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Dec 21, 2024
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LAS 126 - Writing the Self and Its Other Credit Hours 3
Modern individuals regard themselves as singular, authentic beings, capable of self-knowledge. In this seminar we will study the origins of the modern self as a self-conscious “subject,” contained within gender, racial, national, economic and religious limits. However, we will also consider more fluid forms of identification, deemed antagonistic, even mutually exclusive, by dominant discourses. By examining these two modes of self-representation, we will question the role of self-awareness, individuality, and individualism across different cultural and religious traditions. We will also consider how the development of “personal identity” is intrinsically tied to the act of reflection, invention, and writing of one’s self and its other. Readings will include essays, short stories, memoirs, philosophical and religious discourse, poetry, film and novels. This seminar may require off-campus service-learning hours.
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