SYLLABUS FOR ENGLISH 1301
Professor: Dr. Ann V. Nunes
Email:
ann.nunes@hccs.edu
Semester: Spring 2012, Second Start
CRN: 29653
Time: T/Th 7-9p.m.
Room: Fine Arts 315
You are adults.
Instructional materials (books and online resources):
(A) There are two specifically required books (available via various stores, or
online):
*MYTHOLOGY by Edith Hamilton (any available edition). This is a book you will enjoy
and which you will want to keep. Obtain a decent edition.
ISBN: 0-3163-4151-7.
*GREAT MASTERPIECES OF THE WORLD (GMW) by Irene Korn (New Line, 2006).
ISBN: 1-5976-4122-7. This is a beautiful and inexpensive book which you may also
want to keep.
(B) Moreover, there are three other texts which are available for free online
(or, if you prefer actual books, via any modern English translation, available via
libraries, booksellers, online retailers, etc.):
*Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Available at
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/aeschylus/aeschylus_agamemnon.htm or via any
other translation.
*The Odyssey by Homer (Book I, Bk V, & Bk XI, the Underworld, lines 385-464,
where Odysseus tells what the Ghost of Agamemnon says). Available at
<http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Odhome.htm> or via any
translation.
*Holy Bible (Genesis 1-3; Proverbs 8; John 1). New International Version rec.
for ease of reading, or use KJV if you prefer it. (Absolutely no paraphrased
versions such as Good News or The Message.)
(C) Finally, other shorter works covered in this course are available for free
online, with their corresponding links listed directly in the course calendar.
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At her discretion, the professor may announce necessary changes in her
syllabus and assignment calendar at any time during the term.
Course description: HUMA 1301 provides an introduction to the arts and
humanities, especially the relationship between individual human lives and
works of imagination and thought. Core Curriculum course.
Course prerequisites: Must be placed into college-level reading (or take GUST
0342 as a co-requisite) and be placed into college-level writing (or take ENGL
0310/0349 as a co-requisite).
Course goal: To expand students’ knowledge & understanding of cultural
expression in myth, drama, poems, philosophy, visuals, music, film, etc.
Student learning outcomes: The student will be able to (1) describe
representative themes and developments in the humanities; (2) interpret
representative terms, works, figures and artists in philosophy, literature, and
the visual and performing arts; (3) compare and contrast representative terms,
works, figures and artists in philosophy, literature, and the visual and
performing arts; and (4) evaluate cultural creations in the humanities.
Also Required:
College Dictionary with word origins (Webster’s Collegiate, Oxford, and
American Heritage are all excellent)
Pocket-sized Webster’s or AH dictionary to bring to class
Pencils and blue and/or black pens to use in class
Memory stick/wand or other technology for saving essays
Six cheap folders, all with brads: black for Essay 1; blue for Essay 2;
purple for Essay 3; yellow for Essay 4; red (with brads and pockets) for
the research paper; white for Journals.
Instructor guidelines and policies
Scholastic Dishonesty, including Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else’s
writing and/or ideas and submitting them as your own. Copying from any source, including cutting and
pasting work from the internet into your paper, requires the use of quotation marks and citation; omission of
such citation constitutes cheating, whether the student lifts a line, a paragraph, a page, or an entire essay. You
may choose to paraphrase instead of giving an exact quote. In that case, you omit the quotation marks but you still must
state the source of the idea or it is still plagiarism of the writer’s idea. One act of plagiarism may result in a grade of “F” for the
offending paper/assignment. A second act of plagiarism may result in failure of the course. Students will avoid
plagiarism in all written work for the course. “’Scholastic dishonesty’ includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test,
plagiarism, and collusion. . . .” See Student Handbook on HCCS website.
Course Content:
Humanities 1301 gives us a chance to examine the central concern of this discipline. We will
examine a wide variety of works from ancient times through today: myths, stories, plays, pictorial and three-dimensional
art, music, film and video. We’ll see how big subjects, such as religion, morality, happiness, freedom, death and life have
been and are analyzed, represented, embodied and otherwise imaginatively produced and how, as the 20th century artist
David Hockney says, “Multiple viewpoints create a far bigger space than can be achieved by one.”
