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Aug. 20
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Introduction
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Aug. 22
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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, chapter 6: 157-166 (skim for general background
about early Christianity
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Aug. 27
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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: 169-177
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Aug. 29
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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: 189-217 (skim art sections; read
the rest)
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Sept. 1
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No class; holiday
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Sept. 3
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The Song of Roland, introduction and stanzas
1-7 (separate textbook)
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Sept. 5
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Video 1: “The Skin of Our Teeth”
Bulletin Board #1 due
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Sept. 8
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Song of Roland, stanzas 8-71
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Sept. 10
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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. 12
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Song of Roland, stanzas 177-186, 269-291
Bulletin Board #2 due
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Sept. 15
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Finish Song of Roland
WH, chapter 9:219-249 (slim art sections; read the
rest)
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Sept. 17
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Marie de France, “Eliduc,” Penguin: 50-64;
Courtly Love and Its Rules, SR: 130-131
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Sept. 19
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Early Christian and Byzantine Slides:
Slides, SR: 107-109
WH, chapter 6: 163-165 (Early Christian Art)
WH, chapter 7: 177-185 (Early Christian Architecture)
WH, chapter 8, re-read art & architecture sections
scattered throughout chapter
Early Christian and Byzantine art, SR: 41-49
Bulletin Board #3 due
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Sept. 22
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Finish slides
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Sept. 24
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TEST 1 |
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Sept. 26
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Video 2: “The Great Thaw” |
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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
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Scholasticism:
Peter Abelard, SR, 72-76; Penguin, 30-40;
41-49
St. Thomas Aquinas, SR, 77-79; Penguin, 67-69
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Oct. 3
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Bulletin Board #4 due
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Oct. 6
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Begin Dante, The Divine Comedy, “Inferno”
(read introduction and Cantos 1-6; separate textbook)
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Oct. 8
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Inferno, Cantos 7-17
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Oct. 10
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No class; I’m gone
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Oct. 13
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No class; Fall Break
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Oct. 15
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Inferno, Cantos 18-30
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Oct. 17
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Inferno, Cantos 31-33
Bulletin Board #5 due
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Oct. 20
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Finish Inferno
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Oct. 22
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Romanesque slides: SR, 51-52 (Romanesque art)
WH, chapter 9: 235-239 (Romanesque art & achitecture)
Slides, SR: 111-113
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Oct. 24
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Video 3: “Romance and Reality”
Bulletin Board #6 due
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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: 253-265
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Oct. 29
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Decameron, two stories, Penguin: 100-119
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Oct. 31
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Christine de Pizan, selections from Book of the
City of Ladies, SR: 102; Penguin: 73-85
Bulletin Board #7 due
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Nov. 3
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Gothic Slides: SR: 115-117
WH, chapter 9: 239-247 (Gothic art & architecture)
WH, chapter 10: 265-283 (Late Gothic art & architecture)
Gothic art & architecture, SR: 53-57
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Nov. 5
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TEST 2 |
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Nov. 7
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Finish Gothic slides
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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: 315-324
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Nov. 12
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Erasmus, Penguin: 125-129
Luther, Penguin: 173-180
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Nov. 14
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Montaigne, “On the Education of Children,” SR: 80-83;
“On Cannibals,” Penguin: 255-230
Bulletin Board #8 due
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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
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Renaissance slides: SR: 119-121
WH, chapter 11: 298-313 (Early Renaissance
art)
Renaissance art & artists, SR: 58-667
WH, chapter 12: 324-342 (Late Renaissance art)
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Nov. 21
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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)
Bulletin Board #9 due
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Nov. 24
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Video 4: “Man: The Measure of All Things”
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Nov. 26, 28
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Thanksgiving Holiday
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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
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Cervantes, selections from Don Quixote, Penguin:
231-255
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Dec. 5
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Catch up day
Bulletin Board #10 due
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Dec. 8
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Practice slide test
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Dec. 10
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Video 5: “The Hero as Artist”
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Dec. 12
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No class
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Thurs., Dec. 18
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FINAL EXAM, 11:50-1:40 in the classroom
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