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Humanities Core Course 2005-2006

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The Social Instinct and Its Consequences

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Winter 2006: Nation and Empire

Syllabus and Instructional Support Links

THE FACULTY LECTURERS

Professor Julia Lupton
Department of English and
Director of Humanities Core Course

Julia Lupton
Douglas Haynes Professor Douglas Haynes
Department of History
Professor Aaron James
Department of Philosophy
Aaron James

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REQUIRED READINGS AND FILMS

Virgil, The Aeneid (Vintage Classics) ISBN 0-679-72952-6

Whitman,Walt, Leaves of Grass and Other Writings (W. W. Norton). ISBN: 0-393-97496-0

Equiano, Olaudah, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Edited by Robert J. Allison. (Bedford/St. Martins, ISBN: 0-312-11127-4)
(Only Chapter 1 in Winter)

Orwell, George, Burmese Days (A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc.) ISBN 0-15-614850-1

Conrad, Joseph; Kimbrough, Robert; Weissbluth, Heart of Darkness: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism, 3rd Edition(Norton, W. W. and Company, ISBN: 0393955524)

Selvon, Samuel, Lonely Londoners, (Longman Caribbean Writers Series, ISBN: 0582642647

Beitz, Charles, Political Theory and International Relations (Princeton University Press)

Humanities Core Course Reader

Humanities Core Course Guide and Writer's Handbook

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

GENERAL INFORMATION

Lecture Times

All lectures are in Crystal Cove Auditorium:

MW 9:00-9:50am

MW 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.

 


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 Friday, January 6, 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 0
Jan 6   MWF sections begin

 

Week 1

Jan 9 - 10

Prof. Lupton: The Aeneid

Virgil, The Aeneid, Book I, pp. 3-30

LN Wk 1-1 Aeneid,

Study and Discussion Questions Virgil's Aeneid

Jan 11-12

Prof. Lupton: The Aeneid

Virgil, The Aeneid, Books II and IV, pp. 33-61 and 95-121

LN Wk 1-2 Aeneid

Week 2
Jan 16 - 17 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HOLIDAY, JAN. 16 - CAMPUS CLOSED
NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday;

Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, Jan 17.

Jan 18 - 19

Prof. Lupton: The Aeneid

Virgil, The Aeneid, Book VI, pp. 159-192.

LN Wk 2 Aeneid

Week 3
Jan 23 - 24 Prof. Lupton: Lincoln

Lincoln Speeches: First Inaugural Address, Second Inaugural Address and Gettysburg Address in HCC Reader, pp. 25-33.

LN Wk 3-1 Lincoln and Whitman

Study Questions on Lincoln

Jan 25 - 26 Prof. Lupton: Whitman Whitman, Leaves of Grass, "One's-Self I Sing" and "As I Ponder'd in Silence," pp. 3-4; "Song of Myself," pp. 26-78

LN Wk 3-2 Lincoln and Whitman

Study Questions on Whitman

Week 4

Jan 30 - 31

Prof. Lupton: Whitman

Whitman, Leaves of Grass, "The Wound Dresser," pp. 259-261; "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," pp. 276-283; "O Captain! My Captain!" p. 284

LN Wk 4-1 Lincoln and Whitman

Feb 1-2 Prof. Haynes

Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, pp. 33-70

Conrad, Heart of Darkness, pp. 7-33

LN Wk 4-2 Equiano and Conrad

Africa Slides

Study Questions on Equiano and Conrad

Week 5

Feb 6 - 7

Prof. Haynes

Conrad, Heart of Darkness, pp. 33-76

Feb 8 - 9 Prof. Haynes

Orwell, Burmese Days, pp. 1-88

MIDTERM IN DISCUSSION SECTIONS LAST CLASS OF WEEK 5

LN Wk 5-2 Burmese Days

Study Questions on Burmese Days

Burmese Days Endnotes

Encyclopædia Britannica article on British in Burma

Week 6

Feb 13-14

Prof. Haynes Orwell, Burmese Days, pp. 89-287

LN Wk 6-1 Burmese Days

Study Questions on Burmese Days: Burdens of Identity

Feb 15 - 16 Prof. Haynes

Selvon, Lonely Londoners, pp. 23-71

LN Wk 6-2 Lonely Londoners
Week 7
Feb 20-21

PRESIDENTS' DAY HOLIDAY, FEB. 20 - CAMPUS CLOSED
NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday;

Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, Feb 21.

Feb 22 - 23 Prof. Haynes

Selvon, Lonely Londoners, pp. 71-141

LN Wk 7 Lonely Londoners 2

Study Questions on Lonely Londoners

Week 8
Feb 27 - 28

Prof. James

selection from Hobbes on pp. 216-7 of the text to King Lear (or for PDF File click here)


Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, pp. 7(b)-9(m), 27(b)-33(t), 35(t)-36(b), 40(m)-42(m), 44(t)-47(b), 50(m)-58(b)*

*(t) - from/to top of page;
(m) - from/to middle of page;
(b) - from/to bottom of page.

LN Wk 8-1 Hobbes and Beitz

Wk 8 Study Questions on Beitz

Mar 1 - 2 Prof. James Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, (same pages as Feb 27-28 Lecture)

LN Wk 8-2 Beitz
Week 9
Mar 6 - 7 Prof. James

Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, pp. 74(b)-81(b), 83(m)-6(b), 92(m)-93(m), 95(t)-102(b)*

*(t) - from/to top of page;
(m) - from/to middle of page;
(b) - from/to bottom of page.

Beveridge and Lowell essays (click here for PDF File):
Beveridge: pp. 156-7 (including the introduction by Brook Thomas). Lowell: the introduction by Brook Thomas on p. 161, and pp. 165-6, 168-70.

LN Wk 9-1 and 9-2 Beitz

Wk 9 Study Questions on Beitz

Mar 8 - 9

Prof. James

Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, (same pages as Mar 6-7 Lecture)
LN Wk 9-1 and 9-2 Beitz
Week 10
Mar 13 -14 Prof. James
Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, pp. 127(t)-136(m), 143(b)-153(b)*

*(t) - from/to top of page;
(m) - from/to middle of page;
(b) - from/to bottom of page.

LN Wk 10-1 and 10-2 Beitz

Wk 10 Study Questions on Beitz

Mar 15 - 16 Prof. James Beitz, Political Theory and International Relations, (same pages as Mar 13-14 Lecture)

 

FINALS WEEK, March 20-24