ENGL 5510 is also offered in Fall 2024
ENGL 5510 is also offered in Fall 2022
ENGL 5510 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | ENGL 5510 Section 001: Readings in Criticism and Theory -- Moral Action and the Arts (33517)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 9 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 311
- Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major works of classical criticism in the English critical tradition from Renaissance to 1920. Leading theories of criticism from 1920 to present. Theories of fiction, narratology. Feminist criticisms. Marxist criticisms. Psychoanalytic criticisms. Theories of postmodernism.
- Class Notes:
- Philosophers, artists, and critics have long credited the arts with the potential to cultivate empathy, solidarity, and social justice. Yet no area of study has focused on exactly how and when reading fiction, going to the theater, and engaging with other art forms translates into real moral action at an individual or collective level. Members of this seminar will undertake a multidisciplinary exploration of whether aesthetic emotions lead to ethical behavior in ordinary social contexts. We will consider the long history of ideas about the social value of the arts, ranging from those who viewed art with suspicion, such as Plato and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, to those who claim that it cultivates our moral sensibilities, such as Elaine Scarry and Martha Nussbaum. We will also attend to psychological and sociological perspectives on topics such as altruism, social identity, and perspective-taking. Finally, we will consider how attitudes toward the social function of the arts have been shaped by ideas about education, learning, and the modern university.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33517/1219
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