ENGL.Q 120 - The Ethical Life

(Perspectives Enduring Questions) This course explores The Ethical Life through close reading and literary analysis of at least two forms, with attention to the multiple possibilities for and modes of interpretation. What does it mean to be good or to not be good? What is justice and acting justly? How does the individual act ethically in relationship to other individuals? Groups? Animals or other non-humans? Students will emerge from the course able to discuss enduring questions about the Ethical Life through exposure to and practice of the fundamental concepts and skills of literary analysis. The course is an invitation to students to college literary study, with an eye to cultivating a lifetime practice of literary understanding and appreciation.

Prerequisites & Notes
Course Codes: BR. This P-EQ course counts as a PI and G course. May also be offered as ENGL.F*120, which has the same course Content but is taught as a seminar for First Year students.

Credits: 3