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Academic Year 2000/2001
Cosmic Dissolution/Evolution?
HUM 102 SP
This course examines the movement of central concepts, values, images, and institutions from the late Middle Ages to modern times. This succession may be viewed as progress, or as a breakdown, or as a series of
conflicts. It may give rise to questions
about the notion of a dominant culture or a univocal tradition; in any case, students will be encouraged to interpret the meaning of this sequence. Class discussion, opportunities for writing, and interdisciplinary work
with literary, philosophical,
historical, and other texts are emphasized.
MAJOR READINGS
Dante Alighieri, ON WORLD GOVERNMENT
Niccolo Machiavelli, THE PRINCE
Martin Luther, OPEN LETTER TO THE GERMAN NOBILITY
Anonymous, LAZARILLO DE TORMES
Denis Diderot, JACQUES, THE FATALIST
Mikhail Lermontov,
A HERO FOR OUR TIME
Karl Marx
& Friedrich Engels, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Charles Darwin, ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
Sigmund Freud, CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Guenter Grass, THE TIN DRUM
Umberto Eco, FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM
Johann
Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen,
COURAGE, THE ADVENTURESS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several papers, 6-10 pages each.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Sophomores will be admitted during the Drop/Add period if places are available.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Arnold,Herbert
- Times: ..T.T.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: BTFDC210
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 22)
- SR. major: X Jr. major: X
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 22
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing
- FYI: First Year Initiative:Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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