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HIST102
History and the Humanities
HIST102 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 0 | Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
This two semester course offers first year students an
opportunity to explore the humanities from a variety of
different disciplinary perspectives, traditionally Western
as well as global, and to make connections between
humanistic learning and history. The course is a small
discussion seminar in which primary source materials, or
"classic" texts, are used exclusively. An effort will be
made to examine the interrelationship of ideas in the
different disciplines, and to compare history, literary
analysis, philosophy and theory as modes of inquiry and as
ways of thinking about documents and texts. The course
thereby aims to provide students with the critical tools by
which to analyze texts produced in the remote or recent
past. The course also serves a related purpose: to
familiarize students with the heritage of Western historical
tradition and to impart knowledge of the crucial role of
history and the humanities as a component in general
education.
MAJOR READINGS
Montaigne, ESSAYS AND SELECTED WRITINGS
Cervantes, DON QUIXOTE
Diderot, RAMEAU'S NEPHEW
Rousseau, FIRST AND SECOND DISCOURSES
Marx, COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Ibsen, HEDDA GABLER AND OTHER PLAYS
Mann, BUDDENBROOKS
Dostoevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Nietzsche, THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
Hesse, DEMIAN
Kafka, METAMORPHOSIS and THE PENAL COLONY
Freud, CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is a
First-year Initiative course.
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: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Holmes, O
- Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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