Religious Quest in the Modern Age
Religion and Culture · 3 hrs Seminar/Discussion
Offered: Fall Or Winter
REL-3512 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Description
Students in this course explore contemporary literature against the cultural and political background that produced these kinds of fiction. Students examine the ways in which these books rely on traditional explicitly religious themes as well as broader modern and post-modern concerns such as the question of selfhood, the search for freedom, the grappling with death, and the search for meaning. Authors may include Joseph Conrad, Franz Kafka, Dionne Brand, Arundhati Roy, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Albert Camus, Carol Shields, Rohinton Mistry, Umberto Eco, Yann Martel, Joy Kogawa, Jonathan Franzen, and Margaret Atwood.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours in Religion & Culture or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and REL-4512.
Cross-listed
REL-4512(3).
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