Intertextuality Exhibit: Autodidacticism through Nature

Autodidacticism Across Time and the Globe

From the Chinese philosopher of Lao Tzu to the base text of the famous film Tarzan, the idea autodidacticism in nature has been explored across multiple different regions and time periods. Starting with the philosophical text of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan by Ibn Tufayl, this concept of learning through the self while in the purest form of nature. This exhibit highlights and goes in depth of five texts that either have their characters delve into this concept or show the ideas that have come out of autodidacticts in nature. The texts themselves show how humans have been dettached or rejected from a formal education in society and how nature in its essence can influence one's thinking. 

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