BAL 140 - Literature and Human Rights

4 credits

Explores questions regarding both war and peace as presented in assigned texts. Some of these may address causes of conflicts and possibilities for peace in interpersonal and international relationships, place of individual, communities, political structures, history and religion in inciting war or building peace, the nature of experience of loss and pain, the role of writers and the arts during and following wars, the role of artist as prophets and healers, the ability of art to teach individual and societies self-critique and humility, etc.  