History 125: Humanities from the Renaissance to the Present
Occidental College Spring 2022
Instructor: Prof.
Maryanne Horowitz, History Department
Class Time: 8:30-9:55
Tues, Thurs. Break 9:10-9:20
Classroom: Johnson 105
CORE Credit as Regional Focus and Pre-1800; History dept. Credit
as Europe survey and Pre-1800
Office Hours on Zoom
starting Jan. 23: Wed. 3-4:30 p.m. and Fri. 12-1:30 pm.
15 or 30 minute meetings in ZOOM, Reserve appointment at https://www.oxy.edu/academics/faculty/maryanne-horowitz. Zoom
invitation will be sent out at start of the day’s appointments.
Please upload a current profile photo to https://occidental.zoom.us/profile and to the participant list in MOODLE.
Catalogue Description: In
this course focused on European cultures, students will consider the
Renaissance and Reformation, Science and Baroque Splendor, Enlightenment Reason
and Revolution, Romanticism and Individualism, Industrial Revolution and New
Social Thought, Modernism in Literature and the Arts, Global Influences,
Cultural Pluralism, and Postmodern Culture. Students experience and critically
evaluate texts and images from both historical and contemporary points of
view.
Required materials:
Lawrence S. Cunningham,
John J. Reich, and Lois Fichner-Rathus,
Culture & Values: A Survey of the Humanities, vol. 2, 9th edition, CENGAGE (Recommend used pb. or ebook. Students who wish may use Mindtap on-line 9th edition from
CENGAGE, but class papers or exams will be essays emailed to horowitz@oxy.edu. Choice
of topics will be posted on MOODLE at least 2 weeks ahead.
Chance for some
collegial camaraderie. Hoping students in
this class will enjoy small student-led discussions that will lead to their
group’s presentations in a regular class meeting. Group has a shared file on
google drive.
Group 1) Buy a used copy or use Oasys
electronic book prepared for our class:
Kaufmann, Existentialism form
Dostoevsky to Sartre to focus on secular authors Dostoevsky Nietzsche,
Kafka, Ortega and Sartre.
Group 2)
Peter Burke, Eyewitnessing:
The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence, Cornell UP (used) Unlimited
access to ebook at Occidental College Library.
Individual presentations also available from:
3) Some Pdfs from this book on reserve; Edgar Knoebel,
ed., Classics of Western Thought: The Modern World, 4th
edition, Harcourt Brace (used)
4) Close attention to comparing and contrasting
excerpts of texts in Culture & Values.
(Speak up briefly on
short excerpts of literature in the class’s required readings)
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.
Course Outcomes:
· Students
can describe the major cultural movements of European culture from 1500 to the
present by describing and analyzing examples of material cultural objects and
texts.
· Students
gain a critical awareness of how the past informs the present, providing an
understanding of the conditions that made possible the break with or the
persistence of social structures, organizational hierarchies, artistic
productions, or patterns of thought.
· Students
will make oral presentations on primary sources. (Within discussion group
chosen)
· Students
will write a historical essay assessing the relationships among creative works,
and properly citing and critically evaluating primary and secondary sources in
M.L.A. style.
Expectations for 3 assignments submitted as
attachment to horowitz@oxy.edu
· Prof. will post choice
of questions for paper and for 2 takehome exams two
weeks ahead of due date.
· Takehome essays and Paper
require M.L.A. parenthetical notes and Works Cited divided into Primary and
Secondary Sources.
· Email as Word.doc or docx attachments to horowitz@oxy.edu. First sentence of
email should state your First and Last Name and Due Date of Assignment attached
and topics chosen. Have each essay in a
separate Word.doc or docx with your full name in the .doc title (for Prof.
Horowitz to download).
· Students may discuss the
questions of essays or paper with others in the class with the goal of citing
other students for an interpretation with which you agree or disagree. Students
may consult with Writing Center or History Tutor Gus Gruneau
Grading: 25% each:
1) Class participation
(including group or individual oral presentations), extra credit for
intellectual camaraderie as in leading student discussion group outside of
class or for positive impact on other students’ thinking and writing (citation
of other students welcome.)
