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Tracing The Origins Of Success: Implications For Successful Aging, Nora M. Peterson, Peter Martin
Tracing The Origins Of Success: Implications For Successful Aging, Nora M. Peterson, Peter Martin
French Language and Literature Papers
Purpose of the Study: This paper addresses the debate about the use of the term “successful aging” from a humanistic, rather than behavioral, perspective. It attempts to uncover what success, a term frequently associated with aging, is: how can it be defined and when did it first come into use? In this paper, we draw from a number of humanistic perspectives, including the historical and linguistic, in order to explore the evolution of the term “success.” We believe that words and concepts have deep implications for how concepts (such as aging) are culturally and historically perceived.
Design and Methods: We …
Masterpieces Of Classicism And Romanticism (Fall 2000) (Whitman College), Robert D. Tobin
Masterpieces Of Classicism And Romanticism (Fall 2000) (Whitman College), Robert D. Tobin
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This course was taught by Robert Tobin at Whitman College. Professor Tobin worked at Whitman for 18 years as associate dean of the faculty and chair of the humanities, and was named Cushing Eells Professor of the Humanities.
"Masterpieces of Classicism and Romanticism is designed to give students a broad overview of European literature of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. Besides gaining familiarity with some of the authors of this period, students should learn to put the texts we read into their social and historical contexts and gain a basic familiarity with approaches to literary texts."