HON 201 Inquiry and Interpretation in the Humanities: Misfits and Outsiders Professor: Hoyt Edge, Chief Misfit Peer Mentors: Chrystal George and Jason Crane Fall, 2001 RCC COURSE DESCRIPTION We are all outsiders at times, and maybe we are all misfits. We laugh at misfits, but we also worship them and admire them. We might assume that the experience of being a misfit is unpleasant. If so, why do some people happily label themselves misfits? What can we learn from misfits and outsiders? Does being a misfit usually grow out of personality quirks, character development, or larger social, cultural, and political struggles? We shall in this course address questions such as theseand others yet more intriguingthrough the lenses of the several disciplines of the humanities and the arts. Using literary, philosophical, and artistic texts about misfits, we will employ the strategies of inquiry and interpretation specific to the study of the humanities. GOALS: - To explore the representations of misfits and outsiders in philosophy, literature, and the arts To develop basic analytic strategies appropriate to the humanities To develop critical thinking and communication skills To write cogently developed and grammatically sound papers To synthesize the course materials into your own interpretation of one of the more large (meta) questions involved in the course.
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