2) 12 noon Fri. Feb. 25, 2022 (5th week) Takehome exam of 2 essays from a choice of essay
topics. 2-3 pages each in separate
Word.docx with parenthetical references to artist or author, page in Culture & Values, class lecture, or
student comment.
3) 8:00 p.m. Th March17, 2022 (7th week) See choice between 2 paper topics after
class schedule. Typed Proposal for Paper Due with start of Works Cited and
Figure List.
8:00 p.m. Thurs. March
31 (90h week)
Paper Compare/Contrast exercise. The papers requires
at least 4 scholarly articles (as from JSTOR)
or books in addition to Culture and
Values for you to argue with other scholars’ interpretations. Work Cited divided
into Primary and Secondary Sources and a Figure List (artist, object, p. in
book or website) https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/essay or another guide to M.L.A. style as in Turabian from FYS or CSP courses.
4) In-class exam on laptops
Tues. April 19 (122h week) NO FINAL
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At bottom of syllabus
link to Occidental College Policies:
On-line learning environment, Principle of Honor, and Student Support
Services
Schedule by week. Lectures will project images
from Culture and Values. Students should use from MOODLE the
chapter outlines on which Prof. Horowitz has bolded images and texts of most
importance for this class.
Tuesday-Thursday Schedule for Spring 2022
WEEK 1
Start ch. 13, The High Renaissance and
Mannerism in Italy and read p.579.
Tuesday, January 25, Overview of course. Intro to the
Renaissance. Review Outlines for ch. 13 & ch.14 as you start ch. 13.
Thursday, January 27, 2021 Will ask students to discuss p. 579 on MLK and Gandhi;
pp.444, 445 & 448 Magnificio vs. Guilano’s views
on men and women at court
according to Castiglione, pp. 448, 449 Venetian courtesans like poet Veronica.
Powerpoint on images from ch. 13.
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WEEK 2 Complete by Thurs. ch.13.The High
Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy.
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 Discuss reading 13.1 Da Vinci and 13.2
Michelangelo. Ppt to textbook.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 Meet in Classroom Johnson 105. Burckhardtian Renaissance ppt on MOODLE
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WEEK 3
Read Culture & Values, ch. 14
“The High Renaissance in Northern Europe and Spain” and on Vermeer, pp. 520
& selections group leader assigned in Eyewitnessing or
Existentialism (also see
Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Sartre in pdfs. from Classics)
Tuesday, February 8 Lecture on
“Exotic Female (and Male) Continents,” ch. 1 of new ebook Bodies and Maps. Lecture on ch.
14
Thurs. Feb. 10 Meeting
in Special Collections, 3rd floor Academic Commons. Hands-on Visit to a Renaissance library.
Consider choice between
paper topics below from Culture &
Values. Use Oxy library for building your Works Cited.
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WEEK 4 Start Ch. 15 “The
Seventeenth Century”
Tuesday, February 15 Students receive choice of takehome exam questions.
Student on Montaigne on Topinamba
Amerindians14.6 &14.7; Student on love theme in Elizabeth 14.10, Marlowe
14.12. Lecture ch 14-start ch. 15
Thursday, February 17 Ch. 15 lecture
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WEEK 5 Finish ch. 15.
Tuesday, February 22 Complete ch. 15 on
baroque art. Student on Tartuffe 15.4
and Don Quixote 15.5
Thursday, February 24
(This
course is omitting chs. 16-18) Ch.
22 (1914-45) as intro. to Modernist Art to be seen Sunday at LACMA
Eyewitnessing report ch. 3
Noon Fri. Feb 25 Takehome Exam due
chs.13-15 (email
to horowitz@oxy.edu 2 Essays from group of essays on MOODLE, each 2-3 typed pages
Times Roman, 12 Point, Double Space.
Include parenthetical reference to primary sources in our textbook, a
lecture, or an agreement or disagreement with what a person has said in class discussion .
