HUM 212-02 THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
HUM 212 is a writing and reading intensive course that is designed to inculcate critical thinking. The
readings, art, and musical selections are almost exclusively primary materials. The content focuses upon
cultural history, not political, military, or social history, but these latter areas form part of the context for
the cultural expressions. The historical time frame of the course is approximately the seventeenth century
to mid twentieth century with connections to the present.
Course dates: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 through Monday, April 30, 2012
Meetings: Monday and Wednesday 11:30-12:55PM in Kupfrian 206
Instructor: Rolanne Henry, PhD, J.D.
417 Cullimore
973-596-5608
rolanne.henry@njit.edu Subject: HUM 212-02
Office Hours: Monday 5:00-6:00pm; Wednesday 1:00-2:30; 5:00-6:00pm
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
The course requirements include: one researched and fully documented analytical paper of
approximately eight to ten pages (MLA format of in-text citations and Works Cited) developed in
stages on a topic approved by the instructor. Late papers may result in a lowered grade for the
assignment; one group report discussing issues that are generated by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
within the assigned topic. There will be two required scheduled quizzes and the best two out of four
unannounced quizzes (total 300 points and a final examination). The course culminates in a
portfolio required by the Humanities Department, which must be submitted by the time of the final
exam to complete the course. The portfolio is to have a cover jacket within which the contents are to be
bound. There is to be a Table of Contents and Tabs separating the sections. The syllabus is to be the first
item of content, followed by the research paper with the related assignments—Proposal, Annotated
Bibliography, draft. Then the group work, and finally the quizzes follow. GRADING—Documented
analytical research paper: 30%; Quizzes: 30% and Final exam: 20%; Group reports: 15%; Class
participation and Portfolio: 5%. Late paper and group assignments may result in a lowered grade for
the completed product.
POLICIES
Attendance is required, and unexcused absences (those other than documented medical, etc.) may result in
a lowered grade. Provisions of the NJIT Academic Honor Code about plagiarism and other violations
will be upheld. Any violations will be brought to the attention of the Dean of Students. See
http://www.njit.edu/academics/honorcode.php. To withdraw from the course, contact the Registrar
directly on or before March 20. See http://www.njit.edu/registrar/calendars/spring12.php.
Use of cell phones or recording devices is not permitted in the classroom, and all sound from the phone
must be turned off. Computers may be used only as necessary for access to the course material and for
presentations.
TEXTBOOKS AND RESOURCES
The required textbook is Arts and Culture, Vol. II, Benton and DiYanni, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Fourth
Edition, 2012. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-213496-5 or ISBN 10: 0-13-213496-9. Earlier editions may be
substituted and renting the book may be an option.
Also required is Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Dover Thrift or Norton Critical Edition. The books
have been ordered in the NJIT Bookstore.
Additionally, web links will be supplied or material posted in our class website in moodle
(http://moodle.njit.edu) or made available in a Wiki or on reserve for our class in the Van Houten Library,
NJIT. Tartuffe http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2027. Pygmalion
http://www.bartleby.com/138/. A Doll House http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2542
Also, Mrs. Davida Scharf, Reference Librarian in Van Houten, has been assigned to assist students and
faculty in the Humanities with research for course papers. Mrs. Heather Dalal is also available to assist
with research and information literacy.
Students will be responsible for checking the Moodle postings. Go to our site in Moodle:
http://moodle.njit.edu. All page numbers refer to readings in Benton & DiYanni, Arts and Culture II, 4th
edition.
FORMATTING THE RESEARCHED PAPER (print format)
Double space in size 12 Times New Roman font, one-inch margins all around. Your name, course and
section number, instructor’s name and date are placed on the Title Page. Pages are to be numbered.
Repeat the title on page 1 and your name and page number on each page in the upper right corner.
Current MLA format is to be used for in-text parenthetical citations and the Works Cited page. Include
web URLs in the Works Cited and test them to be certain that a reader will be led directly to the source.
Note whether the source is print, web, or DVD and include the date that you accessed web material. For
MLA format go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/.
RESEARCHED TERM PAPER
The research paper of approximately eight pages is to develop a thesis on a topic within the timeframe of
the course beginning with the late Renaissance or seventeenth century through the mid twentieth century.
The paper is to be researched and fully documented and is to be submitted in stages. There should be
approximately seven to ten substantial sources. The proposal requires approval by the instructor.
Proposal due in moodle: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The Proposal should state a preliminary thesis that reflects how the topic will be limited and
should include a Working Bibliography that lists the sources. Do not rely solely upon the particular
selections in Arts and Culture. Sources should be print books, e-books, or journal articles from the
NJIT or Rutgers databases. The NJIT ID permits books to be borrowed from Rutgers Dana Library
and The Newark Public Library. The databases at Rutgers Dana Library can be accessed in that library
by obtaining a pass code from a Dana reference librarian. Other local community libraries may also be
helpful.
Outline and Works Cited (MLA format) due in print: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Update the statement of thesis.
