LIT 219 - Augustine and the Literature of Self, Soul, and Synapses

REL 219 FDR: HL Literature Distribution
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: completion of FDR:FW requirement. Same as REL 219. A careful reading of the depiction of the restless soul in Augustine’s Confessions is followed by study of fictional, philosophical, religious, and/or scientific literature. Students reflect on the state of the soul in a world made of selves or the fate of the self in a soulless world … and whether there might be other options