Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA2 - FYS - Cannibalism:Art/Cultural

Cannibalism has been, at different times, a necessity, a medicinal fad, a part of our common ancestry, an act of respect, and a grievous taboo. This course will seek to briefly trace the fact of cannibalism through history, and then engage with what the idea of cannibalism has come to mean in different contexts and to different people. By looking at diverse media, including music, movies, graphic novels, court transcripts, newspaper reports, paintings and engravings, textbooks, literary fiction, dubious travelogues, folktales, fairytales and more, we will be establishing the literary and historical instances of cannibalism and then opening the discussion up to larger considerations of cannibalism as metaphor.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.