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Weekly Schedule Spring Quarter 2011 Topic readings are
linked next to the appropriate week; course assignments (with guidelines
and details) and resources are linked to the right (required and/or
graded assignments are indicated in bold type). Please
be familiar with assignment due dates, since late work cannot be accepted.
As always on this site, anything underlined is a link to further information.
If at all possible, read assigned essays and pages before class
so that you can contribute effectively to the conversation. Any questions
you have about the material may then be raised in class for discussion.
Because most materials are linked to this schedule, you are expected
to be familiar with topics and readings even if you are absent. |
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Week |
Topic |
Assignment
& Resources |
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1 |
Introduction
to the Scope of the Humanities |
Read
The Humanities Toolkit
(and the linked material) and become familiar with the |
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2 |
Topic:
Myth, oral tradition, storytelling, translation, and metaphor |
Readings
from the Toolkit: Myth
and Oral Tradition Art Through Time materials on Cosmology and Belief Exercise 2: Translation in practice (in class) Readings for next week: “Storytelling, The Meaning of Life, and Gilgamesh” (online from Evansville University); Context essay on Mesopotamia; Toolkit essay on Writing and Decipherment |
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3 |
Topic:
Understanding and interpreting lost worlds |
Art
Through Time materials on Writing
(program 8; this is very a very useful supplement to class materials).
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4 |
Topic:
The art and science of archaeology |
Midterm
Exam (take home; due week 5) |
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5 |
Topic:
Domestic life and comedy in
Ancient Rome |
Midterm
Exam due at beginning of class |
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6 |
Topic:
The Maya and ancient Mesoamerica:
Art, science, cosmology, and history |
Selections
from Popul
Vuh (58-77) and Chilam
Balam (sections 1 and 10) |
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7 |
Research
and project development
workshop |
Synthesis
project proposal due Research resources and project guidelines Exercise 6: Conducting Effective Research (this exercise is required even if you are not present in class; submit it in the folder with your final project, essay, and bibliography). |
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8 |
Integrating
the arts: The evolution and practice of performative storytelling Slide Lecture: A brief history of the theater Video: Invitation to World Literature: The Odyssey |
Preliminary
project bibliography due (ungraded, but required for feedback and editorial
assistance). Performance groups will be chosen in class, and texts distributed (selections from The Odyssey) Exercise 7: Masks and Mythography |
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9 |
Memorial Day Holiday | Class
does not meet Synthesis projects, essays, and bibliographies due at the beginning of class, week 10. |
| 10 |
Topic: Integrating the arts: Applying the humanities toolkit | Final
Projects, Essays, and Bibliographies due at the beginning of
class. Exercise 8: The Humanities Toolkit in Theory and Practice (Collaborative course review exercise, in class); Humanities Toolkit diagram (.pdf) Final performance rehearsal Take-home final exam due at the beginning of class week 11. |
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11 |
Group performances: The Odyssey in translation | Take-home
Final exam due at the beginning of class |
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