Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
Alps , Himalayas ), and perhaps some works of art ( land art , film , poetry , fiction ). As " disinterested ," the experience of the sublime is not to be identified with fear ; as an intense feeling or " affect " ( emotion ), the sublime is to be distinguished from wonder and curiosity . Can the sublime be evoked by art and nature alike , or only one of these ? How is it distinguished from beauty ? How is it connected to , and different from , the ' moral feeling '? What causes it from a psychological or scientific point of view ? We will examine the theory of the sublime from its roots in Longinus ' s rhetorical theory , through the British and German traditions , concluding with the perspective of contemporary thinkers ( Lyotard , Danto ) and neuroscience . Students will read and respond to canonical ' sublime ' texts ( fiction , poetry ), react to works of art ( photos , film , etc .) associated with the sublime , and engage with texts from history of philosophy and rhetoric . The course will thus offer an opportunity to study basic ideas of logic ( argumentation ), rhetoric , and the relation between them . It may be taken for English or Philosophy credit . It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under " Rhetoric " or " Dialectic ." Prerequisites :
HON-151 Dangerous Books ( 3 ) This course exposes students to a " dangerous " canon of works that have been regarded at various points in history as being prohibited , radically transformative , and / or subversive . Students will analyze these texts according to their philosophical content and historical context and assess their enduring impact on society . It may be taken for History or Philosophy credit . It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under " Rhetoric " or Dialectic ." Prerequisites :
HON-152 History , Memory , & Forgetting ( 3 ) This course seeks to facilitate students ' critical thinking about history as constructions of the past . In the United States and throughout the world , debates and sometimes violent campaigns have focused on official narratives and commemorative depictions about the past that function to sustain existing norms of status and power . Who contributes to making these choices ? Whose voice , and thus perspective , remains muted ? How does this affect what stories about the past get told and how they get told ? Why do these questions and the manner they get resolved matter ? This course addresses a rich body of literature about collective memory , an emerging literature on cultural forgetting , and case studies relating to various current topics . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
HON-200 Latin Foundations ( 3 ) It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under " Grammar ." Prerequisites :
HON-201 Medieval Life and Thought ( 3 ) The Middle Ages describe the approximately thousand-year span in western culture between what is called Antiquity and Modernity . The fall of the old Roman Empire to Germanic invaders marks its beginning . The crisis in western culture due to the Renaissance and the religious turmoil of the sixteenth century marks its end . The intervening centuries gave rise to a rich culture that this course seeks to describe and have you experience in various ways . The experience will be mostly through the writings of some extraordinary medieval men and women . They are voices speaking to us from the past , inviting us
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