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Cosmic Dissolution/Evolution?
HUM102 SP
Crosslistings: COL103
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 Calderon de la Barca, LIFE IS A DREAM
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
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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