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Mary Ann Sullivan, English & Art History |
Gerald W. Schlabach, History & Religion |
Under the quarter system, Humanities II has been the second of three team-taught, interdisciplinary courses in the humanities sequence of the Bluffton College core curriculum. As the final installment of quarter-length Humanities II, this course will cover the periods of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment. As with the entire humanities sequence, we will draw on the disciplines of history, literature, religion, philosophy, art, and music. Many readings will be from primary texts. Lectures and discussions will take up issues that have faced humankind in each age, along with values by which each age and culture lived. For more specific goals, see http://www.bluffton.edu/~humanities/humgoals.htm.
There are three required textbooks, which are available at the bookstore:
Davis, Paul, et al., eds. Western Literature in a World Context. Vol. 1. The Ancient World Through the Renaissance. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.
_____. Western Literature in a World Context. Vol. 2. The Enlightenment Through the Present. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Spielvogel, Jackson J. Western Civilization. 3rd edition. Minneapolis: West Publishing Company, 1997.
A few additional readings will also be required. These will be available in a course packet for sale in the bookstore, and most will also be available on the Internet at web site http://www.bluffton.edu/~humanities/2/. To prepare and review Art History lectures, you are expected to study images and commentary that are available for web browsing at http://www.bluffton.edu/~humanities/art/. (See professors for passwords.)
1. All assigned readings, by due date.
2. Class attendance and participation in end-of-week class discussions.
3. Seven 1-page essays (about 300 words each), prepared for end-of-week
discussion session.
4. Two analytical essays, about 1200 words long.
5. Mid-term exam.
6. Final exam.
About attendance: Significant absences may affect your grade: a few absences may disqualify you from a positive grade on class participation; more absences will lower your grade. If you are absent, you (not your professors) are responsible to make up the work by borrowing notes and hand-outs from other students.
About class participation: We know: talking in front of others isn't everyone's cup of tea. However, it's an important way to think through questions and ideas. Constructive participation in end-of-week discussions may raise your final grade by as much as 1/3 of a letter grade. Note that well-reasoned and respectful contributions to discussions will value more than the sheer quantity of a student's interjections.
About the honor system: The requirements of academic integrity and of the BC Honor System preclude plagiarism of others' words and ideas. But these requirements do not preclude discussion or readings, brainstorming, or mutual assistance in formulating approaches to assignments. Collaboration must end, however, when each student begins writing. Your written work must be your own.
About essays and exams: All assignments must be completed in order to pass this course. Essays are expected on the day they are due. Late submissions will be docked up to one grade level per weekday late. Make-up exams will only be given in extreme circumstances.
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Class participation, especially in end-of-week discussion sessions. |
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most labs |
10% |
One-page essays: On most weeks you will be asked to write a one-page essay based on a question related to the week's readings. Your lowest score will be dropped and the remaining scores averaged. May be hand-written. |
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Sept. 24 |
15% |
Analytical essay: A polished essay approximately 1200 words long, concerning Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. Assignment will be given by the end of week 1. |
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Oct. 29 |
15% |
Analytical essay: A polished essay approximately 1200 words long, concerning Molière's Tartuffe. Assignment will be given by the end of week 6. |
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Oct. 7 |
25% |
Mid-term exam. |
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Nov. 9-11 |
30% |
Final exam. |
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Aug 31 |
Introduction to course (MAS) Having a "Sense of History" (GWS) |
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Sept 2 |
Disintegration of Medieval Society (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 342-354 History of the First Crusade, (Anth I, 1502-1505) |
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Sept 3 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
Chaucer, "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales and "The Pardoner's Tale" (Anth I, 1304-1324, 1348-1360) |
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Sept 7 |
Disintegration of Medieval Society (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 376-405 |
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Sept 9 |
Women in Medieval & Renaissance Society (MAS) |
Spielvogel, 405-410 Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies (Anth I, 1360-1370) Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe (Anth I, 1371-1391) |
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Sept 10 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
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Sept 14 |
Renaissance lecture (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 412-434 Petrarch, The Ascent of Mount Ventoux (Anth I, 1539-1548) |
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Sept 16 |
What is humanism? (GWS & MAS) |
Pico della Mirandola, (Anth I, 2202-05) |
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Sept 17 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
Machiavelli (Anth I, 1627-43 and additional web or packet selection.) |
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Sept 21 |
Renaissance literature I (MAS) |
Spielvogel, 434-451 Petrarch (Anth I, 1535-39, 1549, #3 & #90, 1550, #164, 1552, #333) |
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Sept 23 |
Renaissance art (MAS) |
Study web pages on Renaissance art |
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Sept 24 |
discussion of readings analytical paper on Doctor Faustus due |
Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (Anth I, 1552-1608) |
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Sept 28 |
Renaissance/Baroque music (SJ) |
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Sept 30 |
Renaissance Literature II (MAS) |
Spielvogel, 490-499, 522-525 |
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Oct 1 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
The Conquest of Mexico and A Defense of Aztec Religion (Anth. I, 2083-85, 2101-23, 2130-31) Montaigne, Of Cannibals (Anth. I, 1665-1677) |
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Week 6:
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Oct 5 |
Mid-term review session |
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Oct 7 |
Mid-term exam |
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Oct 8 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
Luther (web or packet; Anth I, 2205-09) |
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Week 7: |
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Oct 12 |
Reformation lecture (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 454-470 Calvin (web or packet) |
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Oct 14 |
Reformation lecture (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 470-487 Menno Simons (web or packet) |
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Oct 15 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
Council of Trent (web or packet) Teresa de Avila & Juan de la Cruz (Anth I, 2070-2) |
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Oct 19 |
17C and Reformation art (MAS) |
Spielvogel, 519-522, 564-65 Study web pages on Baroque Period art |
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Oct 21 |
17C Wars of Religion and Effects (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 499-505, 510-516, 528-36, 570-83, 588-98 |
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Oct 22 |
discussion of readings one-page essay due |
Galileo & Kepler (Anth I, 2221-24) Descartes (Anth II, 496-503) |
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Week 9: |
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Oct 26 |
18C Music & Art (SJ & MAS) Note: bring anthology II to class |
Study web pages on 18C art |
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Oct 28 |
18C Literature (MAS) |
Spielvogel, 565-67, 606-07, 617-20 |
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Oct 29 |
discussion of readings analytical paper on Tartuffe due |
Molière (Anth II, 107-165) |
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Week 10: |
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Nov 2 |
Promise & Politics of "Enlightenment" (GWS) |
Spielvogel, 554-60, 600-616, 663-70 Locke (web or packet, 40-52) US Decl. of Independence (Anth II, 521-24) French "Decl. of the Rights of Man & Citizen" (Spielvogel, 686) |
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Nov 4 |
From Ancient to Modern Worlds -- How Have We Gotten Here? (GWS) |
Marie Le Jars de Gournay, On the Equality of Men and Women (Anth II 489-496) Olympe de Gouges, "Decl. of the Rights of Woman & Citizen" (Spielvogel, 687) Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Anth II 524-528 and additional web or packet selection) |
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Nov 5 |
discussion of readings hand in photocopy of study grid |
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Nov 9 &/or 11 |
FINAL EXAM(S) |
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