RLST152 PO - Ritual and Magic in Children's Literature

When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1

Many children's stories describe a passage from immaturity to individuality and responsibility and facilitate such a passage in their readers. We study this pattern in various works with a focus on the role of ritual and magic. Our purpose is to arrive at a critical awareness of how the stories work and to speculate on the residue they leave on our religious sense and hermeneutics.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3

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