HASS 020C: At Odds with All Things: The Roles of Conflict in Philosophy, Art, and Literature

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours

Catalog page 307

Prerequisites: none

Description: Examines how conflict has been epitomized, articulat- ed, and represented in the humanities and the arts and asks whether the humanities are an attempt to resolve conflicts or a kindling of them. This course is the third of three in a yearlong, multidisciplinary sequence about the place of conflict in the psycholog- ical, political, and aesthetic realms. Students are encouraged, but not required, to take HASS 020A and HASS 020B. Fulfills the Literature or the Humanities additional requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.