Part I: The Enlightenment: Reason and Individuality |
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| W | Jan 10 | LECTURE: The Enlightenment (Melissa Butler) |
| F | 12 | Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? [Readings Book B] |
| M | 15 | John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding (selections), and Isaac Newton, Principia (selections) [Readings Book C] |
| W | 17 | David Hume, “Of Miracles,” and Condorcet, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Human Mind, (selections) [Readings Book D] |
| F | 19 | “Declaration of Independence,” “Bill of Rights,” and the “Declaration of the Rights of Man.” [Readings Book E] |
| M | 22 | Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (selections) [Readings Book F] |
Part II: The Enlightenment: Extension, Reaction, Suspicion |
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| W | 24 | Romantic Prose and Poetry [Readings Book G] |
| F | 26 | LECTURE: From the Age of Enlightenment to the Romantic Age: Shifting Sensibilities and New Modes of Artistic Expression (Judd Danby & Michael Mackenzie) |
| M | 29 | John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (selections) [Readings Book H] |
| W | 31 | J. H. Newman, “The Usurpation of Reason.” [Readings Book I] |
| F | Feb. 2 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments,” and “The Solitude of Self” [Readings Book J] |
| M | 5 | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, and The Communist Manifesto (selections) [Readings Book K] |
| W | 7 | Friedrich Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lie in an ExtraMoral Sense” (1873); Human, All Too Human (1878); Daybreak (1881); Joyful Wisdom (1882/1887); The Will to Power (Notebooks of 1884-86); Beyond Good and Evil (1886) [Readings Book L] |
Part III: The Enlightenment: Crises and Reconstruction |
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| F | 9 | LECTURE: Crises and Reconstruction, 1914-present (Stephen Morillo) |
| M | 12 | Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1928) |
| W | 14 | Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents, pp. xxiii, 37-74, 80-89, (from “The name…” to “These interrelations…”), 93-96, and 104-112. |
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Shown Wed., Feb. 14 and Thurs.., Feb. 15 at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb Classroom |
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| F | 16 | Discussion of Night and Fog, Elie Wiesel, “A Prayer for the Days of Awe,” and Holocaust Poetry [Readings Book M] |
| M | 19 | United Nations, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” and Václav Havel, “Kosovo and the End of the Nation-State” [Readings Book N] |
| W | 21 | Stephen Hawking, Brief History of Time, Chapters 1-4 |
| F | 23 | Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (1963) |
Part IV: The African American Experience |
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| M | 26 | African-American Poetry and Music [Readings Book O] |
| W | 28 | W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapters 1, 13 |
| F | Mar 2 | LECTURE: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Dream Deferred: The 19th Century Experience (Peter Frederick) |
Spring Break 3-11 March |
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| M | 12 | W.E. B. DuBois, Chapters 3-4 and Booker T. Washington, “Atlanta Exposition Address” [Readings Book P] |
| W | 14 | “Sweat” by Zora Neal Hurston and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance [Readings Book Q] |
| F | 16 | LECTURE The Harlem Renaissance (Joy Castro) |
| M | 19 | Richard Wright, “The Man who was Almost a Man”; Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (selections). [Readings Book R] |
| W | 21 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 1-3, 7, 9-11. |
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Shown Thurs., March 22 Sun., March 25 at 4:15 and 7:00pm in the Korb Classroom |
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| F | 23 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapters 13-14, 17, 19, pp. 430-47, 461-63 of Epilogue |
| M | 26 | 4 Little Girls, and Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail” [Readings Book S] |
| W | 28 | LECTURE: Malcolm, Martin, and the Movement (Lori Pierce) |
| F | 30 | August Wilson, Fences |
| M | Apr 2 | Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Colored People (selections) and Itaberi Njeri (story)“...when he heard Mahalia sing,” [Readings Book T] |
Part V: Mexico: Roots and Realities |
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| W | 4 | LECTURE: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Mexico (Rick Warner) |
| F | 6 | Carlos Fuentes, “Chac-Mool” [Readings Book U] |
| M | 9 | Slides and Discussion: Eighteenth-Century Caste Paintings |
| W | 11 | Ricardo Pozas, Juan the Chamula |
| F | 13 | Slides and Discussion: Mexican Muralistas—Diego Rivera, David Siquieros, José Clemente Orozco |
| M | 16 | José E. Pacheco, Battles in the Desert [Readings Book V] |
| W | 18 | Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit and Other Plays, [Zoot Suit] |
Part VI: Thinking about Culture |
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| F | 20 | LECTURE: What is Culture? (William Placher and Raymond Williams) |
| M | 23 | E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Magic, Witchcraft, and Oracles among the Azande (selections) [Readings Book W] |
| W | 25 | Clifford Geertz: “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight” [Readings Book X] |
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Shown Wednesday April 25 at 4:15pm and 7:00pm and Thursday April 26 at 4:15 and 7:00pm in Korb. |
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| F | 27 | Discussion: “Deep Play” at Wabash |