T3 414F - Stories and the Pursuit of Meaning

Achieves a critical understanding of the human pursuit of meaning experienced through “cosmic” storytelling. Examines a psychological foundation of storytelling, a philosophical taxonomy of stories, epistemological clues for assessing stories, the postmodernist disprivileging of all stories, and the Biblical, Buddhist, African, Marxian, and existentialist traditions as bearers of cosmic stories.
Prerequisites: SR ONLY

Credit Hours: 4General Education Code: T3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

Ohio University

Ohio University

T3 414F - Stories and the Pursuit of Meaning