WINTER 2012
SYLLABUS

Society
Understood through Literature and Rhetoric, History and Law

REQUIRED READINGS

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust I. New York: Bantam Books-Random House, 1985. ISBN: 978-0553213485.

von Kleist, Heinrich, "The Betrothal in Santo Domingo." The Marquise of O and Other Stories (Penguin Classics). New York: Penguin, 1978. ISBN: 9780140443592 [Paperback]

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself. 2nd ed. Ed. David W. Blight. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003. Paper Text, 188pgs. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-25737-8

Thomas, Brook, ed. "Plessy v. Ferguson" : A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 1997. The Bedford Series in History and Culture. ISBN: 0-312-13743-5

Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Vintage-Random House, 1989. ISBN: 0-679-72328-5

Humanities Core Course Reader:

Declaration of Independence (1776)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/bdsdcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(bdsdcc02101))

"Remember the Ladies" (letters from Abigail Adams to John Adams concerning the consideration of women in the formation of the new republic, 1771-76) from The Feminist Papers. From Adams to de Beauvoir, ed. Alice S. Rossi, New York:  Columbia UP, 1973:  7-15.

Toussaint L'Ouverture, Constitution of Saint-Domingue (1801)
http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1801/constitution.htm

Elizabeth Cady Stanton et al. The History of Woman Suffrage, selections with emphasis on the “Declaration of Sentiments” (July 19-20, 1848) from the Seneca Falls Convention on the rights of women, from The Feminist Papers. From Adams to de Beauvoir, ed. Alice S. Rossi, New York:  Columbia UP, 1973:  413-421.

Thomas, Brook. Introduction to "The Freedman's Case in Equity" and "In Plain Black and White."

Cable, George Washington. "The Freedman's Case in Equity." Century Illustrated Magazine. 29 (1885): 409-417. (See PDF)

Grady, Henry. "In Plain Black and White." Century Illustrated Magazine. 29 (1885): 909-917.

Thomas, Brook. "Mendez v. Westminster (1947)."

Brown v. Board of Education (1954). 347 U.S. 483.

Lunsford, Andrea A. Easy Writer. Fourth Edition.  Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010.  ISBN 978-0-312-65031-5

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research, Third Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing. [Paperback] ISBN-13: 978-0226065663

GENERAL INFORMATION

Lecture Times

All lectures are in Biological Sciences III Lecture Hall, Room 1200:

M W 9:00-9:50am

M W 11:00-11:50am

Tu Th 9:30-10:20am

DISABILITY

Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Disability Services Center at (949) 824-7494 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. All exams are administered in discussion sections in Humanities Core; therefore, students should specify their discussion section instructors when requesting exam accommodations.

GRADING

The Humanities Core Guide, pp. 1-20, 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 Version).

ADD/DROP AND GRADE OPTION POLICY

Add/Drops and grade option changes for Humanities Core Course must be effected by the end of the second week of classes regardless of what the general campus deadlines for add/drops and grade option changes are. Requests to add or drop or grade option changes after the second week will be granted only for exceptional circumstances. All add/drops beginning the first day of instruction are processed, coordinated, and authorized by Enrollment Specialist Janice Gregory in the Humanities Core Course Program Office (HIB 185). Students should not ask Humanities Core Course instructors for enrollment authorization codes. All school and major requirements must be taken for letter grades.

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. Students should familiarize themselves with the UCI Policy on Academic Honesty, cited in the UCI General Catalogue.

LECTURING FACULTY OFFICE HOURS

Prof. David Pan: Mon 10-10:50, Wed 12-12:50 in 185 HIB

Prof. Susan Jarratt: Tues 11-12 noon (and by appointment) in HIB 268

Prof. Brook Thomas:

