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A-term THE QUESTION OF HUMAN NATURE - TALKING ANIMALS (AH, SSC, NSC, W, DIV) ___ HOW DO STORIES ABOUT TALKING ANIMALS CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ANIMALS OURSELVES? HOW DOES THEIR SPEECH CHALLENGE WIDELY HELD DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN, WHAT COUNTS AS COMMUNICATION, AND THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE? STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE CAN EXPECT TO LEARN WHAT ANIMALS AND THEIR SPEECH REPRESENT IN DIFFERENT TIMES AND DIVERSE CULTURAL CONTEXTS, GAIN EXPERTISE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND WRITING, AND DEVELOP EXPERIENCE WITH LITERARY THEORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION.
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