12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR
Peterson Hall 1113
Section Information for Spring 2023
This course will examine the concept of “the human” as articulated through early modern literature. How did writers of the period define the differences between humans and other animals? And how do descriptions of these differences serve to dehumanize groups of people? We will think about how “Man” is not a species but an ideological tool—a strategy of delineating ethical obligations and distributing political power. The human was a powerful fiction then, as it is now. Race, class, gender, and species will be key categories of analysis. Course readings will include an array of early modern texts by authors such as William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Margaret Cavendish, and Michel de Montaigne.
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Credits: 3
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