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ENGL 428 - Exercising Empathy? The Complicated Relationships between Literature and Empathy

3 hours
Can literary texts create empathy in readers? If so, how? Do certain texts work better than others to increase a reader’s empathic capacity? Should we look to literary texts for this kind of response at all? By reading both literary texts and recent research from literary studies, cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy, students will explore the complicated relationship between literature and empathy.

Prerequisite(s): English majors with senior standing.


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