Book on 2-hour reserve on exhibit: Envisioning modernism : the
Janice and Henri Lazarof collection
Sun Feb. 27 SPECIAL
EVENT. Class trip to LACMA to examine art works of the Modernist period
(as in Culture and Values, chs. 21 & 22.) Bring a device or
paper/pencil for recording info. on 2-4 works that particularly interest you. 2 students pick up
lunches at 9:15 at JSC load-dock (backside of the Marketplace/Johnson Student
Center at 9:15am. The bus will meet
students at the front of campus by Rush Gym (Alumni Ave & Campus Rd) at
9:30 am. All
students bring Oxy photo ID and proof of Vaccination. Prof. Horowitz will meet
you at entrance path from 6th St.
with museum tickets for 10 a.m. opening.. Lunch
break outside. At 2:00 p.m. we load
bus to return to Oxy
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WEEK 6
Start ch. 19 “The Eighteenth Century”
Tuesday, March 1
Existentialism
Group presentation on19th century: Dostoevsky and Nietzsche
Continuing
on political theory, student on Mary Wollstonecraft 19.5-6& Rousseau
19.7. Lecture Ch. 19
Thursday, March 3 Eyewitnessing report
ch. 5 & 6
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Spring
Break. March 8, March 10 No Class
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. Chs. 16-18 are not assigned
otherwise.
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WEEK 7 Complete Ch. 19
Tuesday, March 15 Discussion
of global readings Lecture
ch.19
Thursday, March 17
8:00 p.m. Thurs. March 17 Submit a typed
paragraph proposal for the paper due Thurs. March
31. Include a “Works Cited” divided
into Primary Sources and Secondary Sources and a Figure List (Artist, the work,
p. in specific book or website)
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WEEK 8 Ch. 20 Read “Europe
and America: 1800-1870” and pdf on
Locke on “Civil Government” on MOODLE.
Tuesday, March 22 Students on Existentialism of early 20th Century:
Kafka and
Ortega
Thursday, March 24 Eyewitnessing, ch. 7 & 8
WEEK
9 Read ch. 21 “Toward the Modern Era 1870-1914”
Tuesday, March 29 Students on
Existentialism of later 20th Century:
Sartre and Camus
Thursday, March 31 Lecture on Ch. 21
8 p.m,
Thurs. March 31 Email
paper to horowitz@oxy.edu. See Specific choice of assignment below. Add 4 scholars to consider (from either books
or articles found from JStor) in your Works
Cited. Write a 4-page typed paper on your scholarly interpretation (Times
Roman, 12 Point, 1 inch margins) with M.L.A.
parenthetical notes, plus Works Cited divided into Primary and Secondary
Sources, and optionally a Figure List.
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WEEK
10 Start
Ch. 22 “The World at War: 1914-1945”
Registration week.
Sat April 2 Posting
at top section of MOODLE topics to consider for in-class essay exam April 19
Tuesday, April 5 Students on Existentialism of 20th
Century. Group concludes. Study sheet
passed out for exam Tues April 19.
Thursday, April 7 Focus on
“Some Trends in Contemporary Literature” ch. 23, pp.
857-863. Student
analysis texts 23.1, .2, .5, .6,.7, .8, .9 Eyewitnessing,
chs. 9 &10
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WEEK 11
Start to read Ch. 23 “The Contemporary Contour”
Have Oral student analysis on
works.
Tuesday, April 12 Student
analysis of texts 23.10, .11, .12, .13
.
Thursday, April 14
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WEEK 12 Read ch.
23 “The Contemporary Contour
Tuesday, April 19 In-Class Exam on your laptop. Chapters
19-22, a few selections of ch. 23.
Thursday, April 21 Discussion of nudes, followed by a discussion
of equestrians, with student insights from their papers. Discussion of spoofs
of earlier art works (as in those
of Mona Lisa).
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WEEK 13 Finish
ch. 23.
Tue. April 26 Lecture on ch. 23 with student analysis of works
Thursday, April 28. Student
Evaluations
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Paper
Topics: Compare and Contrast assignment in Culture &
Values
Ch. 19 pp.
