(HUM 211 Syllabus--Fall, 2001)

HUM 211: Western Humanities Tradition: Continuity

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Fall, 2001, Sections 13 TTH 8:00 and 14 TTH 9:30, FH 206
Dr. Jean Lorrah
FH 7B-15
Tel. 762-4720
e-mail jean.lorrah@murraystate.edu

Office Hours:
MW 8:00-8:30, 9:30-10:20, 11:30-1:00
Tues. 11:00-2:00
Thurs. 11:00-1:00
F 8:00-8:30, 9:30-10:20

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Catalogue Description:
        An exploration of humanistic themes as reflected in literary and philosophical works prior to the 20^th century.

Required Texts and Materials:

Davis et al. Western Literature in a World Context, vol 1 (WLWC)
Humanities 202 Supplementary Text (Supp)
Voltaire, Candide
Moliere, Tartuffe
Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave
Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (for sections requesting it as a substitute for The Tempest)
Course Packet (CP, available in August)

Purpose:
        1. To examine specific human themes from a variety of perspectives.
        2. To improve students' ability to read, analyze, and compare literary and philosophical works and to discuss and write about the questions they suggest.
        3. To introduce students to significant literary and philosophical works and the historical and cultural traditions from which they emerged.
Course Objectives:
        To receive credit, a student should be able to
        1. Identify some important issues in western thought prior to the 20th century.
        2. Understand and compare the diverse positions expressed in the works read in the course.
        3. Communicate that understanding effectively.
Content Outline:
        The course readings are divided into three units: The Ancient World, The Middle Ages and Renaissance, and The Enlightenment..
Instructional Activities:
        Class activities include discussion of readings and background lectures.
Field, Clinical, and/or Laboratory Experiences:
        Students are required to participate in the Humanities 211 Forum. Films and forums may be provided. Students are encouraged to use the world and the Internet as their laboratory as well.
Resources:
        There are numerous free computer labs on campus where students may do word processing, access e_mail, or do research on the Internet. The instructor may occasionally provide audio or video material.
Written Work:
        There will be two examinations during the semester, and a final examination. There will be two original 750-word papers on interpretive, analytic, or comparative topics. Papers must be typed. Use the free computer labs if you don't have your own computer. There will be five quizzes, unannounced. If you are not in class the day of a quiz, or arrive more than ten minutes late, you miss the opportunity to earn 20 points.
Attendance Policy:
        You are expected to attend each class meeting. Your course grade will be lowered one-third of a letter grade for each unexcused absence over 3. If for any reason you miss one-fourth or more of the class meetings, you will not receive a passing grade for the course. [Italics mine.] Please note that "for any reason"; it means excuses will not be accepted.
        This is an across-the-board policy instituted by the Committee on Humanistic Studies. Do not complain to Dr. Lorrah about it; she didn't make it up. Complain to the Director of Humanistic Studies.
Academic Honesty (from Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 50):
        Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person's material as one's own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student's own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place.
        Note: Faculty reserve the right to invalidate any examination or other evaluative measures if substantial evidence exists that the integrity of the examination has been compromised.
Makeup Policy:         Missed quizzes may not be made up. Points for Internet forum participation are limited to ten per week and a maximum of 100 for the semester. If you begin to participate when there are only three weeks left in the semester, the maximum number of points you can earn is 30. Papers drop 10 points per day that they are late (that is per day, not per class meeting—a paper due Thursday, turned in the following Tuesday, has lost 50 points). The next day begins at the end of each class meeting. Talk to me (telephone, e-mail) before you miss an exam, not afterward. I am very easy about making arrangements for any sensible reason as long as you let me know ahead of time. After you miss, you must provide evidence of illness, hospitalization, or some equal emergency in order to make up the exam. Oversleeping is not an emergency. Your roommate's emergency is not your emergency.
Grading Procedures:
        Papers earn up to 100 points, calculated as follows: Idea 10, Thesis 10, Content 20, Organization 20, Mechanics 20, Clarity 10, Originality 10.
You have the opportunity to earn 700 points in this course, as follows:

^{5 quizzes @ 20 points} ¹⁰⁰

^{3 exams @ 100 points} ³⁰⁰

^{2 papers @ 100 points} ²⁰⁰

^{Forum @ 100 maximum} ¹⁰⁰

^TOTAL ⁷⁰⁰

FINAL GRADES:

^{619+ A} ^{330+ D}

^{514+ B} ^{Below 330 E}

^{430+ C}

Schedule of Work
Read the assignments before we discuss them in class.

