Glendening, John

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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Syllabi Course Syllabi Spring 2-1-2006 LS 152L.05: Introduction to the Humanities John Glendening University of Montana - Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Glendening, John, "LS 152L.05: Introduction to the Humanities" (2006). Syllabi. 10839. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/10839 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. -Introduction to the Humanities LS 152, Section 5 Spring 2006 9:10-10:00 MWF, JRH 205 John Glendening Office: LA 119 Office Hours: 10-12 MWF and by appointment Phone: Office-243-5266, Home-728-1530 Description This course focuses on significant cultural movements, authors, and works from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. In particular, we will investigate the attitudes and ideas that characterize the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the post-Renaissance period. The goals of the course are (1) to gain overall perspective on the cultural, intellectual, and artistic history of the Western World, beginning with the late Middle Ages, (2) to become familiar with some of the classic works of the Western tradition in creative writing (poetry, drama, fiction), philosophy, religious thought, political theory, art, architecture, and music, (3) to identify and explore enduring themes of the human condition engaged by featured writers and artists. This course should give us greater perspective on what we believe, how we live, and how we got here. In addition to regular classes, LS 151 requires attendance at a weekly Thursday lecture (representing one of the four credits given for this course). Lectures are given at 11:10-12:00 in ULH (Urey Lecture Hall) and repeated at 7:10-8:00 pm in SS (Social Sciences) 352. Texts Dante, The Portable Dante (Viking) More, Utopia (Penguin) Shakespeare, Hamlet (Signet) Descartes, Discourse on Method (Library of Liberal Arts) Voltaire, Candide (Penguin) Appelbaum, ed., English Romantic Poetry Dostoevsky, The Death of Ivan llych and Other Stories (Penguin) Conrad, Heart of Darkness LS 152 facpac on ERES To access ERES materials, (1) go to the Mansfield Library home page, (2) click on Reserve Materials, (3) locate the course through one of the three drop-down menus, (4) click on Search at bottom of page, (5) click on either of the sections listed, (6) click on 00 Electronic Reserve, (7) type in password (Erasmus) and click Accept, (7) click on the text to be opened up. Exams There will be a mid-term, a final, and occasional reading and lecture quizzes. Writing You will write two critical essays. Research is not required for the papers, but if you do research, borrowings should be fully acknowledged. Plagiarized papers will fail (see "Conduct" below). No late papers except for documented emergencies. Attendance After four unexcused absences your grade will decline. The midterm and final exams must be taken on the days and at the times they are scheduled. Grading Tests-50%, papers-40%, participation/quizzes-1 0% Schedule January 23 Introduction 25 Dante, ix-xvi, xxx-xxxvi, Inferno Cantos 1-1126 Lecture: Medieval Art and Culture 27 Inferno Cantos 12-22 30 Inferno Cantos 23-34 February 1 Purgatory Cantos 1-5, 29-33  2 Lecture: Dante and His Times 3 Paradise Cantos 1-5, 30-33 6 Pico, "On the Dignity of Man"* 8 "On the Dignity of Man" 9 Lecture: Italian Renaissance Art 10 Erasmus, from In Praise of Folly* 13 In Praise of Folly, cont. 15 Erasmus, from Paracelsus* 16 Lecture: Renaissance Humanism 17 Luther, from The Reformation* 22 More, Utopia xi-47 23 Lecture: Luther/Protestant Reformation 24 Utopia 49-117 27 Montaigne, "On Cannibals"*; Hamlet Act 1 March 1 Shakespeare, Hamlet, Acts 2-3 2 Lecture: Shakespeare and Hamlet 3 Hamlet, Acts 4-5 6 Descartes, Discourse vii-26; ESSAY 1 DUE 8 Discourse 26-50 9 Lecture: Descartes and Modern Philosophy 10 Discourse, cont. 13 MIDTERM EXAMINATION 15 Donne, misc. poems* 16 Lecture: The Art of the Baroque 17 Herbert, misc. poems* 20 Vaughn, "The Night"*; Marvell, "To His"* 22 Kant, "What Is Enlightenment"* 23 Lecture: Bach, Beethoven, eta/. 24 Pope, Essay*; Swift, "A Modest Proposal"* April 3 Voltaire, Candide 7-49 5 Candide 49-96 6 Lecture: The Enlightenment 7 Candide 96-144 10 Romantic Poetry 1-21 12 Romantic Poetry 23-39 13 Lecture: Romanticism 14 Romantic Poetry 63-81, 1 05-110 17 Tolstoy, !::irumY 13-55; ESSAY #2 DUE 19 Tolstoy, Happy Ever After 56-97 20 Lecture: The Russian Novel 21 Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan llych 24 The Declaration*; "Federalist #10"* 26 Marx, four readings* 27 Lecture: Modem Political Thought 28 Arendt, "On the Nature of Totalitarianism"* May 1 Conrad, Heart of Darkness 1-27 3 Heart of Darkness 27-50 5 Heart of Darkness 50-72 10 FINAL EXAMINATION, 10:10-12:10 *Texts on ERES Conduct UM policy on honesty: "All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University." Student Conduct Code: http://www.umt.edu/SANPSA/index.cfm/page/1321 

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