HUMN 221 -
HUMANITIES II
Fall 2009
TR
Fraser 119
INSTRUCTOR
Theodore
Everett
office:
telephone:
(office)245-5198; (home)243-3433
e-mail:
everett@geneseo.edu
office hours:
2:00-4:00W and by appointment
TEXTS
Locke, Second Treatise of Government (Harlan
Davidson) 0882951254
Swift, Gulliver's Travels (Houghton Mifflin)
0395051460
American Historical Documents (xerox pack)
Rousseau,
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
(Hackett) 0872201503
Marx and
Engels, Communist Manifesto (International)
0717802418
Mill, Utilitarianism and On
Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
(Norton) 0393301583
Solzhenitsyn,
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
(Bantam) 0553247778
All
texts are available at Sundance Books.
When you buy the texts, check to
make sure you have the right edition. Always bring the assigned text to class.
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
1.- 2
Papers (36% of final grade): There
will be two papers, each four pages long.
They will be analytical papers, each requiring you to think carefully
about some aspect of the works under consideration. The papers are to be word-processed,
double-spaced, and carefully proofread for mechanical errors. Each assignment will be explained by a
handout and will be discussed in detail in class. Each paper will count for 18% of the final
grade.
2.- 3
Examinations (54% of final grade): Three
hourly examinations, largely essay in format.
Each exam will count for 18% of the final grade.
3.- Participation
(10% of final grade): Class
discussion and some quizzes on the readings.
Come fully prepared.
PLAGIARISM
All work
submitted for this course must be your own. Any plagiarism will result
in a grade of E for the course. See the
college academic honesty policy for definitions and details, at http://www.geneseo.edu/~bulletin/addpolicies.shtml#student_academic
COURSE SCHEDULE
Note: all dates for specific readings
are tentative.
9/1-9/3 Decartes
9/8-9/15 Locke
9/17-9/24
Swift
9/29-10/6 American Historical Documents
10/8 EXAM 1
10/13 FALL BREAK - no class
10/15-10/20 Rousseau
10/22-10/27 Marx
10/29 no class (PAPER 1 due
10/30, noon, Welles 103)
11/3-11/10 Mill
11/12 EXAM 2
11/17-11/24 Freud
11/26 THANKSGIVING BREAK – no class
12/1-12/10 Solzhenitsyn (PAPER 2 due 12/10)
FINAL EXAM:
Tuesday, 12/22,