Requirements for HUMA 1301:
All major assignments are of equal weight, so you can keep a running
average of your progress. Short homework assignments will combine to count as one major assignment. Always keep
all parts of the writing process for each assignment and be ready to produce returned assignments at the end
of the semester. Failure to produce an assignment can result in a failing grade for the assignment. Moreover, regardless of
the grades on the out-of-class essays, the student will fail the course if s/he writes an unsatisfactory or plagiarized in-class essay
or research paper.
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Four essays, each 2½ to 3 pages long (two out-of-class; an early in-class essay; an in-class in May)
One short research paper (3-4 pages) due April 18
Memorizing & reciting pertinent passages of documents, plays, poems, speeches, and/or the Bible
Ten Journals (one for each week of class, typed weekly and handed in, in white folder, on April 30)
Short written homework assignments
Three or more quizzes (including one on Final Exam Day)
Library Session on research
Oral Presentation on Final Exam Day
Each assignment will lost points unless it has a heading (and avoids any cover sheet) as follows:
Student’s first and last name
Nunes
HUMA 1301 Central Campus HCCS
Month/day/year
Each essay assignment will include outline, final draft, initial drafts, and all pre-writing. Each paper must
have a title and use the standard margins (1" on all sides), each must be double-spaced and must conform to
MLA format. Each must be typed or printed in a 12 point font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Courier,
Bookman Old Style, Book Antiqua, or other serif format—not Arial nor Century Gothic or other sans serif
font. Students will avoid script fonts such as Script MT Bold.); also avoid use of bold or italics.
Research paper: all notes in left pocket of red folder; all references (photocopied from articles/books
along with title pages of books & articles, or printed from internet) in right pocket of same red folder; brads
to contain, in order: outline; final draft of paper; “Works Cited” page; all previous drafts, from latest to
earliest, in order; all prewriting.
Absence from final essay or final exam, or failure to turn in journals or research
paper, yields an F in the course.
Late Paper Policy / Make-up Work: Students must complete all essays. That is, all versions of all drafts of the
essays (including rough drafts) must be submitted. All assignments are due at the beginning of the designated class or
conference period. If not submitted when I collect them during class or the scheduled conference, they are
considered late. Late drafts will be accepted, but will be penalized 5% per class session. If you miss a group
discussion or peer editing session, that work cannot be made up. Class work and homework cannot
be made up. Pop quizzes cannot be made up. Exams usually cannot be made up unless the absence
is in observance of a religious holy day.
The misfortune of having failed to listen or having missed a previous class is no excuse for
being unprepared for a class or for arriving without the assignment which is due that day. (A student with
Attendance:
a handicap is advised to consult the material on Students with Disabilities.) Students attend every class and
accept responsibility for all the material presented in every class whether present or whether some
unavoidable emergency has made it impossible to attend that day. Students will find it unnecessary to contact
the instructor to ask what occurred in the previous class. Rather, to facilitate keeping up in the unlikely event
of an emergency absence, each student will, on the first day of class, gather contact information from ten (10)
fellow-students and will contact them to determine what transpired during an absence. Attendance is taken
daily. Each student is responsible for signing the class list both first and last name. A student who is absent
more than three times becomes subject to the instructor’s privilege of withdrawing the student from the class,
which would necessitate his/her going through a reinstatement procedure if s/he wishes to continue.
Arriving tardy or leaving early counts as one-third of an absence. The class is only two hours and students
are expected to remain in the room throughout. Leaving class constitutes missing one-third of the class that
day.
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SUPPORT SERVICES: Tutoring: Free tutoring is available in FAC 321b. Check door for
schedule. Library: The Library is on the third floor of the Learning Hug. Get a free student i.d.
right away so you can photocopy there, if necessary. Open Computer Labs: Computers are
available in the Library (3rd floor of the Learning Hub) and in FAC 302. Check for open hours.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Any student with a documented disability (e.g.,
physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodation
must contact the Disability Support Services Office at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office
in the Learning Hub 106, or call counselors at 713-718-6164. To visit the ADA website, log onto
www.hccs.edu, click Future Students, scroll down the page and click on the words Disability
Information.
Anything in this syllabus, including assignments and exam weightings, is subject to alteration by
the instructor at any time.
Electronic Equipment: Turn off all electronic equipment before entering class, and do not charge
your battery in this classroom, or I may give you a zero for that class. Before you leave the room
during an in-class or in-lab assignment, place your phone on my desk or risk suspicion of soliciting outside
help and receive a zero for that assignment.