        T/Th READING ASSIGNMENTS (Fall 2001)

^Aug ²⁸ ^Tues ^{Introduction to the themes of the course: Self, Other, Community}

^{Unit One: The Ancient World}

³⁰ ^Thurs ^{Introduction to the Ancient World Introduction to Homer Odyssey, Bks. 1, 5, 9, 10} ^{(WLWC, 156-68, 205-246; OR-25-42, 55-73, 73-95)}

^Sept ⁴ ^Tues ^{Homer, Odyssey, Bks.11, 19, 21,} ^{(WLWC 246-58, 274-89, 290-314)}

⁶ ^Thurs ^{Sophocles, Antigone} ^{(WLWC, 409-45)}

¹¹ ^Tues ^{Sappho, Catallus, selected poems and Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 10} ^{(WLWC, 326-334, 549-554, 663-674)}

¹³ ^Thurs ^{Plato, Allegory of the Cave, Apology and Phaedo (excerpt)} ^{(WLWC, 513-39)}

¹⁸ ^Tues ^Aristotle ^{(WLWC 540-4; Supplement 2-17)}

²⁰ ^Thurs ^{Hebrew Texts: from Genesis and Christian Text: Sermon on the Mount and Confucius} ^{(WLWC, 678-686, 687-694) (WLWC, 765-68 & 870-874)}

²⁵ ^Tues ^{Epicurus, "Letters to Herodotus and Menoeceus" AND Epictetus, from the Discourses and the Enchiridion} ^{(Supp., 18-36)}

²⁷ ^Thurs ^{EXAM I}

^{Unit Two: The Middle Ages and Renaissance}

^Oct ² ^Tues ^{Introduction to the Middle Ages and "The Wanderer," "The Wife's Lament"} ^{(WLWC, 888-900 and 1114-1116, 1117-1118)}

⁴ ^Thurs ^{Marie de France, Lais "Chevrefoil," and Cappelanus from The Art of Courtly Love, PAPER I} ^{(WLWC, 1261-1265) (WLWC, 1514-1515)}

⁹ ^Tues ^{Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 1-5, 34} ^{(WLWC, 960-987, 1044-1048)}

¹¹ ^Thurs ^{Boccaccio, The Decameron AND Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "General Prologue} ^{(WLWC 1265-1267, 1282-1289) (WLWC, 1304-24)}

¹⁶ ^Tues ^{Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales—"Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"} ^{(WLWC, 1324-48)}

¹⁸ ^Thurs ^{"Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"}

²³ ^Tues ^{Introduction to the Renaissance and Machiavelli, The Prince} ^{(WLWC, 1528-1537, 1627-43)}

²⁵ ^Thurs ^{Cervantes, Don Quixote} ^{(WLWC, 1689-1715, 1720-27, 1792-98)}

³⁰ ^Tues ^{Shakespeare, The Tempest} ^{(Acts I-III)}

^Nov ¹ ^Thurs ^{Shakespeare, The Tempest} ^{(Acts IV and V)}

⁶ ^Tues ^{Renaissance Poetry (see below for titles and page numbers)}

⁸ ^Thurs ^{Milton, Paradise Lost (excerpts from Books 1, 4)} ^{(WLWC, 1975-2002)}

¹³ ^Tues ^{EXAM II}

^{Unit Three: The Enlightenment}

¹⁵ ^Thurs ^{Moliere, Tartuffe}

²⁰ ^Tues ^{Hobbes, Leviathan AND Locke, Second Treatise of Government AND Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, PAPER II} ^{(Supp., 59-87)}

²² ^Thurs ^{Thanksgiving Holiday--no class}

²⁷ ^Tues ^{Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave and Mary Rowlandson (excerpt from her captivity narrative in CP)}

²⁹ ^Thurs ^{Voltaire, Candide}

^Dec ⁴ ^Tues ^{Voltaire, Candide}

⁶ ^Thurs ^{Hume, "Of Miracles" AND Rousseau, excerpts from Discourse on the Origin of Inequality} ^{(Supplement 88-96, and CP)}

¹¹ ^Tues ^{Crevecoeur, from Letters From An American Farmer} ^(CP)

^{**Renaissance Lyrics

1. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 73 (WLWC 2050), Sonnet 130 (WLWC 2050)

2. John Donne, "The Sun Rising" (WLWC 2054), "The Canonization" (WLWC

2055), "To His Mistress Going to Bed" (WLWC 2056), "Good Friday, 1613,

Riding Westward" (WLWC 2058), "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (packet)

3. Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" (WLWC 2062), "The Garden" (WLWC

2063)

4. Louise Labé, Sonnet 18 (WLWC 2067), Sonnet 19 (WLWC 2067)

5. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, "The Rhetoric of Tears" (WLWC 2074), "To

Her Portrait" (WLWC 2075)

