Literature
Pursue the advancement of human culture, the promotion of dialogue between faith and reason and formation in the intellectual and moral virtues. In this program, you’ll dive into the greatest writers of Western tradition…
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Overview
DISCOVER THE LIBERATING WISDOM OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Pursue the advancement of human culture, the promotion of dialogue between faith and reason and formation in the intellectual and moral virtues. In this program, you’ll dive into the greatest writers of Western tradition and explore life’s biggest questions: man’s purpose, the foundations of his knowledge, the basis of human community and man’s relationship with God.
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Chapter 02
Skills You will Gain
1. Sharpen your intellect. Read insightfully, appreciate deeply, understand clearly and appreciate the complexity and richness of human experience.
2. Refine your expression. Learn to write skillfully to express, explain and argue your ideas clearly and thoroughly, and to persuade your listeners.
3. Discover a more complete perspective. Learn to better understand yourself and the world by reading what the best authors have thought about the most important questions.
Dive Deeper
Inside the Literature Program
Nicholas Babich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communications and Literature
Email: nicholas.babich@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7117
Office: Canizaro Library 234
Maria Boersma, M.A.
Instructor of Communications and Literature
Email: maria.boersma@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7142
Office: Henkels 3005
Travis Curtright, Ph.D.
Chair of the Humanities Department; Professor of Humanities and Literature; Director of Shakespeare in Performance
Email: travis.curtright@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 280-1612
Office: Canizaro Library 219
William Gonch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature; Director of Literature Program
Email: william.gonch@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7035
Office: Henkels 2049
Gavin Hurley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communications and Literature; Director of the Writing Program
Email: gavin.hurley@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 280-1662
Office: Henkels 2052
John Jasso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communications; Director of Communications Program; Director of Communication, Rhetoric, and Writing M.A. Program; Director of the Rhetoric and Poetics Program
Email: john.jasso@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7936
Office: Henkels 2054
Deana Basile Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Modern Languages
Email: deana.kelly@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7188
Office: Canizaro Library 254
Jessica Schnepp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature
Email: jessica.schnepp@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7072
Office: Canizaro Library 250
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