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Humanities Core Course 2005-2006

ASSOCIATIONS/DISSOCIATIONS:

The Social Instinct and Its Consequences

 Rivera Mural

Spring 2006: Globalization and Society

Syllabus and Instructional Support Links
Last update 2006-01-13. (ISO YYYY-MM-DD)

THE FACULTY LECTURERS

Professor Juan Bruce-Novoa
Department of Spanish and Portuguese

 Professor Juan Bruce-Novoa
Mailloux Professor Steven Mailloux
Department of English
Professor Ulrike Strasser
Department of History
 Professor Ulrike Strasser

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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)


Humanities Core Course Reader, Spring Quarter Readings:

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

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)

Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises (selections)

Biderman, Jacob, Cenodoxus

Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life

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

Cuevas, Jose Luis, The Cactus Curtain

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

excerpts from Roger Bartra's, Blood, Ink and Culture: "The Mexican Office: Miseries and Splendors of Culture" and
"Tropical Kitsch in Blood and Ink"

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

Humanities Core Course Guide and Writers Handbook

Writing A-Z (McGraw Hill, 5th Edition)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Lecture Times

All lectures are in Crystal Cove Auditorium:

M W 9:00-9:50am

M W 11:00-11:50am

T Th 9:30-10:20am

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 (pdf)

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.

Spring 2006 Humanities Core Course Staff Office Allocation - Click Here

 


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 3, 2006. 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 3-4 Prof. Lupton: Introductory Remarks

Prof. Mailloux: Rhetoric, Religion, and Reading

Introduction to St. Paul's Epistles (HCC Reader, 71);

St. Paul's Epistles: 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians (HCC Reader, 90-118)

LN Wk 1-1

Study Questions Wk 1: St. Paul's Epistles

Apr 5-6

Prof. Mailloux: Rhetoric and Universalism

St. Paul's Epistles: Romans, ch. 1-5 and Ephesians (HCC Reader, 72-76, 119-123,);

Acts of the Apostles 17:16-34 (NRSV of the Bible) and 17:22-31 (KJV of the Bible) (HCC Reader, 126-127)

LN Wk 1-2
Week 2
Apr 10-11 Prof. Mailloux: Global Exchange, Traveling Identity

St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, ch. 6-16 (HCC Reader, 77-89);

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Please bring both books to lecture: HCC Reader, and The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano

LN Wk 2-1

Study Questions Wk 2: Equiano

Apr 12-13

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 17-18 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

Study Questions Wk 3: Loyola

Apr 19-20

 

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 24-25

 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, 134-136; Meditation on Hell, 140-141 top; Call of Temporal King, 143-144 middle; Meditation on Two Standards, 149-150 (middle); Making an Election, 153-156

LN Wk 4-1

Study Questions Wk 4-1: Spiritual Exercises

 
Apr 26-27 Prof. Strasser: Frightening Acts: Jesuit Theater As a Cure for the Soul

Biderman's Cenodoxus (HCC Reader, 176-251)

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

Friday, Apr 28th Showings of "Darmok":

9:00-9:50am Crystal Cove Auditorium
11:00-11:50am Crystal Cove Auditorium
2:00-2:50pm Humanities Hall 242
3:00-3:50pm Humanities Hall 242

LN Wk 4-2

Study Questions Wk 4-2: Cenodoxus

 

 
Week 5

May 1-2

 Prof. Mailloux: Cross-Cultural Communication

Acts of the Apostles 14:8-15:21 (HCC Reader, 124-125)

Darmok

Tuesday, May 2nd Showings of "Darmok":

12:00-1:00pm HIB 185 Conference Room (capacity 10)

1:00-2:00pm HIB 185 Conference Room(capacity 10)

2:00-3:00pm HIB 185 Conference Room(capacity 10)

LN Wk 5-1

Study Questions Wk 5: Acts and Darmok
May 3-4 Prof. Mailloux:

Darmok


Midterms will be given in the last discussion section of Week 5 (May 4 for Tu Th sections, May 5 for MWF sections).

Friday, May 5th Showings of "Darmok":

9:00-9:50am Crystal Cove Auditorium
11:00-11:50am Crystal Cove Auditorium
2:00-2:50pm Humanities Hall 242
3:00-3:50pm Humanities Hall 242

  
Week 6

May 8-9

Prof. Strasser: Cholenec and Tekakwitha in the Land of Crosses or French Catholicism Meets Iroquois Culture
 Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life (HCC Reader, 252-303)

LN Wk 6-1

Study Questions Wk 6: Tekakwitha

 
May 10-11 Prof. Strasser: Why an Iroquoian Saint is Not an Italian Saint: A Tale of Two Catherines

Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life (HCC Reader, 252-303)

 

RESEARCH PAPER FORUM, FRIDAY, MAY 12th. Two sessions in Crystal Cove Auditorium:

9:00-9:50am
11:00-11:50am

LN Wk 6-2

 

Research Forum Talk

Week 7
May 15-16 Prof. Bruce-Novoa: Mexico in Search of Itself "Mexico at the World's Fairs" (HCC Reader, 304-318);
"The Cactus Curtain" (HCC Reader, 319-324);??

Azuela, The Underdogs (Chapter One)

LN Wk 7-1

Mexico in Search of Itself Lec 1 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 7-1: Mexico in Search of Itself

Glossary of terms and People

May 17-18

Prof. Bruce-Novoa: Mexico in Search of Itself

 Azuela, The Underdogs (Chapter Two - end)

Discovery Task #6 due end of Week 7

LN Wk 7-2

The Underdogs and Muralism Lec 2 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 7-2: The Underdogs and Muralism

Week 8
May 22-23 Prof. Bruce-Novoa

Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude (7-116)

LN Wk 8-1

Labyrinths of Modernity Lec 3 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 8-1: Labyrinths of Modernity

May 24-25 Prof. Bruce-Novoa Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude (165-212)
Bruce-Novoa, "Mathias Goeritz" (HCC Reader, 325-335)

LN Wk 8-2

Labyrinths of Modernity Lec 4 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 8-2: Labyrinths of Modernity 2

Week 9
May 29-30 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, MAY 29 - CAMPUS CLOSED
NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday;
Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, May 30.
May 30 -Jun 1

Prof. Bruce-Novoa

"The Cactus Curtain" by José Luis Cuevas (HCC Reader, 319-324);

"Characteristics of the Sculptural Space" (HCC Reader, 367-368)

"Mathias Goeritz" by Juan Bruce-Novoa (HCC Reader, 325-335)

LN Wk 9

Invisible Apparitions: Mexico 1950-1990 Lec 5 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 9: Invisible Apparitions: Mexico 1950-1990



Week 10
Jun 5-6 Prof. Bruce-Novoa Essay's from Bartra's Blood, Ink and Culture: "The Mexican Office: Miseries and Splendors of Culture" (HCC Reader, 336-344);
"Tropical Kitsch in Blood and Ink" (HCC Reader, 345-366)

LN Wk 10-1

Performing Post-Mexican Identities on Global Stages Lec 6 Powerpoint

Study Questions Wk 10-1: Performing Post-Mexican Identities on Global Stages

 
Jun 7-8 Profs. Mailloux, Strasser, Bruce-Novoa Conclusion

Essay #8 (Research Paper) due the end of Week 10.
 LN Wk 10-2 Prof. Strasser Summary
FINAL EXAMS THE WEEK OF JUN 12-16 IN DISCUSSION SECTION ROOMS. DATES AND TIMES VARY.