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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HON 373 - The Puppet Metaphor Across Media


Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor and Honors Director. What is a puppet? What is its cultural history? Beyond the stage, how does the puppet enter people’s lives and global popular culture? There are few artistic creations as intriguing, graceful and unsettling, and as revelatory of human nature, as the puppet. The course will begin with the exploration of the many manifestations of world puppetry and then move to a study of the most salient and memorable puppet images contained in literary, cinematic and other artistic texts. Seminar coursework includes collaborations, discussions and individualized projects. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits