| Popis: |
Literary studies differs from other humanities disciplines in its commitment to the concentrated interpretations of texts, especially in examining their structures, patterns, figures, and language. In its attention to concentrated interpretation, literary studies can provide undergraduates with the skills and focus necessary to examine their own lives with both care and intensity—to interpret the convergence of the text and context of lived experience skilfully, to consider its multiple meanings for past, present, and future, and to evaluate its worth for the self and for the community. The discipline’s varied theories of interpretation and its growing commitment to marginalized voices can affirm for students the value of diversity and dialogue as they seek to define purposeful living. In its multiple fields and critical approaches, literary studies models for students how to imagine the future as one of possibility. Bringing literary studies into conversation with vocation studies acknowledges the cultural call for an education that delves into our deepest questions about personal fulfilment and the common good. |
