1:00-2:00P   TR   BH 221
This section is an Intensive Writing course and requires registration in
COAS W333.

In this course we confront one of the greatest challenges of being human:
the inevitability of death. What does it mean to die? What happens after
death? Is there a way to overcome one's mortality? What is the value of a
human life when it is overshadowed by death? Does death deny life any
ultimate meaning or does it somehow add to the richness of life?
We will address these questions by looking at how they have been addressed
in some of the defining works of our culture, works where the author or
character within the text must accept his or her mortality, experiences
the death of a loved one, finds a way to overcome death, or catches a
glimpse of the other side. With the help of some of history's greatest
authors and religious thinkers, we will confront death ourselves to see
whether we can find a way to overcome it or learn to accept it.