RLS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qiu Ying, Mary Cassatt, Flapper
19 Sep 2016
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Chapter 1: how leisure is reflected through the humanities, leisure historically, meanings of leisure today. The humanities: human creations that describe the human experience, areas of creation who"s subject is the human experience and convey what it is like to be human, includes the study of. Narratives or stories carry us away or transport us to somewhere else. According to nell (1988), there are english equivalents to the phrase to be carried away by a book in german, french and. And the chinese word rumi may also apply. Narratives also let us learn about the negative side of human experience and provide insight into peoples emotions, personalities and personal relations. Narratives often also involve drama, where the focus is on cause and effect. Narratives for example, often provide the outcome at the beginning, but withhold key information in order to promote interest.
