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Ohio University ENG 1700
Literature and a Life Worth Living
Mary Kate Hurley is Associate Professor of English and Director of Assessment for the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University.
How can literature shape the way we understand ourselves and the lives we hope to live? Through poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction, this course explores how literary texts invite us to reflect on meaning, ethics, and what it means to live well.
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Literature and a Life Worth Living
ENG 1700
Ohio University
Taught by Dr. Mary Kate Hurley
Course Description
In this class, we explore words to live by: how literary texts in multiple genres (including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and/or drama) can help us learn what it means to have a life worth living. We consider works of literature through literary analysis by thinking about form, historical context, and content, and also think about what we might learn from them as part of a centuries-long conversation about what it means to be a human being in the world.
Required Texts
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN: 9781400078776
The Strange Bird: A Borne Story, Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 978-0374537920
All other readings are available as free web resources or provided on Canvas
Literature and a Life Worth Living
ENG 1700
Ohio University
Taught by Dr. Mary Kate Hurley
Course Description
In this class, we explore words to live by: how literary texts in multiple genres (including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and/or drama) can help us learn what it means to have a life worth living. We consider works of literature through literary analysis by thinking about form, historical context, and content, and also think about what we might learn from them as part of a centuries-long conversation about what it means to be a human being in the world.
Required Texts
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro ISBN: 9781400078776
The Strange Bird: A Borne Story, Jeff VanderMeer ISBN: 978-0374537920
All other readings are available as free web resources or provided on Canvas
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