HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Seth Lerer, Reader-Response Criticism, Simile
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Introduction to the course: goals, themes, approaches, overview. Introduction to reading book i of the aeneid. Reading literature asks you to diagnose yourself. At end of class; logistics and details: books, papers, final, section ta"s, issues on originality and plagiarism. To read closely in the literary presentations of love and desire. To see how literature reflects social worlds. To develop a humanistic sensibility: narrative and story, interpretation of signs; the cultivation of empathy. Literature is often the narrative of how things go wrong; the study of literature prepares us for the unexpected. Literature is the story of how things go wrong. Literature is talking about the time you really fucked up and making. The challenge: yourself sound great doing it. Is meaning something we recover or something we make. Piety: observance or devotion to a religion or an ethical set of standards. They believe or act in a way that is in concord with these religious and social goals.