6. Ann Bradstreet, "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" (packet),

"A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment" (packet),

"Another Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment" (packet),

"Here Follows Some Verse upon the Burning of Our House" (packet)} Final Exams:

HUM 211-13, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 8:00-10:00
HUM 211-14, Monday, Dec. 17, 8:00-10:00

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	^{5 quizzes @ 20 points}	¹⁰⁰
	^{3 exams @ 100 points}	³⁰⁰
	^{2 papers @ 100 points}	²⁰⁰
	^{Forum @ 100 maximum}	¹⁰⁰
	^TOTAL	⁷⁰⁰

^Aug	²⁸	^Tues	^{Introduction to the themes of the course: Self, Other, Community}
			^{Unit One: The Ancient World}
	³⁰	^Thurs	^{Introduction to the Ancient World Introduction to Homer Odyssey, Bks. 1, 5, 9, 10}	^{(WLWC, 156-68, 205-246; OR-25-42, 55-73, 73-95)}
^Sept	⁴	^Tues	^{Homer, Odyssey, Bks.11, 19, 21,}	^{(WLWC 246-58, 274-89, 290-314)}
	⁶	^Thurs	^{Sophocles, Antigone}	^{(WLWC, 409-45)}
	¹¹	^Tues	^{Sappho, Catallus, selected poems and Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 10}	^{(WLWC, 326-334, 549-554, 663-674)}
	¹³	^Thurs	^{Plato, Allegory of the Cave, Apology and Phaedo (excerpt)}	^{(WLWC, 513-39)}
	¹⁸	^Tues	^Aristotle	^{(WLWC 540-4; Supplement 2-17)}
	²⁰	^Thurs	^{Hebrew Texts: from Genesis and Christian Text: Sermon on the Mount and Confucius}	^{(WLWC, 678-686, 687-694) (WLWC, 765-68 & 870-874)}
	²⁵	^Tues	^{Epicurus, "Letters to Herodotus and Menoeceus" AND Epictetus, from the Discourses and the Enchiridion}	^{(Supp., 18-36)}
	²⁷	^Thurs	^{EXAM I}
			^{Unit Two: The Middle Ages and Renaissance}
^Oct	²	^Tues	^{Introduction to the Middle Ages and "The Wanderer," "The Wife's Lament"}	^{(WLWC, 888-900 and 1114-1116, 1117-1118)}
	⁴	^Thurs	^{Marie de France, Lais "Chevrefoil," and Cappelanus from The Art of Courtly Love, PAPER I}	^{(WLWC, 1261-1265) (WLWC, 1514-1515)}
	⁹	^Tues	^{Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 1-5, 34}	^{(WLWC, 960-987, 1044-1048)}
	¹¹	^Thurs	^{Boccaccio, The Decameron AND Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "General Prologue}	^{(WLWC 1265-1267, 1282-1289) (WLWC, 1304-24)}
	¹⁶	^Tues	^{Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales—"Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"}	^{(WLWC, 1324-48)}
	¹⁸	^Thurs	^{"Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"}
	²³	^Tues	^{Introduction to the Renaissance and Machiavelli, The Prince}	^{(WLWC, 1528-1537, 1627-43)}
	²⁵	^Thurs	^{Cervantes, Don Quixote}	^{(WLWC, 1689-1715, 1720-27, 1792-98)}
	³⁰	^Tues	^{Shakespeare, The Tempest}	^{(Acts I-III)}
^Nov	¹	^Thurs	^{Shakespeare, The Tempest}	^{(Acts IV and V)}
	⁶	^Tues	^{Renaissance Poetry (see below for titles and page numbers)}
	⁸	^Thurs	^{Milton, Paradise Lost (excerpts from Books 1, 4)}	^{(WLWC, 1975-2002)}
	¹³	^Tues	^{EXAM II}
			^{Unit Three: The Enlightenment}
	¹⁵	^Thurs	^{Moliere, Tartuffe}
	²⁰	^Tues	^{Hobbes, Leviathan AND Locke, Second Treatise of Government AND Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, PAPER II}	^{(Supp., 59-87)}
	²²	^Thurs	^{Thanksgiving Holiday--no class}
	²⁷	^Tues	^{Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave and Mary Rowlandson (excerpt from her captivity narrative in CP)}
	²⁹	^Thurs	^{Voltaire, Candide}
^Dec	⁴	^Tues	^{Voltaire, Candide}
	⁶	^Thurs	^{Hume, "Of Miracles" AND Rousseau, excerpts from Discourse on the Origin of Inequality}	^{(Supplement 88-96, and CP)}
	¹¹	^Tues	^{Crevecoeur, from Letters From An American Farmer}	^(CP)