640-1 Equestrian (perhaps add a controversy on an equestrian statue such
Theodore Roosevelt statue moving from American Museum of Natural History, or of
a Confederate General (standing or removed), or of rare female equestrian
statue such as Joan of Arc.
or
Ch. 21 pp.
730-31 Female Body, Male Gaze (Ok to focus on 2 of the 4 images or to add other
images or to add female gaze)
Paper
Assignment is a Compare/Contrast exercise. The paper requires at least 4 scholarly articles (as from JSTOR) or books in addition to Culture and Values for you to argue with
other scholars’ interpretations. You are encouraged to cite and argue with
other students’ interpretations as well. Work Cited divided into Primary and
Secondary Sources and ( https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/essay) and a Figure List. Use Turabian from First Year Seminar. For Figure
List, list artist, object, p. in book or website. You may include images in an
Appendix if you wish. The assignment conforms to a
thesis-driven expository essay as in Occidental College’s First Stage Writing
Proficiency Portfolio.
4 page paper in Word.doc,
paginated, including M.L.A. parenthetical notes , plus
Works Cited divided into the Primary and Secondary Sources utilized. List word
count before Works Cited.
Include after Works Cited a
Figure List (artist, title, date, book and page or website) Format: Times
Roman, 12 point, 1 inch margins, paginated in Word.doc
or .docx.
The criteria for evaluating the paper are as follows:
● Provides
thesis and logical structure of paper
● Considers
alternate historical interpretations, the secondary sources (with M.L.A
parenthetical notes to scholars or students in the class)
● Argues
for thesis via detailed analysis of primary sources and differences between
them
● Writes
in proper sentences and paragraphs (each with one topical sentence)
● Provides
parenthetical notes for quotations and summaries, leading reader to author and
page.
● Works cited divided into
Primary Sources and Secondary Sources M.L.A. Style (See Turabian from First
Year Seminar) ( https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/essay)
Grading: Prof.
Horowitz she seeks to work with you so that the final grades range only from B-
to A. Final course
grades in this class have the following meaning: (Prof. Horowitz is aiming to
assign only grades B-, B, B+, A-, A)
A Outstanding performance. You have demonstrated very thorough knowledge and
understanding of all the material, truly superior critical thinking, and
expressed insightful and original thoughts clearly. You have completed all
required assignments, and they have been among the best in the class.
B Good performance. You have demonstrated solid knowledge and understanding of
the material and good critical thinking. You have also shown the ability to
express your ideas clearly. You have completed all required assignments, and
they have been of good quality.
C Satisfactory performance. You have demonstrated basic knowledge and understanding of
the major concepts taught in the class and some critical thinking. You have
completed all or most of the required assignments, and they have routinely been
free of significant problems.
D Deficient performance. You have only acquired a limited understanding of the class
material. You have failed to complete all the required assignments, and they
have routinely had serious problems.
F Failure. You have failed to learn
a sufficient proportion of the basic concepts and ideas taught in the
class. You have failed to complete many required assignments, and they have
routinely had serious problems.
Resources
in Academic Commons:
History Tutor: Senior
Gus Gruneau
Mon. 6-8 p.m. and Wed. 10-12 Drop-in Ground Floor, Tutoring Nook.
● The Writing Center offers opportunities
to work on all forms of writing for any class or other writing tasks such as
personal statements, senior comprehensives, etc. We offer peer-to-peer
consultations with knowledgeable Writing Advisers and sessions with Faculty
Writing Specialists. See the Writing Center website for more information
about our fall hours and how students can sign up for appointments. Please
contact the Writing Programs-Center Director, Julie Prebel (jprebel@oxy.edu)
for more information on how the Center can work with you.
● The college offers library
research consultations and discipline-specific
peer tutoring for coursework
● Attendance
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“Participation is expected as the work that we do in class is
critical to your understanding of the material and you will be giving feedback
to your peers on many occasions.
However, if there is a medical issue or family emergency please let me
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or conscience, please let me know as early in the semester as possible.”
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●
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paper assignment or an exam. She will
try to accommodate your re-scheduling.
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