A student who is experiencing an emergency situation and anticipates an urgent call during
class time must inform the instructor before class begins and, out of consideration for the other
students, must leave the classroom before answering such a call, if one occurs. If a student
has not consulted the instructor, and leaves the room to answer a call, the student may be barred
from the classroom for that day and will be marked absent. The student may then be barred from
the classroom—and be counted absent--until s/he has met with the instructor.
Computers, PDAs, etc.: No chat, email, games, camera phone use, etc. while class is in session.
None allowed in class during quizes or in-lab essays. Same ejection rules apply.
Classroom Etiquette: When someone, whether instructor or student, has the floor during lecture
or discussion, the class must pay attention to that person, not interrupting. If any student has to be
addressed more than once for talking out of turn, s/he will be barred from the class until s/he can
meet with the instructor outside class to determine a solution to his/her problem—and it is the
student’s responsibility to catch me before the next class period. Every class missed, of course,
counts as an absence. Concerning work for other classes: do this course’s work in this class. If
you lack enough work to occupy you during this class, it is easy to find much more for you to do.
Attendance grade: You will earn an attendance grade based on the following scale:
0 absences = 100 (A+); 1 absence = 90 (A-); 2 absences = 85 (B); 3 absences = 75 (C);
4 absences = 70 (C-); 5 absences = 65 (D); 6 absences = 55 (F); 7+ absences = 50 or less (F).
Course withdrawal: If you elect to withdraw formally from any HCC class and thereby receive
a “W” on your grade transcript, you must contact a HCC counselor or your professor prior to the
withdrawal deadline for the current semester to initiate the process. If you do not do so and
simply cease to attend, you will receive a final grade (quite likely “F”) based on your course
average in relation to the full slate of required assignments.
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Grading Scale: A 90-100% B 80-89% C 70-79%
IP or F 60-69% XF if you stop coming
IP (In Progress grade) is given to students who do not meet the minimum grading standards but
who are in good standing (have completed all assignments on a timely basis, have attended class
regularly, have participated, etc.). An IP is not the same as an Incomplete and does not affect a
student’s GPA but does require the student to re-take the course. IP may only be given once per
course per student. W (Withdrawn) is no longer given to a student who exceeds the 12.5%
maximum absence limit. A student who wishes to drop the course must formally withdraw
through the Registrar before the last drop date. D or F may be given in cases of scholastic
dishonesty or other severe academic violations.
I will not calculate your semester grade for you during the course. Your grade is a simple
average of all major assignments. Minor assignments are combined and included as one major
assignment. Keep track of your own running average. Do not ask me to do this for you. I only
calculate once, at the end of the semester, when I turn in final grades.
IMPORTANT NOTICES: Students who must repeat a course face significant tuition/fee
increases at HCC and at other Texas public colleges and universities. If you are considering course
withdrawal because you are not earning passing grades, talk to your instructor or counselor about
your study habits, reading skills, attendance, course participation, and opportunities for tutoring or
other assistance that might be available. The number of withdrawals from any class is limited.
If you intend to withdraw from this course, do so before Thursday, March 29th, at 4:30 p.m., or
your final grade might be in jeopardy. Students who stop attending class and do not withdraw
themselves prior to this deadline may either be dropped for excessive absences or be assigned the
final grade of FX, compared to an earned grade of F, which is due to poor performance. Please note
that HCC will not disburse financial aid funding for students who have never attended class.
Students who receive financial aid but fail to attend class will be reported to the Department of
Education and may have to pay back their aid. A grade of FX is treated exactly the same as a grade
of F in terms of GPA, probation, suspension, and satisfactory academic progress.
EGLS3—Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System
At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is necessary to improve
teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be asked to answer a short online survey of
research-based questions related to instruction. The anonymous results of the survey will be made available to
your professors and division chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the EGLS3 as part of
the Houston Community College Student System available online: hccs.edu/EGLS3
HUMA 1301
Spring 2012 Course Calendar
If you ever have difficulty organizing your ideas, you might drop them into one of the following
templates to see what works in and what’s still missing from your paper. Copy and use the
templates as often as you like.
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Essay Template 1
Introduction –
Attention getter (quote, anecdote, etc.):
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List Three Claims you make in body of essay:
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One-sentence explanation of focus of essay (thesis statement):
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Each Body Paragraph (as many as necessary—three for the short essays, more for longer
essays) –
Claim (topic of paragraph):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Direct quotation (in support of claim) with citation:
______________________________________________________________________________
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Interpretation or explanation of how this quotation supports your claim:
______________________________________________________________________________
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Discussion of, or argument about, your claim (drives home the point made in this paragraph):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Tie this paragraph’s claim to thesis of entire paper:
______________________________________________________________________________
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Conclusion – (Avoid writing “in conclusion”—I will count off if you say it~!)
