HISTORY
125 Humanities
from the Renaissance to the Present.
Spring 2019
10:40-11:35 a.m.
Pre-1800 and Regional
CORE credit.
Pre-1800 and Survey for History major or minor.
Instructor
Prof. Maryanne Horowitz
Office: Swan 314 323-259-2583 (x2583 on campus)
Office Hours: Mon. 1:00-3:05 p.m. & 8:00-8:20 a.m Wed. and Fri. Also by appointment
Books for Purchase: (bookstore or used same edition at Amazon.com)
Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich, and Lois Fichner-Rathus, Culture
& Values: A Survey of the Humanities, vol. 2, 9th edition, CENGAGE Paperback
recommended. Students who wish may use Mindtap
on-line 9th edition, but class exams will be long and short essays
only.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To gain familiarity with major cultural movements
(artistic, literary, philosophical) in the history of Western
Civilizations
To experience the process of
interpreting major movements and ideas in early modern, modern, and
contemporary European and American cultures.
To learn basic methods of
historical investigation, particularly analysis of textual and visual sources. DOCUMENT
ANALYSIS FORM
To develop skills in historical
argument, critical analysis, writing, and oral presentation.
Plan to read the chapter before the week assigned
and review sections discussed in class after the class.
Read Culture & Values, ch. 13 The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy
1)
Wed., Jan. 23
Fri., Jan. 25 Discuss p. 579 on MLK and
Gandhi; discuss pp. 445-449 on men and women at court according to Castiglione,
Venetian courtesans like Veronica Franco, and courtesans compared in Europe and
Japan.
2)
Mon., Jan. 28
Wed., Jan. 30
Fri., Feb. 1
Read Ch. 14 “The High Renaissance
in Northern Europe and Spain”
3)
Mon., Feb. 4
Wed., Feb. 6
Fri., Feb. 8 Pass
in typed paragraph on plan for paper 1.
Read Ch. 15 “The Seventeenth
Century”
4)
Mon., Feb. 11
Wed., Feb. 13
Fri., Feb. 15 Please bring
2 drafts of paper for paper workshop (reading on another topic).
5)
Mon. is a holiday, President’s Day.
Wed. Feb. 20 Paper 1 Due. Pick
a “Compare and Contrast” from ch. 13, 15, 19, 20. Add
2 books and 2 scholarly articles to
your Works Cited. Write a 4-page typed paper (Times Roman, 12 Point, 1
inch margins) with M.L.A. parenthetical notes on your interpretation.
Wed., Feb. 20
Fri., Feb. 22
Chs. 16-18 not assigned except for readings during spring vacation
below. Read ch. 19 on “The Eighteenth Century”
6) Mon., Feb. 25
Wed., Feb. 27
Fri., Mar. 1
7) Mon., Mar. 4 Meet in OMAC Lab, bottom floor near Writing
Center in Academic Commons Confirmed
date of exam 1 (chs.
13, 14, 15,19)
Wed.,
Mar. 6
Fri., Mar. 8
Spring Vacation Read pp. 560-63 on Mexican nationalism, pp.
591-2 (China today), pp. 595-99 (Japanese arts), pp.
608-615 on slavery and colonialism and African literature.
Read ch. 20 “Europe and America:
1800-1870”
8)
Mon., Mar. 18
Wed., Mar. 20
Fri., Mar. 22
Read ch. 21 “Toward the
Modern Era”
9)
Mon., Mar. 25
Wed., Mar. 27
Fri., Mar. 29
Ch.
22 “The World at War: 1914-1945”
10)
Mon., Apr. 1
Wed., Apr. 3
Fri., Apr. 5 Submit a typed paragraph proposal for the paper
due April 26. Include a “Works Cited”
with your two key primary sources.
11) Mon., Apr. 8 Be reading this
week in ch. 23 only “Some Trends in Contemporary
Literature” pp. 857-863.
Wed., Apr. 10 Student analysis texts 23.1, .2, .5,
.6,. 7, .8, .9
Fri., Apr. 12 Student analysis of texts 23.10, .11, .12,
.13
Ch.
23 “The Contemporary Contour”
12) Mon., Apr. 15
Confirmed date of exam 2. Meet in OMAC Lab, same
as last time. (Chs. 20, 21, 22, pp.
857-863, and assigned readings in chs. 16-18).
Lectures
on art movements discussed in Ch. 23.
Wed., Apr. 17
Fri., Apr. 19 Typed “Works Cited” of paper 2 due including
some scholarly secondary sources (such as articles from JSTOR, chapters in a
book)
13)
Mon., Apr. 22 Oral
presentations of points students plan to make in paper 2.
Wed., Apr. 24
Fri., Apr. 26
Paper 2 due. Compare 2
works of visual art or of literature/philosophy to show differences in
historical periods as well as in individual expression. Several possible topics
have been discussed in class which emphasize a later
creative work influenced by an earlier one or one from a foreign culture. 4
typed pages with M.L.A. parenthetical references. Works Cited to include at
least 2 books and 2 scholarly articles.
14)
Mon., Apr. 29 Evaluations. Last class.
GRADING:
20% each: Class attendance and participation, Exam 1, Paper 1, Exam 2, Paper 2.
Participation:
expect students to take down specific individual assignments in class for
critically analyzing texts or images in the next class period.
POLICIES:
This Class Policies: Medical note required to miss exam or class
presentation. Paper preparation is long term with expectation of early drafts
and later improvements; therefore paper-as-is must be passed in at paper
deadline even if medical note allows a time extension for final draft. Full attendance expected. Computers during
class are only for note-taking and for looking at websites of this class
(Syllabus, MOODLE)
Papers are handed in to the Professor (not emailed); l grade off for each class day late.
The Writing Center (located on the Ground Floor of the Academic Commons) offers
students from all disciplines two types of support to work on their writing:
peer-to-peer, drop-in consultations with knowledgeable Writing Advisers, Sunday
through Thursday from 7:00-11:00 p.m., and appointments with Faculty Writing
Specialists from the Writing and Rhetoric department. Remember to bring your
class paper assignment and your drafts to an appointment. Information about the Writing Center and a
link to the appointment system is on the WC website: https://www.oxy.edu/writing-center.
College Policy on Academic Honesty:
Current policy at http://www.oxy.edu/student-handbook/academic-ethics/academic-ethics. This class helps prevent plagiarism by
teaching you how to note either quoted or summarized in Endnotes, and Primary
and Secondary Source Bibliographies in University of Chicago Style (See
guidebook by Turabian or Hacker). It is
appropriate to bring an early draft of your paper to faculty office hours to
discuss whether you are properly putting reading into your own words and
putting quotation marks when borrowing phrases, and whether you are making
notation for both your summaries and your quotations.
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https://www.oxy.edu/offices-services/disability-services/academic-accommodations
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