on both formal and thematic patterns to help students understand the varieties of religious experience and deepen their sense of literature.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Drawing from world literature and religion, the course will guide students to see the relationship between spiritual and religious belief and literary expression. -
Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- To help students to appreciate their links with the past and to recognize how myth and religion function in life, as well as how they underlie literature; and
- To enable students to recognize biblical and mythical allusion in literature and to see beyond the "surface meaning" of a literary work.
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Poems, essays, and works of fiction or drama selected should reflect a range of times and cultures, as stipulated by instructor; see course syllabus. Selections may include Biblical accounts, passages from various sacred tests, and works of recognized authors, such as Sophocles, Basho, Dante, Wordsworth, Hesse, Kafka, and others.
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Review/Approval Date - 3/99; New Core 8/2015