Reminder of thesis (refreshes reader’s memory of the subject of the essay):
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Final thoughts (the new understanding – but not new information – with which you’d like your
reader to leave this essay):
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Essay Template 2
Introduction –
Attention getter (quote, anecdote, etc.):
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5 W’s and an H Explanation (who, what, where, when, why, how?):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Explanation of focus (thesis statement):
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Body Paragraphs (write as many as necessary) –
Claim (topic of paragraph):
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Anecdote explaining claim:
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Direct quotation (in support of claim and anecdote):
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Discussion (of anecdote and topic – drives home the point made by this paragraph):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Transitional sentence (moves you into next body paragraph):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Concluding paragraph–Avoid saying “In conclusion” (I will count off if you say it~!)
Reminder of thesis (refreshes reader’s memory of the subject of the essay):
______________________________________________________________________________
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Final thoughts (the new understanding – but not new information – with which you’d like your
reader to leave this essay):
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Tentative Instructional Outline:
Week
Number
1
TUES 2/12
Course
introduction
THURS 2/14
Class Discussion, Assignments, Items Due, Quizzes, In-Lab Essays
Diagnostic paragraph (not for credit). Reading syllabus. Instructions on headings, format,
journals. Hand outs on Langston Hughes and Big Bang.
Discussion: What is a masterpiece? Myth? Legend? Hero? Achilles, Hector, Odysseus,
Oedipus, Abraham, Moses and Jesus of Nazareth are so different. Women?
Due Thurs 2/16: Read handout on scientific Big Bang theory. Read Gen. 1-2 & list the
radically different versions of the creation story. Explain and reconcile the differences.
Note similarities between Genesis 1:1-3 & scientific Big Bang theory.
Instructions on headings, format, journals.
Be ready to discuss and take quiz on Genesis I & II and Big Bang theory.
View GMW images: pre-literate, 5; pre-biblical Mesopotamian 16, 14; Egyptian 13, 17, 11,
15; Read Langston Hughes handout. View GMW Pentateuch 72-3; 58; 44. See also
http://www.romaviva.com/Santa-Maria-Maggiore/moses.htm for sculpture of Moses by
Michelangelo. View GMW later OT 75; inter-testamental & post biblical Israel, 87, 37.
See alphabetical chart at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet. Notice
how the Greek alphabet and our present alphabet derive from it.
[Today is last day for drop/add swap. Registration ends.]
Discuss GMW images. Discuss Genesis 1:1-2 & Big Bang theory.
Discuss resemblance of ancient Hebrew alphabet to modern alphabet.
For Tues 2/21: read http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/myths.html
Read GMW 4-19; M 3-18, 21-52. Be ready to discuss, plus Mythology among the
Greeks—Titans and Olympians. Read M 21-52 names and domains of deities. Note
examples of deception, betrayal, repetition, revenge, kinds of deities. Read M 53-76, 8599 Prometheus and Pandora; M 100-109 (Europa; the Cyclops Polyphemus); M 121-34
(Cupid and Psyche); M 192-94 Daedalus; see GMW 20-39 sculpture in ancient times; note
especially Buddhism 20, 21; Greco/Roman myths, 26, 37, 28-29, 31, 33, 36, 38, 68-9, 70,
76, 97; see images at http://www.theoi.com/GalleryK2.html--be ready for discussion &
Scantron Quiz 1 on Tuesday 2/21. Tuesday 2/28—Essay 1 in black folder.
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TUES 2/19
THURS 2/21
Bring two good pencils with erasers and two Scantrons. Discuss names & domains, with
examples of deception, betrayal, repetition, revenge, kinds of deities. Discuss Prometheus,
Pandora, Europa, Cyclops, Polyphemus, Cupid & Psyche, Daedalus, ancient sculpture,
Buddhism. Scantron Quiz 1 after discussion.
Explain Research Paper (due after Spring Break).
Discussion of Greeks. Due Tues: Bring black folder and be prepared to write
Essay 1 about Genesis 1 and 2 and Big Bang Theory using handout outline.