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, January 9, 2012. 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
Jan 9-10	Prof. David Pan: The Spiritual and the Worldly in the Faust Legend	Johann von Goethe's Faust I, lines 1-2336	LN Wk 1-1: Faust Lec 1 SQ Wk 1-1 Faust, lines 1-2336 Coursecast of Faust Lec 1
Jan 11-12	Prof. David Pan: The Inner-worldly Spirituality of Goethe's Faust	Johann von Goethe's Faust I, 2337-4614	LN Wk 1-2: Faust Lec 2 SQ Wk 1-2 Faust, lines 2337-4614 Coursecast of Faust Lec 2 WH Ch 10
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. David Pan	Johann von Goethe's Faust I (re-read)	LN Wk 2: Faust Lec 3 Coursecast of Faust Lec 3 WH Ch 11
Week 3
Jan 23-24	Prof. David Pan	Johann von Goethe's Faust I (re-read)	LN Wk 3-1: Faust Lec 4 Coursecast of Faust Lec 4 (Mon 11:00)
Jan 25-26	Prof. David Pan	Heinrich von Kleist's "The Betrothal in Santo Domingo"	LN Wk 3-2: Faust I Lec 5 and The Betrothal in Santo Domingo Lec 1 SQ Wks 3 and 4: The Betrothal in Santo Domingo Coursecast of Faust I Lec 5 and The Betrothal in Santo Domingo Lec 1
Week 4
Jan 30-31	Prof. David Pan	Heinrich von Kleist's "The Betrothal in Santo Domingo"   Essay 4 due (Goethe's Faust I)	LN Wk 4-1: The Betrothal in Santo Domingo Lec 2 Coursecast of Kleist Lec 2
Feb 1-2	Prof. Susan Jarratt: Declarations in Dialogue	Declaration of Independence (1776) (in HCC Reader)	LN Wk 4-2: Declaration of Independence SQ Wk 4-2: Declaration of Independence Resources for Declarations in Dialogue Coursecast of Declararations Lec 1
Week 5
Feb 6-7	Prof. Susan Jarratt: Declarations in Dialogue: Voices from Outside	"Remember the Ladies" (letters from Abigail Adams to John Adams concerning the consideration of women in the formation of the new republic, 1771-76) (in HCC Reader); Toussaint L'Ouverture's Constitution, Saint-Domingue, 1801 (in HCC Reader).	WH Ch 12 SQ Wk 5-1 Adams and L'Ouverture LN Wk 5-1: Declarations Lec 2: Adams and L'Ouverture Supplementary Material for Lecture Wk 5-1 Coursecast of Declarations Lec 2: Adams and L'Ouverture
Feb 8-9	Prof. Susan Jarratt	Selections from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, et al, The History of Woman Suffrage with emphasis on the "Declaration of Sentiments" (July 19-20, 1948) from the Seneca Fall Convention on the rights of women (in HCC Reader) MIDTERM IN DISCUSSION SECTIONS LAST CLASS OF WEEK 5	LN Wk 5-2 Declaration of Sentiments SQ Wk 5-2 Declaration of Sentiments Coursecast of Declarations Lec 3: Declaration of Sentiments
Week 6
Feb 13-14	Prof. Susan Jarratt	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by himself, pp. 29-125.	SQ Wk 6-1 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass LN Wk 6-1 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Coursecast of Douglass Narrative Lec 1
Feb 15-16	Prof. Susan Jarratt	Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (speech delivered in Rochester, NY, 1852) in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave with Related Documents, pp. 146-171.       Fri, Feb 17, 11:00-11:50 a.m, BS3 Lecture Hall: Special Forum with Prof. Robert S. Levine: "The Lives of Frederick Douglass"	WH Ch 13 SQ Wk 6-2 Douglass Speech LN Wk 6-2 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 2 Douglass's Speech Annotated (pdf) Coursecast of Douglass Narrative Lec 2 Works cited in Robert S. Levine's talk Video of Robert S. Levine talk: .mp4 file, .m4v (iTunes) file, .mov file
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 22.
Feb 22-23	Prof. Susan Jarratt	Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (speech delivered in Rochester, NY, 1852) in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave with Related Documents, pp. 146-171. Essay 5 due	LN Wk 7 Douglass's Speech Coursecast of Douglass Lec 3
Week 8
Feb 27-28	Prof. Brook Thomas	Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History of Documents, pp. vii-viii and 1-29; George Washington Cable's "The Freedman's Case in Equity" (See PDF.); and Henry Grady's "In Plain Black and White" (in HCC Reader).	WH Ch 18 Cable's "The Freedman's Case in Equity" (in its entirety) SQ Wk 8-1 Legal Cases I LN Wk 8-1 Legal Cases I Coursecast of Legal Cases I
Feb 29 - Mar 1	Prof. Brook Thomas	Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History with Documents, pp. 30-60, 119-124 (Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington), 140-149 (Strivings of the Negro People, 1897, by W.E.B. DuBois) Friday, Mar 2, 11:00-11:50am, BS3 Lecture Hall: Special Forum with Chancellor Michael Drake and Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky	WH Ch 14 SQ Wk 8-2 Legal Cases II LN Wk 8-2 Legal Cases II Coursecast of Legal Cases II Civil Rights forum with Chancellor Drake and Dean Chemerinsky: UCI Replay courseast video (.mov file, .mpg file,.divx file)
Week 9
Mar 5-6	Prof. Brook Thomas	Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History with Documents, pp. 169-176; Brown v. Board of Education (in HCC Reader); Brook Thomas' "Mendez v. Westminster" (in HCC Reader).	WH Ch 15 SQ Wk 9-1 Legal Cases III LN Wk 9-1 Legal Cases III 1954 Brown Response (PDF) Coursecast of Legal Cases III
Mar 7-8	Prof. Brook Thomas	Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, Title page-81; 152-59.     Thursday, Mar 8, 10:20-10:50am, BS3 Lecture Hall: Q & A Forum with Prof. Brook Thomas	SQ Wk 9-2 China Men I LN Wk 9-2 China Men I "A Statue for Our Harbor" (image) "The Yellow Peril" (image) Glossary for Chinamen Chinese Characters Translated "Paper Son" article Coursecast of China Men I
Week 10
Mar 12-13	Prof. Brook Thomas	Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, pp. 82-151; 160-220	WH Ch 16 SQ Wk 10-1 China Men II LN Wk 10-1 China Men II Thomas, "China Men: The Immigrant Citizen, Wong Kim Ark, and Civil Talk" Coursecast of China Men II
Mar 14-15	Prof. Brook Thomas	Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, pp. 221-308 Essay 6 due Friday, Mar 16, 11:00-11:50am, BS3 Lecture Hall: Special Forum with Profs. David Pan, Susan Jarratt, and Brook Thomas	SQ Wk 10-2 China Men III LN Wk 10-2 China Men III Coursecast of China Men III Coursecast of Forum with Profs. Pan, Jarratt, and Thomas
FINALS WEEK, MARCH 17-23 BY DISCUSSION SECTION TIME IN DISCUSSION SECTION ROOMS