HUMN 220: HUMANITIES I
Spring
2009
TR
4:00-5:40pm
Welles
132
INSTRUCTOR:
Theodore
Everett
office:
telephone:
x5198
email: everett@geneseo.edu
office hours: 1:00-2:00 TR (and
by appt.)
TEXTS:
Perry, Western Civilization: A Brief History
(Houghton Mifflin)
Sophocles,
Three Theban Plays (Penguin)
Thucydides,
On Justice, Power, and Human Nature (Hackett)
Plato, The Republic (Hackett)
Virgil, The Aeneid (Bantam)
The Bible, Revised Standard Version (
Augustine,
Confessions (Penguin)
Dante, Inferno (Penguin)
Machiavelli,
The Prince (Penguin)
Shakespeare
Hamlet (Signet)
When
you buy the texts, check to make sure
you have the right edition. This is
particularly important with Plato and Thucydides, since other editions are
floating around. Always bring the assigned text to class.
REQUIREMENTS:
1.- 2
Papers: There will be two papers,
each four to five 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 approximately 18% of
the final grade.
2.- 3
Examinations: Three hourly examinations, in mixed format. Each exam will count for 18% of the final
grade.
3.- Quizzes: There will be about ten quizzes on the
readings, totaling 10% of the final grade.
4.- Participation: Class discussion and improvement will be
factors in any borderline grades.
PLAGIARISM:
All work
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 (readings in parentheses).
Note: all dates for specific
topics are tentative.
1/20 Introduction; The world before history
1/22 Homer,
Iliad (handout) [Perry, Ch. 1]
1/27 Sophocles,
Antigone (also read Introduction)
[Perry, Ch. 3]
1/29 Antigone
2/3 Thucydides, Peloponnesian War pp. 1-96 (omit pp. 59-66, 76-87)
2/5 Peloponnesian War pp. 99-160 (omit pp.
125-154)
2/10 Plato;
Republic I-IV
2/12 Republic V-VIII
2/17 Virgil,
Aeneid I, II, IV [Perry, Ch. 4]
2/19 Aeneid VI, XII
2/24 catch
up and review
2/28 FIRST
EXAM
3/3 Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus 1-25 [Perry, Ch. 2]
3/5 Old Testament: Samuel I and II
3/10 New
Testament: Matthew [Perry, Ch. 5]
3/12 Matthew
3/17, 3/19 SPRING
BREAK
3/24 New
Testament: Romans; FIRST PAPER DUE
3/26 Augustine,
Confessions
3/31 Confessions
4/2 catch up and review
4/7 SECOND
EXAM
4/9 Medieval interlude (handouts) [Perry, Ch. 6]
4/14 Dante,
Inferno I-X [Perry, Ch. 7]
4/16 Inferno XI-XXXIV
4/21 Machiavelli,
Prince [Perry, Ch. 8]
4/23 Prince
4/28 Shakespeare,
Hamlet
4/30 Hamlet; SECOND PAPER DUE
5/5 catch
up and review
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 5/13,