[Tomorrow is last day for 70% refund.] Discussion tonight of In-Lab Essay on Tues
2/28 on essay comparing and contrasting creation narratives from three sources.
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Week
Number
3
TUES 2/26
THURS 2/28
Class Discussion, Assignments, Items Due, Quizzes, In-Lab Essays
In Lab: Write and turn in Essay 1 in black folder: Compare and contrast Genesis 1,
Genesis 2, and Big Bang theory of creation. Print and hand in the folder at the end of this
class period. I will not accept this essay late and I will not accept it emailed.
For Tuesday, March 6, begin to read M 255-290 (summary of The Iliad & the Trojan
War); for Tuesday, March 13, read M 291-318 (summary of The Odyssey) and read The
Odyssey, Book I & Book V (“Instructional Resources.”)—discuss & for Quiz 2 and essay.
DUE: M 53-76, 85-99 Prometheus and Pandora; M 100-109 (Europa; the Cyclops
Polyphemus); M 192-94 Daedalus; see GMW 20-39 sculpture in ancient times; Buddhism
Also read online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atreus and print it out along with
the simplified genealogy chart &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology) &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan#In_painting.
[Last day for 25% refund.]
Discuss sex and violence in five generations of Agamemnon’s family.
Discuss swan’s rape of Leda and the birth of her four children from eggs.
Discuss Agamemnon’s false claim of wedding Iphigenia to Achilles, and his sacrificing her
instead to the goddess Artemis and Clytemnestra’s reaction.
See image, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sacrifice_of_Iphigenia.jpg
See article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigenia
For Tuesday, March 6, read Mythology 255-290 (summary of The Iliad & the Trojan War);
for Tuesday, March 13, read M 291-318 (summary of The Odyssey) and read The Odyssey,
Book I & Book V (see “Instructional Resources.”)--for discussion & Quiz 2 and essay.
Print out and Read Aeschylus’s play, Agamemnon (see Instructional materials list).
Be ready to discuss Tantalus and the House of Atreus (Agamemnon’s ancestors)
and the sex and violence in that family. Read “Leda and the Swan” by William
Butler Yeats (handout), with its overview of the rape of Leda, leading to Troy, &
ultimately to Agamemnon’s death.
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TUES 3/5
THURS 3/7
Due: GMW 22-42 War and Power: China and Rome
Discuss the swan’s rape of Leda and the birth of her four children from eggs.
How to view The Iliad and The Odyssey through the lens of Yeats’ poem.
Scantron Quiz 2 on summary of The Odyssey and on The Odyssey, Book I and Book V.
Due Tues 3/27: Quiz 3 based on your reading of Agamemnon’s ancestors,
Aeschylus’s play, Agamemnon (see Instructional materials list), Odysseus’s
encounter with Agamemnon in the Underworld, & the story of Leda and the Swan.
Read these websites: http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/iphigenia.html
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/euripides012.html
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/introser/aeschylus.htm &
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/agamemnon/
Discuss ways to write an essay of family histories of Trojan War, & Agamemnon’s
homecoming, as told in the play, all viewed through the lens of Yeats’ poem.
NOTE: Spring Break March 11-15
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Week
Number
5
TUES 3/19
THURS 3/21
6
TUES 3/26*
THURS
3/28*
Class Discussion, Assignments, Items Due, Quizzes, In-Lab Essays
Discussion of Trojan War’s relationship to Agamemnon’s homecoming. Read
http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/introser/aeschylus.htm. Discuss Yeats’ poem, “Leda
and the Swan,” and its overview of Trojan war and Agamemnon’s death. (Be sure to be
writing one journal per week on our class activities.) Quiz 3 Thursday 3/15 on play,
Agamemnon, alone. Due Thursday 3/29 is your Essay 2 on the Trojan War, and
especially on Agamemnon, his brother Menelaus, his sister-in-law Helen, his motherin-law Leda, his own forebears, and his children, Orestes, Elektra, and Iphigenia, due
Thursday. You may write about Agamemnon’s character, or Clytemnestra’s, or about
Orestes’ dilemma, or about the meaning of justice as presented in the history of the
Atreus family and in the city, or about the role of perverted sexual passion.
Quiz 3 today is on the play, Agamemnon, alone.
Discussion: Yeats’ poem, “Leda and the Swan” as lens for Trojan War, Agamemnon.
Discussion: Orestes kills mother to avenge father, pursued by Furies; escapes how?
