2019-2020 BSC Catalog
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS<br />
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Cultural issues that Fitzgerald’s texts investigate include class conflict, material culture,<br />
female idealization/female resistance, immigration, race and ethnicity, The Great War,<br />
the flapper, homoeroticism, youth culture, and more. An Interpretation or Analysis<br />
designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.<br />
HON 243 IA Dissecting the Text: Literature, Medicine, and the Body (1)<br />
An investigation of the relationship between literature, medicine, and the body. This<br />
seminar examines all aspects of the medical humanities as represented in literary texts<br />
about the experience of health, illness, and doctoring from medical professional,<br />
physician, and patient perspective. By analyzing the way we represent, interpret, and<br />
“read” the body, this course dissects the politics of health and suffering, illness and<br />
recovery, hope and healing. An Interpretation or Analysis designated course.<br />
Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.<br />
HON 244 CI Comparing Buddhist and Christian Ethics (1)<br />
A comparison of the ethical thought and practice in Buddhist and Christian traditions.<br />
The course explores ethnic diversity and specific ethical issues, such as race and<br />
environment, and how they are understood and engaged in each tradition. Exact ethical<br />
subjects covered may vary each term. A Community Interests designated course.<br />
Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.<br />
HON 246 ES Holy Ground: Space and Place in Art, Literature, Politics, and<br />
Religion (1)<br />
A seminar that examines the way we view place and invest it with meaning. Subject<br />
matter ranges from landscape painting as visual storytelling to landscape gardening as<br />
political statement; from a contrast between urban, suburban, and rural spaces to the ways<br />
in which the American frontier myth generated popular culture phenomena; from debates<br />
over sacred ground to clashes over the habitats of endangered species. An Explorations in<br />
Scholarship designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.<br />
HON 247 IA An Arthurian Primer (1)<br />
An investigation of three prominent strands of the Arthurian legend: the Grail quest, the<br />
adulterous love of Lancelot and Guinevere, and Arthur as the Once and Future King.<br />
Resources in literature, history, and visual art will be brought together to study how these<br />
Arthurian motifs have been used artistically and socially to promote cultural ideals from<br />
medieval England and France to contemporary America. An Interpretation or Analysis<br />
designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.<br />
HON 248 ES Monsters, Monarchs, and Monastics: Legacies of Medieval Literature<br />
in Popular Culture (1)<br />
An introductory course focusing on critical approaches to literature. Using medieval<br />
literature in translation and texts from popular culture the course introduces students to<br />
the fundamentals of literary interpretation. Texts range from Arthurian romances to<br />
contemporary trade-market mysteries. Considerable attention is also given to technology<br />
in teaching and learning. An Explorations in Scholarship designated course. Prerequisite:<br />
Harrison Honors Program.<br />
Birmingham-Southern College <strong>Catalog</strong> <strong>2019</strong>-<strong>2020</strong>