SPRING 2014 SYLLABUS

REQUIRED MATERIALS

Kubrick, Stanley, dir. Full Metal Jacket. 1987. Film. [Watch on Amazon Instant or in course screenings]

Wyler, William, dir. The Best Years of Our Lives. 1946. Film. [Watch on Amazon Instant or in course screenings]

Dick, Kirby, dir. Invisible War. 2012. Film. [Watch on Netflix, on Amazon Instant, or in course screenings]

Guttentag, Bill and Dan Sturman, dirs. Nanking. 2007. Film. [Watch on Amazon Instant or in course screenings]

Kluger, Ruth. Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered. New York: Feminist Press, 2001/2003. ISBN-10: 1558614362, ISBN-13: 978-1558614369

Brooks, Max. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0307346612

Britten, Benjamin. War Requiem [Original Recording Remastered]. 2 CDs. Decca B000E6EGXM. [Sold bundled with the Iliad fall quarter. Also available on iTunes.]

Cathedral Virtual Tour http://www.coventrycathedraltour.org.uk

The 2013-14 Humanities Core Course Guide and Reader:

Burke, Carol. "Jane Fonda, the Woman the Military Loves to Hate."

O'Brien, Tim, "How to Tell a True War Story" from The Things They Carried.

Silver, Kenneth E. “Purism: Straightening Up After the Great War.”

Sturken, Marita. “The Wall and the Screen Memory: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.”

Lunsford, Andrea A. Easy Writer. 4th Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-65031-5

LECTURE TIMES

All lectures are in Humanities Instructional Building (HIB) 100:

M W 9:00-9:50am

M W 11:00-11:50am

Tu Th 9:30-10:20am

DISABILITY SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS

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. 1-23, 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 staff in the Humanities Core Course Program Office (HIB 185, kwashizu@uci.edu). 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

Prof. Carol Burke, HIB 186, office hours Tu 10:20am-12:20pm

Prof. Gail Hart

Prof. James D. Herbert

WEEKLY CALENDAR

This syllabus provides links to lecture notes as well as study questions (SQ) and other resources. The reading assignments should be completed prior to attending the lectures. Discussion sections begin Monday, March 31, 2014, and failure to attend will count as an unexcused absence.

DATES	LECTURE NOTES	READING ASSIGNMENT	SQs, RESOURCES
Week 1
Mar. 31-Apr. 1	Prof. Carol Burke The Transformation of the Citizen Into Soldier I	Burke, "The Things They Bring to War"	SQ for Full Metal Jacket Screening of Full Metal Jacket: April 1, 5-7pm, HG 1030
Apr. 2-3	Prof. Carol Burke The Transformation of the Citizen Into Soldier II	Full Metal Jacket	Screening of Full Metal Jacket: April 2, 5-7pm, HG 1030 Friday Forum: Prof. Linda Vo, 11-11:50am, Newkirk Alumni Center
Week 2
Apr. 7-8	Prof. Carol Burke The Transformation of the Soldier Back Into the Civilian I	O'Brien, "How to Tell a True War Story" (Reader 294-302); Benliyan, "The Legacy of J" (sound story)	Assignment 7: Literary Journalism Screening of The Best Years of Our Lives: April 8, 5-7pm, HG 1030
Apr. 9-10	Prof. Carol Burke The Transformation of the Soldier Back Into the Civilian II	The Best Years of Our Lives	HCC UROP Symposium, Wed. April 9, 2-3:30pm, HIB 135 Screening of The Best Years of Our Lives: April 9, 5-7pm, HIB 135 Friday Forum: Dr. Thuy Vo Dang, 11-11:50am, HG 1030 (Video 1 and 2)
Week 3
Apr. 14-15	Prof. Carol Burke Women in the Military I	Burke, "Jane Fonda, The Woman the Military Loves to Hate" (Reader 277-282)	SQ for Invisible War Screening of Invisible War: April 15, 5-7pm, HG 1030
Apr. 16-17	Prof. Carol Burke Women in the Military II	Invisible War	Screening of Invisible War: April 16, 5-7pm, HG 1010
Week 4
Apr. 21-22	Prof. Gail Hart Witnesses to War I	Kluger, Still Alive (p.15-131)	SQ for Kluger Screening of Landscapes of Memory-The Life of Ruth Kluger, April 22, 5-7pm, HG 1010
Apr. 23-24	Prof. Gail Hart Witnesses to War II	Kluger, Still Alive (p.133-214)	Friday Forum: Prof. Emerita Ruth Kluger, 11-11:50am, HIB 100 (Video 1 and 2)
Week 5
Apr. 28-29	Prof. Gail Hart Witnesses to War III	Nanking (film) "Nanking Massacre," Wikipedia; Nanking film information and synopsis	SQ for Nanking Screenings of Nanking: April 28, 5-7pm, HIB 135, and April 29, 5-7pm, HIB 135
Apr. 30-May 1	Prof. Gail Hart Witnesses to War IV	Nanking (film)	Horrors of War bubble gum cards Friday Forum: "Research & Writing," 11-11:50am, HG 1030 (Video 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Week 6
May 5-6	Prof. James D. Herbert Victimization: New Objectivity in Germany html ppt	MIDTERM
May 7-8	Prof. James D. Herbert Reconstruction: Purism in France html ppt	Silver, "Purism: Straightening Up After the Great War" (Reader 303-317) + images
Week 7
May 12-13	Prof. James D. Herbert Forgiveness: Spence and Britten in Coventry I html ppt	Britten, War Requiem (recording and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour	SQ for Coventry Cathedral
May 14-15	Prof. James D. Herbert Forgiveness: Spence and Britten in Coventry II html ppt	Britten, War Requiem (recording and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour
Week 8
May 19-20	Prof. James D. Herbert Reconciliation: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial I html ppt	Sturken, "The Wall and the Screen Memory" (Reader 318-351)
May 21-22	Prof. James D. Herbert Reconciliation: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial II html ppt		Friday Forum: Prof. Jon Wiener, "Remembering the Cold War," 11-11:50am, Newkirk Alumni Center (Video 1, 2, 3)
Week 9
May 26-27	MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, MAY 26 - NO LECTURE Monday or Tuesday; Tu/Th discussion sections will meet Tuesday, May 27.
May 28-29	Prof. Gail Hart Zombies and War I	Brooks, World War Z (p.1-63, 92-116, 137-146, 151-199, 233-255, 299-309, 315-327)	SQ for World War Z
Week 10
June 2-3	Prof. Gail Hart Zombies and War II	Brooks, World War Z
June 4-5	Professors Burke, Hart, and Herbert
FINALS WEEK, JUNE 9-12, BY DISCUSSION SECTION TIME IN DISCUSSION SECTION ROOMS Video lectures for review

SPRING 2014 SYLLABUS

REQUIRED MATERIALS

LECTURE TIMES

DISABILITY SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS

GRADING

ADD/DROP AND GRADE OPTION POLICY

TURN-IT-IN.COM AGREEMENT

LECTURING FACULTY

WEEKLY CALENDAR

DATES

LECTURE NOTES

READING ASSIGNMENT

SQs, RESOURCES

FINALS WEEK, JUNE 9-12, BY DISCUSSION SECTION TIME IN DISCUSSION SECTION ROOMS

Video lectures for review