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their significance in the broader currents of American history. Prerequisite:
Harrison Honors Program.
HON 243 Dissecting the Text: Literature, Medicine, and the Body (1)
An investigation of the relationship between literature, medicine, and
the body. This seminar examines all aspects of the medical humanities as
represented in literary texts about the experience of health, illness, and
doctoring from medical professional, physician, and patient perspective. By
analyzing the way we represent, interpret, and “read” the body, this course
dissects the politics of health and suffering, illness and recovery, hope and
healing. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 246 Holy Ground: Space and Place in Art, Literature, Politics, and
Religion (1)
A seminar that examines the way we view place and invest it with meaning.
Subject matter ranges from landscape painting as visual storytelling to
landscape gardening as political statement; from a contrast between urban,
suburban, and rural spaces to the ways in which the American frontier myth
generated popular culture phenomena; from debates over sacred ground
to clashes over the habitats of endangered species. Prerequisite: Harrison
Honors Program.
HON 247 An Arthurian Primer (1)
An investigation of three prominent strands of the Arthurian legend: the
Grail quest, the adulterous love of Lancelot and Guinevere, and Arthur as
the Once and Future King. Resources in literature, history, and visual art
will be brought together to study how these Arthurian motifs have been
used artistically and socially to promote cultural ideals from medieval
England and France to contemporary America. Prerequisite: Harrison
Honors Program.
HON 248 Monsters, Monarchs, and Monastics: Legacies of Medieval
Literature in Popular Culture (1)
An introductory course focusing on critical approaches to literature. Using
medieval literature in translation and texts from popular culture the course
introduces students to the fundamentals of literary interpretation. Texts
range from Arthurian romances to contemporary trade-market mysteries.
Considerable attention is also given to technology in teaching and learning.
Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.