HUMH 2020 Humanities Honors Seminar II On the Hero

An examination of ideas about human nature and values specifically designed to introduce students to interdisciplinary methods and arguments in the humanities and to explore the characteristic ideas and literary forms of different eras, cultures, intellectual and artistic movements. Course themes explore the evolution of the literary hero (protagonist) as an expression of changing cultural values and the various means individuals from many eras and backgrounds have found to achieve self-discovery, and salvation. Fulfills Humanities Honors track seminar requirement.

Prerequisite(s): By permission of the instructor, track director, or Honors College.
Credits: 3.0