Essay 2 in Blue Folder, on Yeats’ poem as lens, due Thurs 3/29.
Quiz Tues 4/3 on Orestes and his escape from Furies. Due Tues 3/27: Re-read
Genesis 1:1-5. Read Proverbs 8:12-32. Read John 1:1-17. Relate uses of “said,”
“Wisdom” and “Word”; note other similarities in the three. Read Aristotle on
“Logos” (“Word”). No class next week. Spring Break. Return Tues March 27.
Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)#Psalm_33:6
Discussion: Yeats’ poem, “Leda and the Swan” for Essay 2, in BLUE folder, using
Yeats’ poem to discuss Leda, Troy, and Agamemnon, due Thursday 3/29:
Quiz 4 Tues 4/3 On Orestes’ choices in various sources.
Turn in essay 2: Yeats’ poem as lens--from Leda through Troy through Agamemnon.
Class Discussion: Plays about the sacrifice of Iphigenia; plays about Orestes’ escape
from the vengeance of the Furies.
In-lab Essay 3 will be about Orestes’ action, & various versions, in various plays, of
his escaping the vengeance of the Furies, incl. a modern variant in Goethe’s Iphigenia auf
Tauris. View in the light of only one of themes mentioned above. Name that theme in
your introduction. Be ready for Quiz Tues 4/3 On Orestes’ choices in various works.
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TUES 4/2
Quiz 4 today on Orestes’ various choices in various works.
Movie outline handout & discussion. Be sure to come this Thursday 4/5 for Movie.
THURS 4/4
Today: Watch movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076208/???
Monday, 4/11, 4:30 pm, is the last chance to drop a course that you are not attending.
If you don’t attend and don’t drop, you get an F or Fx for non-attendance.
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Week
Number
8
TUES 4/9
THURS 4/11
Class Discussion, Assignments, Items Due, Quizzes, In-Lab Essays
Finish watching movie.
Due Tues 4/17: Essay on movie, as per outline handed out earlier.
DUE Thursday: GMA 40-65 Medieval Art and Religion; 66-97 & “The Renaissance”.
Discussion of visual arts of the Medieval, Renaissance, and modern eras.
Discussion of essay on movie.
Due Tuesday 4/17: Essay on movie, as per outline handed out earlier.
Due Thursday 4/19: Research Paper in Red folder. In brads: Outline, final draft,
works cited page, previous drafts. In right pocket: printouts and photocopies from
sources. In left pocket: Your notes.
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TUES 4/16
THURS 4/18
Due today: Essay on movie, as per outline handed out earlier.
Introduction to music: early theories/philosophy, key terms and concepts. Handouts.
Due Thursday 4/19: Research Paper.
Due Tuesday 4/24: 98-127, Modernism
Due today: Research Papers Due Today in RED folder.
In-class today: Symphonic music and the philosophy of Spring, an overview: selections
from (1) Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring; (2) Copland, Appalachian Spring; and (3)
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps). Read handouts.
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TUES 4/23
THURS 4/25
DUE: GMA 98-127 “The Modern Age”. Discuss.
Discuss Vivaldi, Copland, Stravinski.
Modernism and American opera: listen to selections from Gershwin, Porgy and Bess. See
http://porgyandbessonbroadway.com/video.html?gclid=CLKO3MLhm64CFQZeTAod8
Dd7fg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess and
http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=1&o=16772&l=dir&q=porgy+bess+soundtrack+youtub
e and
http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=1&o=16772&l=dir&q=porgy+bess+soundtrack+youtub
e and
http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=1&o=16772&l=dir&q=porgy+bess+soundtrack+youtub
e and http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/08/31/140091297/five-classicjazz-takes-on-porgy-and-bess Read handouts.
Discuss Final In-Lab Essay. Discuss Porgy and Bess.
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TUES 4/30
THURS 5/2
Turn in Journals. (Late journals accepted Thurs only.)
Final In-Lab Essay. Late essays NOT accepted. Emailed essays NOT accepted.
Last day to turn in late Journals. No journals accepted after today’s class.
Review for Final Quiz and Final Oral Presentation.
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THURS 5/9
7:30-9:30
PM
Oral presentation on your research paper. Final Quiz on readings, myths, Homer,
plays, paintings, other ancient, medieval, Renaissance and modernist art, films,
music, and discussions. Optional: BRING PIZZA and soft drinks or other food.
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