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Tuesday, 1 of September
Introduction to the course; Europe
After Rome
READ:
Hunt, pp. 275-293
Origins
of European Identity: The Roman
Empire and its Cultural Legacy
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Thursday,
3 of September
Dr. Coolidge:
Medieval
Spain
READ:
Hunt, 303-309; Peasant Fires,
Author’s Note, Ch. I and II
PREPARE:
Write a letter to yourself that answers the following questions:
1.
What are your goals for your first
year of college?
2.
What do you expect to learn in your
year of Honors Western Civilization?
3.
How do you expect to change over
this year?
4.
When you read this letter next
April, what do you want to remember about yourself as you are right now?
Dr.
Wright:
The Muslim Empire and Coexistence
Contributions:
Hispano-Arabic, Jewish and
Early Lyric Poetry
READ
and PREPARE: "The Courtly Culture of Europe" (Hunt, 367-369) and Poetry
Selections and questions (please print out a copy)
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Tuesday
8 of September
Labor Day Break
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Thursday, 10 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Medieval World
READ:
Peasant Fires, ch.
II-VI ; Hunt, Chapter 10
Topic
for paper #1
Dr.
Wright:
Medieval Concepts of
Love
READ:
Ibn Hazam, The Ring of the Dove
(please print out a copy) and Andreas Capellanus De
Amore
(please print out a copy)
PREPARE: Questions
for The Ring of the Dove
and Andreas Capellanus (please print out a copy)
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Tuesday, 15 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
The Medieval World
READ:
Peasant Fires, ch.
VII and VIII
Dr.
Wright:
The Cultural
Enterprise
of Alfonso X the Wise and The Rise of Narrative: Don
Juan Manuel
Read: Count
Lucanor (Course pack 5-36)
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Thursday,
17 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Black Death
READ: Black
Death Documents
and
Hunt, pp. 426-447
Dr.
Wright:
The Black Death and Artistic Responses:
The
Dance of Death; Boccacio,
The Decameron
READ:
Boccacio, The Decameron Prologue- Day 1 Novel I (Course pack 37-53) Questions
to consider as you read (please print out a copy)
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Tuesday,
22 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Renaissance
READ: Machiavelli, Chapters 1-11;
Hunt pp. 448-463
Discussion questions for Machiavelli,
The Prince:
1. How does Machiavelli view history? How does he use examples
from the past when discussing present day politics?
2. Does Machiavelli value human beings?
3. Does Machiavelli value education? Why or why not?
4. What is Machiavelli’s opinion of the Christian church?
5. What is Machiavelli’s opinion of violence and instability?
What purpose do they serve?
6. Is Machiavelli a Renaissance thinker? (You probably can’t
answer this until you’ve heard my lecture – but you might want to think
about it as you read.)
Dr. Wright:
READ:
Boccacio, The Decameron Day 1 Novels II, III to end (Course pack 53-86) Questions
to consider as you read (please print out a copy)
PREPARE:
"Romanesque" and "The Order of High Gothic" (Hunt, 374-375;
415-421). Find visual examples of Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture and
bring them to class to hand in. Be prepared to explain the differences between
the two styles
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Thursday,
24 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
Renaissance
Politics
READ:
Machiavelli, Chapters 12-26
Dr. Wright:
Renaissance
Literature: Dante
READ:
Selections from Dante's Inferno
and Paradiso
PREPARE: Divine Comedy Discussion
Questions (please print out a copy)
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Tuesday
29 of September
Dr.
Coolidge:
Pre-Reformation
Catholic Church
***Peer-editing
workshop: Bring rough draft of your paper: Paper
topic and Guidelines
Dr. Wright:
The Age of
Pilgrimage: Canterbury
and the Camino de
Santiago
READ:
Chaucer,
“General Prologue”;
“The
Prioress "Prologue and "Tale”; “The
Pardoner's "Prologue" and "Tale”
PREPARE:
Class
discussion questions (Please print out for class)
READ:
The
Legends of Saints and the Cult of Relics
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Thursday, 1 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Protestant Reformation
READ:
Hunt, pp. 474-486; Martin Luther, 95
Theses (online)
****Paper #1
Due (Dr. Coolidge)****
Dr. Wright:
READ:
Chaucer,
; "The Wife
of Bath Prologue" and "Tale" and
"Chaucer's Retraction"
PREPARE:
Class
discussion questions (Please print out for class)
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Tuesday, 6 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Catholic Counter Reformation
READ:
Cowans, Documents #11: Charles V, Statement on Luther; #17 Saint Ignatious
Loyola, Autobiography; #21: The Struggle Against Protestantism
Dr. Wright:
Female Piety
READ: The Book of Margery Kemp (Course pack 87-123) and Leonor
López de Cordoba (Handout)
PREPARE:
Study
Questions
Catholic Reform:
Mysticism:
Saint
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
READ: St. Teresa of Avila,
"Autobiography" (in Cowans, 93-99); Selections
from Interior Castle and "Let
Nothing Disturb Thee" (please print out a
copy)
PREPARE: Compare and
contrast in writing the
works of the three women. What
differences do you note in the spiritual and/or mystical experience of each one? What
similarities do you note? How would
you define mysticism based on these readings?
