Thursday, February 20, 2014

List of Classes and Titles of Awe

I know we didn't have to do a post on this part, but this is just the easiest way for me to do it. So here it is.

Writing 150 - The Great Divorce by CS Lewis. Awe at glory of God and majesty of Heaven.
English 251 - Maus by Art Spiegelman. Awe evoked through horror of the Holocaust and the surprise of such a serious topic covered in the form of a graphic novel.
English 291 - Beowulf. Awe evoked through supernatural monsters and seemingly insurmountable odds presented to the hero--and how he overcomes them.
English 300R - The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Awe evoked through power of nature and supernatural powers of magic, as well as power of young love.
English 292 - Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. Awe evoked through the forces of disorder in the universe.
English 293 - "The Cathedral" by Raymond Carver. Awe evoked through the new experience of drawing with a blind man to teach him what a Cathedral looks like.
English 295 - "Araby" by James Joyce. Awe evoked through the boy's obsession with the girl and her beauty.
English 382 - King Lear by William Shakespeare. Awe evoked through madness of the king and the depth of tragedy.
English 218R - "Before the Law" by Franz Kafka. Awe evoked through epiphany of the character.
English 326 - Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Awe evoked through terror and obsession over the singular and legendary white whale
English 337R - The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. Awe evoked through power of Sunday (the character) and epiphany/confusion of characters at the end.
English 361 - "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Awe evoked through passion and drive for revenge, terror of living burial.
English 373 - "Upon the Hurricane" by Anne Finch. Awe evoked through ultimate power of nature.
English 365 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Awe evoked at facing the powers of nature and the powerful bond between two people struggling to survive.

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