Print draft #1(peer review) due: Monday, March 5, 2012
Revised Print draft #2 due: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 (optional instructor review no later than
Monday, March 19)
Final print draft due: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 with all the preceding stages
COURSE OUTLINE
Renaissance Review
Wednesday, January 18 and Monday, January 23, 2012
Ch 13, pp. 4-14 (16); pp. 19-24; p. 30
Ch 14, pp. 54-61 Martin Luther, pp. 79-80 “Ninety-Five Theses” ##32-37 Indulgences; ##66-68 Grace of
God
Baroque Philosophy and Poetry
Wednesday, January 25; Monday, January 30; Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ch 15, pp. 90-98; pp. 103-107; pp. 109-114; pp. 118-121 plus related end of chapter readings
Baroque Drama
Monday, February 6; Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Ch 15, pp. 120-122
DUE: Moliere, Tartuffe—locate entire play on the internet. The verse translation of Richard Wilbur is
about the best.
*DUE: RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSAL
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (electronically in moodle)
Baroque Painting
Wednesday February 8, 2012
Ch 15 Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Velazquez
QUIZ
Monday, February 13, 2012
Quiz: Chapters 13, 14, 15. The format will include essay and short answer, which may consist of, for
example, matching of material; identification and discussion of a painting, poem, sculpture, or
architectural construction.
The Eighteenth Century Enlightenment, Revolutions, Literature
Monday, February 20, Wednesday, February 22
Ch 16, pp. 142-148; pp. 157-158. Pope, “An Essay on Man,” pp. 172-173;
Swift, “A Modest Proposal,” pp. 173-176; Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence,” pp. 179-180
*DUE: RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE AND WORKS CITED (print)—Wednesday, February 22
Eighteenth Century Painting
Monday, February 27
Rococo, Neoclassicism, Classical to Romantic
Ch 16, pp. 150-154; pp. 158-164. Ch 17, pp. 191-196
David, Watteau, Hogarth, Goya, Delacroix, Ingres, Turner, Constable
Romanticism—Philosophy and Poetry
Wednesday, February 29, and Monday March 5, 2012
Ch 17, pp. 199-204
Jean Jacques Rousseau, William Blake, John Keats, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickenson plus end of
chapter excerpts
*DUE: PRINT DRAFT #1 OF RESEARCH PAPER (PEER REVIEW) Monday, March 5
(Check the form of parenthetical citations; Works Cited page; clear statement of thesis in opening
paragraph; flow of linked evidence and ideas to develop the thesis; concluding paragraph)
Rococo, Neoclassicism, Classical, Romantic
Wednesday, March 7
Topics: David; Watteau; Hogarth; Goya; Delacroix; Ingres; Turner
Spring Recess March 12 and 14
*DUE: OPTIONAL REVISED PRINT DRAFT #2 OF RESEARCH PAPER FOR INSTRUCTOR REVIEW NO LATER
THAN MONDAY, MARCH 19
QUIZ—Monday, March 19, 2012
Topics: Chs. 16, 17 to p. 220 and related end of chapter readings
Realism/Impressionism
Wednesday, March 21; Monday, March 26
Topics: Manet, Courbet, Winslow Homer, Albert Einstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud
Readings: Ch 17, pp. 210, 212; pp. 221-222 plus end of chapter readings
Ch 18, pp. 238-256
Nineteenth Century Philosophy, Colonial Africa, and Conrad
Wednesday, March 28; Monday, April 2, 2012
Readings: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Group work on group report
*DUE: FINAL PRINT DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER—Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Submit the final print draft of the research paper to be graded. (Check the form of parenthetical
citations; Works Cited page; clear statement of thesis in opening paragraph; flow of linked evidence and
ideas to develop the thesis; concluding paragraph)
Conrad, Heart of Darkness—(Group Reports)
Monday, April 9; Wednesday, April 11; Monday, April 16
Topics: 1) Narrative techniques; Biographical Elements; History and Geography;
2) Philosophy and religion;
3) Women;
4) Marlow and Kurtz
5) A comparison of Apocalypse Now to the novel and film version of Heart of Darkness
Readings: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (complete text)
Assignments: Group oral reports. Include a group Bibliography and PowerPoint or script
Shaw, Pygmalion and Ibsen, A Doll House
Wednesday, April 18
Readings: George Bernard Shaw’s drama Pygmalion (1912-13)—http://www.bartleby.com/138/
Henrik Ibsen A Doll House—www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2542
Twentieth Century--highlights
Monday, April 23; Wednesday, April 25; Monday, April 30, 2012
Topics: Picasso, (Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Guernica), Cubism, World War I, Russian Revolution, Dada,
Surrealism , Salvador Dali, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Modernist literature—T.S. Eliot, James
Joyce, Franz Kafka , Fascism (Mussolini and Hitler), Francisco Franco, Vietnam War, Existentialism,
Jackson Pollock
Readings: Ch 22 and Ch 23 with related readings
Portfolio
DUE: On the last class April 30 or at the final examination
The Portfolio includes all the work of the semester in chronological sequence. The portfolio is to have a
cover jacket and Title Page identifying you, the course and section number, and the name of the
instructor. The contents are to be bound within the cover jacket. A copy of the Course Syllabus is to be
included. There is to be a Table of Contents and Tabs that divide the major sections: Research Paper
with Proposal, Outline, Draft #1,#2; Oral presentation material—notes, images, PowerPoint (?); Quizzes,
and any other work of the semester. An ePortfolio in Mahara (link in moodle) may be submitted instead
of print.
FINAL EXAMINATION
Final Examinations will be held from May 3-9 and are scheduled by the Registrar.
The final examination will consist primarily of material after the last quiz. The essays, however, will be
enhanced by reflections upon any of the material of the semester.