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Aug. 18, 20
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Introduction
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Aug. 23
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“Introduction to Humanities,” SR: iii; “Chronology
of Significant Events,” SR: 1-16 (skim and use as reference)
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Aug. 25
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WH, chapters 5 & 6 (skim for general background
about early Christianity)
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Aug. 27, Fri
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St. Augustine, selections from “Confessions,” Penguin:
1-9. Answer study questions in SR on your reading. (As you
read these selections, look up the author in the index to WH to get some
background on that individual and the literary work assigned.)
“The Nicene Creed,” SR: 71
WH, chapter 7 (skim
art sections; read the rest)
Bulletin Board Test assignment due
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Aug. 30
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The Koran selections, Penguin: 10-24.
Answer study questions. (For subsequent assignments, continue to
note study questions in SR as they occur.)
WH, chapter 8 (skim art sections; read the rest)
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Sept. 1
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The Song of Roland, introduction and stanzas
1-7 (separate textbook)
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Sept. 3, Fri
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Video 1: “The Skin of Our Teeth”
Bulletin Board #1 due
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Sept. 6
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Holiday, no class
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Sept. 8
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Song of Roland, stanzas 8-71
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Sept. 10, Fri
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Song of Roland, stanzas 76-176 (If you like,
omit 96-103 and 116-124; they are repetitions of battle descriptions.)
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Sept. 13
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Song of Roland, stanzas 177-186, 269-291
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Sept. 15
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Finish Song of Roland
WH, chapter 9 (skim art sections; read the rest)
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Sept. 17, Fri
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Marie de France, “Eliduc,” Penguin: 50-64;
Courtly Love and Its Rules, SR: 130-131
Bulletin Board #3 due
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Sept. 20
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Early Christian and Byzantine Slides:
Slides, SR: 107-109
WH, chapter 6 (read Early Christian art & architecture
sections)
WH, chapter 7 (read Early Christian art & architecture
sections)
WH, chapter 8 (read art & architecture sections
scattered throughout chapter)
Early Christian and Byzantine art, SR: 41-49
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Sept. 22
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TEST 1 (art & architecture will
not be on the test)
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Sept. 24, Fri
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Video 2:“The Great Thaw” |
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Sept. 27
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Finish slides |
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Sept. 29
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Peter Damien, Penguin: 25-29
St. Francis of Assisi, Penguin: 65-66
Boniface VIII, Penguin: 70-72
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Oct. 1, Fri
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Scholasticism:
Peter Abelard, SR, 72-76; Penguin, 30-40;
41-49
St. Thomas Aquinas, SR, 77-79; Penguin, 67-69
Bulletin Board #4 due
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Oct. 4
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Begin Dante, The Divine Comedy, “Inferno”
(read introduction and Cantos 1-6; separate textbook)
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Oct. 6
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Inferno, Cantos 7-17
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Oct. 8, Fri
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Video #3: “Romance and Reality”
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Oct. 11
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No class; Fall Break
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Oct. 13
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Inferno, Cantos 18-30
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Oct. 15, Fri
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Inferno, Cantos 18-30 continued
Bulletin Board #5 due
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Oct. 18
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Inferno, Cantos 31-33
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Oct. 20
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Romanesque slides: SR, 51-52 (Romanesque art)
WH, chapter 9 (read Romanesque art & architecture
sections)
Slides, SR: 111-113
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Oct. 22, Fri
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Video 3: “Romance and Reality”
Bulletin Board #6 due
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Oct. 25
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Finish slides
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Oct. 27
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Boccaccio, The Decameron, Introduction:
Black Death, Penguin: 91-99
“This Is the End of the World,” SR: 21-37
WH, chapter 10 (skim art & architecture sections;
read the rest)
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Oct. 29, Fri
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Decameron, two stories, Penguin: 100-119
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Nov. 1
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Christine de Pizan, selections from Book of the
City of Ladies, SR: 102; Penguin: 73-85
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Nov. 3
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TEST 2
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Nov. 5, Fri
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Bulletin Board #7 due
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Nov. 8
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Gothic Slides: SR: 115-117
WH, chapter 9 (read Gothic art & architecture
sections)
WH, chapter 10 (read Late Gothic art & architecture
sections)
Gothic art & architecture, SR: 53-57
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Nov. 10
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WH, chapter 11: 289-298
Renaissance chronology of events, SR: 16-20
Petrarch, Penguin: 86-90
Pico della Mirandola, Penguin: 120-124
WH, chapter 12 (skim art & architecture sections;
read the rest)
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Nov. 12, Fri
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Erasmus, Penguin: 125-129
Luther, Penguin: 173-180
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Nov. 15
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Montaigne, “On the Education of Children,” SR: 80-83;
“On Cannibals,” Penguin: 255-230
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Nov. 17
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Machiavelli, selections from The Prince,
Penguin:
141-154
Castiglione, selections from Book of the Courtier,
Penguin: 155-172
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Nov. 19, Fri
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Renaissance slides: SR: 119-121
WH, chapter 11 (read Early Renaissance art sections)
Renaissance art & artists, SR: 58-667
WH, chapter 12 (read Late Renaissance art sections)
Bulletin Board #8 due
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Nov. 22
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Video: “Man: The Measure of All Things”
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Nov. 24, 26
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Thanksgiving holiday
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Nov. 29
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Finish Renaissance slides
Read 4 selections on important Renaissance artists:
Penguin: 130-132, 133-140, 198-213, 214-224 (Giotto, DaVinci,
Brunelleschi, Michelangelo)
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Dec. 1
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Rabelais, selections from Gargantua and Pantagruel,
Penguin: 181-197
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Dec. 3, Fri
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Cervantes, selections from Don Quixote, Penguin:
231-255
Bulletin Board # 9 due
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Dec. 6
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Practice slide test
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Dec. 8
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Video 5: “The Hero as Artist”
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Dec. 10, Fri
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Bulletin Board # 10 due
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Dec. 14, Tues
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FINAL EXAM, 11:50-1:40 in the classroom
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