Religion & Literature (RLG 230Y)
First Term Tutorial Outline
A Brief But Important Note
Critical Response #3 (on Franny and Zooey) is due on Tuesday November 25; there will also be a lecture on that day, taught by Ruth Mas.
Tutorial Time | Location |
Mon 12-1 | 123 St. Georget St., 1st floor |
Thurs 1-2 | Emmanuel College 003 |
Date | Text and/or Topic |
Sept 22/25 | Boring stuff about writing |
Oct 6/9 | The Outsider, 43-48 (Part 1, Chapter 5) Do you see any patterns among the relationships in this chapter? |
Oct 20/23 | The Infancy Story of Thomas" Does the presentation of Jesus as a child in this text match your understanding of how he is presented in the New Testament gospels? |
Nov 3/6 | Green Grass, Running Water, 194-8 (chapter begins, "Oh, Oh," says
Coyote, "I don't want to watch.") What relationship(s) is(are) being suggested here between literature and myth? |
Nov 17/27 | Kawabata's "The Jay" What might be the meaning(s) of the bird in this story? Can you use Tillich's ideas to interpret the bird? |
Dec1/4 | Franny and Zooey, 102-5 Why does Zooey swear so much? |