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HUMANITIES CORE TUESDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES   

 

THE FACULTY LECTURERS:
Professor Juan Bruce-Novoa
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Professor Steven Mailloux Department of English
Professor Ulrike Strasser
Department of History

REQUIRED READINGS AND FILMS

Azuela, Mariano, The Underdogs, (Waveland Press, P.O. Box 400. Prospect Heights, Ill)

Equiano, Olaudah, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Edited by Robert J. Allison. (Bedford/St. Martins, ISBN: 0-312-11127-4)
(Entire book in Spring)

Olin, John C. (ed.), The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, translated by Joseph F. O'Callaghan (Fordham University Press, NY: ISBN: 0-8232-1480-X)

Paz, Octavio, The Labyrinth of Solitude (Grove Press, NY: ISBN:0-8021-5042-X)

"Darmok" from StarTrek: The Next Generation (showings to be scheduled)

Supplemental Anteater Packet:

Acts of the Apostles 14:8-15:21 and 17:16-34 (NRSV of the Bible) and Acts of the Apostles 17:22-31(KJV of the Bible)

St. Augustine's Sermon 299C

Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life;

excerpt from Roger Bartra's, Blood, Ink and Culture

Humanities Core Course Reader, Spring Quarter Readings:

Paul's Epistles: Romans, 1& 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians

Crummel, Rev. Alex, "The Fitness of the Gospel for Its Own Work: A Sermon

Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises (selections)

Biderman, Jacob, Cenodoxus

Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio, Mexico at the World's Fairs: Crafting a Modern Nation

Bruce-Novoa, Juan, "Mathias Goeritz: Emotional Architecture and Creating a Mexican National Art"

"Characteristics of the Sculptural Space," Museo Universitario de Ciencias Y Arte. Dec. 1980. 92, 97

Marcos, Subcomandante Insurgente, Our Word Is Our Weapon (selections)

Humanities Core Course Guide and Writer's Handbook

Writing from A to Z (McGraw Hill), ISBN 0-070294774-8

GENERAL INFORMATION

GRADING

The Humanities Core Course Guide pp. 15-21 explains grading components. Please note that these are guidelines intended to help students plan their work in this course. The Core Course Director reserves the right to make changes in these evaluation criteria during the course of the quarter. Essay Grading Rubric

TURN-IT-IN.COM AGREEMENT

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Usage Policy agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site.
   


WEEKLY CALENDAR

This is a hypertext syllabus. Links to lecture notes (LN), reading and study questions (SQ), and other materials are in the right hand column.

Discussion sections begin Monday, April 4, 2005. Discussion Sections will be held and failure to attend will count as an unexcused absence.

Reading assignments below should be completed prior to attending the lectures.
DATES
LECTURE
READING ASSIGNMENT
LINKS
Week 1
Apr 4-5 Prof. Hart: Introductory Remarks

Prof. Mailloux: Rhetoric, Religion, and Reading

St. Paul's Epistles: 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians (HCC Reader, 235-263)

 LN Wk 1-1

Apr 6-7

Prof. Mailloux: Rhetoric and Universalism

St. Paul's Epistles: Romans, ch. 1-5 and Ephesians; Crummell, "The Fitness
of the Gospel for Its Own Work: A Sermon" (HCC Reader, 217-221, 264-275);
Acts of the Apostles 17:16-34 (NRSV of the Bible) and 17:22-31 (KJV of the Bible); Augustine's Sermon (Supplemental Anteater Packet)

LN Wk 1-2
Week 2
Apr 11-12 Prof. Mailloux: Global Exchange, Traveling Identity

St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, ch. 6-16 (HCC Reader, 222-34);
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Please bring all three books to lecture: HCC Reader, Anteater Supplemental Packet, and The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano

LN Wk 2-1

SQ Wk 2

Apr 13-14

Prof. Mailloux

 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Discovery Task #5 due end of Week 2
 LN Wk 2-2
Week 3
Apr 18-19 Prof. Strasser: The World is Our House: The Sixteenth Century and the Society of Jesus

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, 1-51

 

LN Wk 3-1

SQ Wk 3-1

Apr 20-21

 

Prof. Strasser: Boys Don't Cry? Ignatius of Loyola and the Making of Jesuit Masculinity

