Required Capstone for Juniors and Seniors seeking ILS Certificate.
What does it mean to be an individual? In what sense is individualism valuable, and why? What is the relationship between individuals and societies? While these are perennial themes in art, philosophy, literature, and social inquiry across a variety of cultures, and feature prominently in the ILS curriculum, they are especially important in the literature and philosophy of 19th century America. Students enrolled in ILS 400 will explore these themes through a range of 19th century American literature, including the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, autobiographical works of Harriet Jacobs, Williams Apess, and Frederick Douglass, philosophical works by Henry David Thoreau, and essays by W.E.B. DuBois.
Requisites: Junior standing and declared in Certificate in Integrated Liberal Studies
Level - Advanced
Counts as L&S Credit