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Thursday,
8 of October
Dr.
Coolidge: Trip to
Chicago
Dr. Wright: Away at conference
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Tuesday,
13 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Spanish Inquisition
READ:
Cowans, Document #2: Ferdinand and Isabella, Letter on the Inquisition;
#3: Juan de Marian, The Conquest of Granada; #4: Surrender Treaty of the Kingdom
of Granada; #5: Ferdinand and Isabella,
Decree of Expulsion of the Jews; #6: The
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain; #12 The Inquisition; #34: Phillip III, Decree
of Expulsion of the Moriscos; #35: The Archbishop of Seville, On the expulsion
of the Moriscos
READ:
Kagan and Dyer, Chapters 1-3
Rewrite
of paper #1 due today
Dr.
Wright:
Trip
to library
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Thursday,
15 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
Religious
Violence
READ:
Hunt, pp. 486-504; Kagan and Dyer, Chapters 4-6; Cowans, Documents #23:
Margaret of Parma, The Situation in the Low Countries
Dr. Wright:
Ferdinand
and Isabella: Creation of Marginal Voices: the Context of Celestina
Read:
Celestina
(Acts I-IV); Answer Questions
(please print out
a copy) Group Presentation: Mara D. and Brittany R.
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Tuesday,
20 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
Witchcraft
READ:
Hunt, pp. 514-520, Witchcraft
documents
Dr.
Wright:
READ:
Celestina (Acts V-XVI)
Group Presentation: Eric E.
Becky S. and Sarah W.
***Post
your list of articles (include complete
bibliographical information) on Blackboard (the five articles on history should
be posted on Dr. Coolidge's Blackboard site and tthe five on the literary works
read in class on Dr. Wright's Blackboard site).
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Thursday,
22 of October
Dr. Coolidge:
The
Early Modern
World
READ:
Davis, Chapters 1-4; Hunt, pp.504-509
Dr. Wright:
The
Other as Fictional Hero: the Rise of the Picaro: Lazarillo
de Tormes
READ: Lazarillo
de Tormes (Prologue; Chapters 1-3)
READ:
Francisco Pacheco, "The Art of Painting" (Cowans, 168-171); "Arts
in an Age of Religious Conflict" (Hunt, 509-511)
PREPARE:
Find
examples of Baroque art from
both Protestant Reformation Europe and Counter Reformation Europe and bring them
to class to hand in.
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Tuesday,
27 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
The
Early Modern World
READ:
Davis, Chapters 5-8
Dr. Wright:
READ: Lazarillo de Tormes
(Chapters 4-7) Group
Presentation on entire work: Jon G., Stefan H and Derek W.
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Thursday,
29 of October
Dr.
Coolidge:
READ:
Davis, Chapters 9-12 and Epilogue
Dr. Wright:
Cervantes’
Don
Quijote
and the Early Modern World
READ: Cervantes
Don Quijote Chapter 1 (Course pack 125-133)
***Peer-editing
workshop: Bring rough draft of Paper
#2
Paper Topic
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Tuesday,
3 of november
Movie
day!!! The Return of Martin Guerre
*****Paper #2
Due (Dr. Wright)****
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Thursday,
5 of November
Dr. Coolidge:
Absolutism
READ:
Hunt, pp. 523-552 and start Erauso, pp. 3-79
Dr. Wright:
Read: Cervantes,
Don Quijote (Course pack 133-170)
Prepare:
Discussion
Questions (please print)
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Tuesday,
10 of November
Dr. Coolidge:
The
Age of Exploration
READ:
Erauso, pp. 3-79; Hunt pp. 463-471; 567-578
Dr.
Wright:
Two National Theaters in the
Age of the Baroque: Spain
and
England
READ: Othello Group
Presentation: Tricia M., Mackenzie T. and Kristin V.
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Thursday,
12 of November
Slavery
and Violence in the
New World
Dr.