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, 53-94

 LN Wk 3-2
Week 4

Apr 25-26

 Prof. Strasser: Exercising the Senses, Exercising the Soul: Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises and the Uses of Jesuit Art


Selections of Spiritual Exercises (in the HCC Reader): Examination of Conscience, 281-282; Meditation on Hell, 288-89 top; Call of Temporal King, 291-92 middle; Meditation on Two Standards, 297-98; Making an Election, 301-304

LN Wk 4-1

SQ Wk 4-1

 
Apr 27-28 Prof. Strasser: Frightening Acts: Jesuit Theater As a Cure for the Soul
 Biderman's Cenodoxus (HCC Reader, 306-381)

Essay #7 (Rhetorical Analysis) due the end of Week 4.

LN Wk 4-2

SQ Wk 4-2
Week 5

May 2-3

 Prof. Mailloux: Cross-Cultural and Intra-Galactic Communication

Acts of the Apostles 14:8-15:21 (Supplemental Anteater Packet);
Darmok

Scheduled Showings of Darmok (47 minutes):

HH 214 (capacity 25):
Thurs, Apr 28: 1:00pm

HH 231 (capacity 25):
Thurs, Apr 28: 4:00pm

Crystal Cove Auditorium (capacity 455):
Fri Apr 29: 9:00am, 11:00am
Mon May 2: 8:00am

HH 262 (capacity 82):
Mon May 2: 3:00pm and 4:00pm
Wed May 4: 3:00pm and 4:00pm
Fri May 6: 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, and 4:00pm

HIB 185 Humanities Core Course Office Conference Room (capacity 10)
Tu May 3: 1:00pm

HICF 100Q (capacity 40):
Tu May 3: 2:00pm, 3:00pm, and 4:00pm
Th May 5: 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, and 4:00pm

LN Wk 5-1

SQ Wk 5-1
May 4-5 Prof. Mailloux:

Darmok


Midterms will be given in the last discussion section of Week 5 (May 5 for Tu Th sections, May 6 for MWF sections).

  
Week 6

May 9-10

 Prof. Strasser: Cholenec and Tekakwitha in the Land of Crosses or French Catholicism Meets Iroquois Culture
 Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life (Supplemental Anteater Packet)

LN Wk 6-1

SQ Wk 6-1
May 11-12 Prof. Strasser: Why an Iroquoian Saint is Not an Italian Saint: A Tale of Two Catherines

Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life (Supplemental Anteater Packet)


LN Wk 6-2
Week 7
May 16-17 Prof. Bruce-Novoa "Mexico at the World's Fairs" (HCC Reader, 382-396)
Azuela, The Underdogs (Chapter One)		 LN Wk 7-1

SQ Wk 7-1

Glossary
May 18-19

Prof. Bruce-Novoa

 Azuela, The Underdogs (Chapter Two - end)

Discovery Task #6 due end of Week 7
 LN Wk 7-2

SQ Wk 7-2
Week 8
May 23-24 Prof. Bruce-Novoa

Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude (7-116)

 LN Wk 8-1

SQ Wk 8-1
May 25-26 Prof. Bruce-Novoa Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude (165-212)
Bruce-Novoa, "Mathias Goeritz" (HCC Reader, 397-407)

LN WK 8-2

SQ WK 8-2
Week 9
May 30-31 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, MAY 30 - CAMPUS CLOSED
NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday;
Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, May 31.
Jun 1-2

Prof. Bruce-Novoa

 Excerpt from Bartra's "Blood, Ink and Culture" (Supplemental Anteater Packet);

"Characteristics of the Sculptural Space" (HCC Reader, 408-409) 		LN WK 9

SQ WK 9
Week 10
Jun 7-8 Prof. Bruce-Novoa Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos (HCC Reader, 410-427) LN WK 10

SQ WK 10
Jun 9-10 Profs. Mailloux, Strasser, Bruce-Novoa Conclusion

Essay #8 (Research Paper) due the end of Week 10.
 LN WK 10-2 Strasser Summary

Powerpoint Wk 10-2 Bruce-Novoa
FINAL EXAMS THE WEEK OF JUN 13-17 IN DISCUSSION SECTION ROOMS. DATES AND TIMES VARY. SEE SCHEDULE.