Sec$on Syllabus—Fall Quarter 2015 Instructor: Megan Zane Humani'es Core—Hum 1A Tu-­‐Th 12:30-­‐1:50 Room: DBH 1423 Class Web Page: E-­‐Mail: mzane@uci.edu Office: 64 Humani'es Instruc'onal Building Turni'n.com ID: 10772833 Office Hours: Tu Th 2:00-­‐3:00 Password: thinking
hOps://eee.uci.edu/15f/27815 Humani'es Core Website/Lecture Syllabus: hOp://hcc.humani'es.uci.edu/humcore/Student/index.html Wri$ng Requirements Lecture Requirements Blog Assignment 30% Midterm Exam 40% Essay #1 (Iliad) 25% Final Exam 50% Essay #2 (Machiavelli) 35% Par'cipa'on 10%
Par'cipa'on 10% Schedule (subject to change) Week Zero Thursday, Sept. 24 No lecture in lecture hall. Students meet only in discussion sec$ons. Week One: The Iliad Lecturer: Professor Oren Izenberg Tuesday, Sept. 29 ● Reading: Homer, The Iliad (Books 1-­‐2; p. 77-­‐115 line 583); Simone Weil, “ The Iliad, or the Poem of Force” (HCC Guide and Reader); “ The Core Guide” (in HCC Reader, pp. 1-­‐20); HCC Writer’s Handbook, “Analyzing War” (Burke), “What are the Humani'es?” (Pan), “Wri'ng in the Humani'es” (Morse/Cas'llo); Assignment #1 ● Wri'ng: In-­‐Class Diagnos'c Thursday, Oct. 1 ● Reading: Homer, The Iliad (Books 3-­‐6; p. 128-­‐213); HCC Writer’s Handbook, “Literary Analysis” (Izenberg); “Wri'ng and Transla'on” (Malinverni); “Wri'ng Strong Claims and Paragraphs” (Cas'llo); “Designing What You Write” (Lunsford, et.al. pdf link) ● Wri$ng: Blog Post #1 due on Friday, Oct 2 1 of 4
● E-­‐learning Quiz 1 (Wri'ng in the Humani'es: Thinking about Your Role and Your Readers) to be completed by Friday, Oct. 2. Your instructor will post this quiz to EEE and will have a record of your comple'on. Week Two: The Iliad Lecturer: Professor Oren Izenberg Tuesday, Oct. 6 ● Reading: Homer, The Iliad [Books 7, 9, 11, 12; p. 296-­‐299 (through line 96), 316 (line 704)-­‐324, 325-­‐328 (through line 105)]; HCC Writer’s Handbook: “Claims, Evidence, Warrants” (Morse) ● E-­‐learning Quiz 2 (Posing Ques'ons, Building Arguments). Your instructor will post this quiz to EEE and will have a record of your comple'on. Thursday, Oct. 8 ● Reading: Homer, The Iliad [Books 14, 15 (p. 387-­‐396, through line 311); 16, 18, 19] ● Wri$ng: Blog Post #2 Due Week Three: Memorial Lecturer: Professor Oren Izenberg Tuesday, Oct. 13 ● Reading: Homer, The Iliad [Book 20 (503-­‐508 through line 190), 21, 22, 23 (559-­‐567 through line 285), 24; HCC Writer’s Handbook, “ Transi'oning” (Short) ● Wri$ng: Essay Assignment #1—Rough DraQ Thursday, Oct. 15 ● Reading: Alice Oswald, Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad ● Wri'ng: Essay Assignment #1—Peer Review Week Four: War Stories I: The Thirty Years War in Grimmelshausen Lecturer: Professor John H. Smith Tuesday, Oct. 20 ● Reading: Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Book 1, p. 1-­‐52); Andreas Gryphius “ Tears of the Fatherland” (HCC reader); HCC Writer’s Handbook, “Represen'ng History” (Newman) ● Wri'ng: Essay Assignment #1-­‐-­‐Final Drar ● E-­‐learning Quiz 3 (Exploring Library Resources). Your instructor will post this quiz to EEE and will have a record of your comple'on. Thursday, Oct. 22 ● Reading: Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Book 2, p. 53-­‐105) Week Five: War Stories II: Brecht’s Thirty Years War in Mother Courage and Her Children Lecturer: Professor John H. Smith Tuesday, Oct. 27 2 of 4
● Reading: Brecht, Mother Courage [Acts 1-­‐5, p. 7-­‐60]; OOo von Guericke, “ The Siege of Magdeburg” (1631)]; HCC Writer’s Handbook: “Analyzing Drama” (Walsh) ● Wri$ng: Blog Post #3 Thursday, Oct. 29 ● Reading: Brecht, Mother Courage [Acts 6-­‐12, p. 61-­‐104] Week Six: The Thirty Years War: The Movie Lecturer, Professor John H. Smith Tuesday, Nov. 3 ● Viewing: Walter, Theater of War (2008) ● Reading: HCC Writer’s Handbook, “Analyzing Film” (Buchanan) ● Wri$ng: Blog Post #4 Due Thursday, Nov. 5 ●
Viewing: Walter, Theater of War (2008) ● Wri$ng: Midterm Week Seven: The Prac$ce of Power (leadership and realpoli$k) Lecturer: Professor Georges Van Den Abbeele Tuesday, Nov. 10 ● Reading: Machiavelli, The Prince, chapters 1-­‐14 (pg. 39-­‐86); HCC Writer’s Handbook, “Analyzing Philosophical Texts” (Fogli) Thursday, Nov. 12 ● TBD Week Eight: The “Art” of War Lecturer: Professor Georges Van Den Abbeele Tuesday, Nov. 17 ● Reading: Machiavelli, The Prince, chapters 15-­‐26 (pg. 87-­‐123) Thursday, Nov. 19 ● Reading: Sun Tzu, The Art of War, chapters 1-­‐13 ● Wri$ng: Final Blogpost and Website Due Week Nine: “Ethics” of War (jus ad bellum/jus in bello) Lecturer: Professor Georges Van Den Abbeele Tuesday, Nov. 24 ● Reading: Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars, pp. 21-­‐33, 51-­‐73 ● Wri'ng: Essay Assignment #2, Rough Drar Thursday-­‐Friday, Nov. 26-­‐7, Thanksgiving Holiday. Campus Closed. Week Ten: Lecturer: Professor Georges Van Den Abbeele 3 of 4
Tuesday, Dec. 1 ● Reading: Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars pp. 34-­‐47, 138-­‐59 ● Peer Edi'ng Assignment #2 Thursday, Dec. 3 ● Reading: Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars pp. 34-­‐47, 138-­‐59 ● Wri$ng: Essay Assignment #2, Final DraQ FINAL: Fri, Dec 11, 10:30-­‐12:30pm (Cannot be rescheduled) UCI Final Exam Schedule
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