LCS 4931 Humanities Seminar II - Non-West
Non-Western Great Books course exploring some of the seminal works cultures beyond the West and examining the fundamental questions of what it means to be a human, with attention to art and music as well. The book list may vary from semester to semester, but will likely include chapters from the Bagavad-Gita, the Tao te Ching, and the Qur'an as well as works by such authors as Gogol, Gandhi, Hafez, Al-Ghazali, Haraven, Darwish, Basho, Achebe, Marquez, Neruda, and others. Required of all Humanities and Cultural Studies majors entering in Fall 2012 and thereafter; open to non-majors. Not recommended for students who have not yet satisfied their literature foundational requirement.