Coolidge:
READ: Erauso, vii-xlviii; Cowans, # 7: Christopher
Columbus, Letter on the New World; 8: The Requirement9:
Bernal Díaz del Castilla, The
Conquest of Mexico; 13: Juan Ginés
de Sepúlveda, Just War in the Indies; 14: Barolomé de Las Casas, Thirty
Propositions;15: Letter from Five
Franciscans;16: Viceroy Luis de
Velasco, Letter to King Charles; 18: Ysabel
de Guevara, Hardships in the Río de la Plata Region; 20:
Philip II, What to Learn Concerning Indian Tribute; 24:
Letter from Four Indian Governors
Dr. Wright:
READ:
Behn, Aphra, Oroonoko Group Presentation:
Summer B., Liz S. and Kristen W.
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Tuesday,
17 of November
Dr. Coolidge:
The
Scientific Revolution
READ:
Hunt, 509-517; 552-565; Fredrickson, pp. 1-47;
Galileo, Letter
to the Grand Duchess Christina,
Dr. Wright:
READ:
"The Individual and Society" (Hunt 615-618); Rousseau, Discourse
on the Arts and Sciences
Group Presentation:
Lindsey K. Amy L. and Connor W,
WRITE a paragraph
stating whether you agree or disagree with Rousseau and why or why not.
***Rewrite of paper #2 for Dr. Wright due
today
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Thursday,
19 of November
Dr. Coolidge:
The
Scientific
Revolution
READ:
Hunt, pp. 600-606
***Peer-editing workshop: Bring
rough draft of Paper
#3: Paper topic
Dr. Wright:
READ:
Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of
Inequality Group Presentation:
Alex G., Lauren M. and Bridgette M.
WRITE a
paragraph stating whether you agree or disagree with Rousseau and why or
why not.
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Tuesday,
24 of November
Dr. Coolidge:
The
Enlightenment
READ: Hunt, Chapter
15; Cowans, Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes, On the Political Economy of Spain
(251-256)
****Paper
#3 Due: Dr. Coolidge****
Dr. Wright:
READ:
Rousseau, The Social Contract
Group Presentation: Aaron
B., Joey C. and Troy Z.
Write a paragraph
defining the term "social contract" according to Rousseau. Answer:
What does Rousseau consider that citizens gain and lose by the social contract?
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Thursday,
26 of November
Thanksgiving
Break
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Tuesday, 1 of December
Dr. Coolidge:
The Enlightenment
READ: Voltaire, selections
from the Philosophical Dictionary and Cowans,
Documents #50: Benito Feijoó, Causes of Spains's Backwardness; #51: José
Campillo y Cossío, A /new Economic Policy for America ;
#53: The Count of Aranda, On the Independence of the Colonies; #55: Joseph
Townsend; #56: Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, In Praise of Charles III; #57 Pedro
Rodríguez de Campomanes
Dr. Wright:
Travel, Orientalism, the critique by/of the Other
READ:
Persian Letters (Montesquieu) (Course
pack 171-190) and Citizen of the World
(Goldsmith)
(Course pack 191-205). "The
Growing
Public for Culture" (Hunt, 582-586)
When
reading, think about and then answer the following questions::
What
Montesquieu/ Goldsmith criticizes and why?
Why
does he use the epistolary form?
Why
does he use Persian/Chinese travelers in Europe?
How
are the Persians/Chinese characterized?
Usbek's
Journey
Paper Topic #4
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Thursday, 3 of December
The
Enlightenment and the Other
Dr.
Coolidge:
READ:
Voltaire, Candide, all
Dr.
Wright:
READ:
Letters From a Peruvian Woman (pp. 3-50)
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Tuesday,
8 of December
Dr. Coolidge:
French
Revolution
READ:
Hunt, Chapter 16; Cowans, Document #58: Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos,
Letter on the French Revolution; #59: José Marchena; #60: Charles IV,
Declaration of War on France; #61: Jovellanos
***Optional
rewrite
of paper #3 for Dr. Coolidge due today
Dr. Wright:
READ: Letters From a Peruvian Woman
(pp.
50-174); Lady Montagu, Selected Turkish Embassy Letters and Cadalso, Moroccan Letters (Course
pack 207-233)
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Thursday,
10 of December
Conclusions
Sleep
of
Reason
***Peer-editing workshop: Bring rough draft of
Paper # 4
****Annotated
bibliografies due today!! |
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Finals week, 14 of December
Paper
#4 for Dr. Wright due during the final exam period.
Exam
time:
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
at
4:00 - 5:50 PM
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