DePaul University Cather Music as a calling Vocation Discussion
Question Description
Please choose one of the following prompts and provide a paragraph-long response. The criteria of a good response as established and posted on the syllabus and past modules stand, including a clear stance, support and development of that stance relying on the text(s), and adherence to standard English and conventions of MLA.
- Prompt 1:
In the Papal encyclical Laborem Exercens, the Pope notes the importance of work as calling, as vocation.
In what ways does Cather present Thea’s pursuit of music as a calling, as a vocation? Please use the text to showcase any one way in which Thea’s pursuit of music is established as a calling, and feel free to connect your claim to Laborem Exercens’s points on work as vocational.
- Prompt 2:
In the Papal encyclical Laborem Exercens, the Pope reiterates time and again the dignity of human labor and cautions against the perversions and degradations of work, thereby lowering the dignity of human labor and the human.
Can you present an argument that Cather showcases non-artistic labor as less dignified than artistic labor? If so, in what ways does she highlight this? Please use the text to showcase any one way in which Cather presents or suggests that non-artistic labor lacks in dignity (compared to artistic pursuits or independent of them), and feel free to connect your claim to Laborem Exercens’s points on the dignity of human work.
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