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Syllabus (Tentative) HUM 124: The Ancient World (Spring 2015) M 11:25AM-12:35PM - Lipinsky Auditorium OR Karpen Hall 035 WF 11:25AM-12:35PM Karpen Hall 035 Instructor: C.

1 Syllabus (Tentative) HUM 124: The Ancient World (Spring 2015) M 11:25AM-12:35PM - Lipinsky Auditorium OR Karpen Hall 035 WF 11:25AM-12:35PM Karpen Hall 035 Instructor: C. Jacob Butera jbutera@unca.edu Office: (828) Cell: (937) (emergency only) Office Hours: New Hall 123 Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 PM-4:00 PM and by Appointment Overview: This course is a study of representative works of world art (and archaeology) and literature from antiquity (3000BCE-400CE). The focus of this course will be the analysis of the thematic, symbolic, aesthetic, stylistic, generic, and linguistic features of some of the great works of the ancient literary, artistic, and material tradition. An important goal of the class is to promote an understanding of the works in their cultural and historical contexts and of the enduring human values that unite the different ancient traditions. This course will explore themes and concepts that are as relevant today as they were in the ancient world and explore whether or not our own time is shaped by the past. Required Texts: 1. Hook, B. S., M. W. Moseley, Jr., and K. W. Peters. The Asheville Reader: The Ancient World. Acton: Copley Custom Publishing Group. 2. The Epic of Gilgamesh, trans. M. G. Kovacs. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 3. Euripides. Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae, ed. S. Esposito. Newburyport: Focus Publishing. 4. Homer. Odyssey, trans. R. Fagles. New York: Penguin. 5. The Bhagavad-Gita, trans. B. Stoler Miller. New York: Bantam Dell.

2 Humanities Learning Outcomes: 1. Students demonstrate knowledge in the interdisciplinary study of ancient cultures, both in writing and orally. 2. Students identify the key features of a primary text or artifact. 3. Students write a well-supported, organized, and clearly articulated argument. 4. Students articulate their own values and beliefs and compare them with those of divers cultures studied, both in writing and orally. Requirements of the Course: 1. Preparation: Reserve 1-2 hours EVERY DAY for assigned readings (look ahead in the syllabus in order to be prepared for longer reading assignments [e.g. Bhagavad-Gita, Odyssey, Aeneid]). You MUST bring your books and readings to class. Failure to have the appropriate books with you will affect your participation grade. 2. Getting and Staying in Touch: I have scheduled office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM. If you cannot make these times, then we can meet through a scheduled appointment. My contact information is at the top of the syllabus, and I will respond most quickly via . I will expect you to check your regularly and to respond reasonably quickly to s. 3. Participation: This class is based primarily on discussion, and it is vital that we share our ideas and talents with each other. Feel free to ask a question, offer a comment, take a stand on an issue, or disagree with others, including myself. Enter this class intending to learn a great deal; bring an open and critical mind; a sense of humor; an interest in people of other times and places; a willingness to offer your own ideas and to comment respectfully on the ideas of others. You will be assigned a grade on your participation, which necessarily involves your respectful attention and preparation. The grading scale will be as follows: 9-10 (Excellent) - Contributes regularly and enthusiastically to every class; sets agenda for class discussion and moves it forward; states ideas clearly; supports ideas and opinions with specific evidence from the text or elsewhere; follows up on own ideas and refines them; takes the lead in engaging others in discussion; recognized by peers in class. 8-9 (Good) - Contributes good spiritedly to nearly every class discussion; does not dominate; states ideas clearly; supports ideas and opinions with general evidence from the text or elsewhere; always maintains an active presence in the class; sometimes engages with others in dialogue; known to peers in class. 7-8 (Average) - Contributes sporadically to class discussion; offers relevant ideas and opinions, but digresses from the point easily; does not support ideas and opinions with evidence from the text; little follow up or refinement of ideas; speaks declaratively and rarely engages others in dialogue; little known to peers in class. 6-7 (Below Average) - Occasionally tardy; physically present and actively listens, but contributes very little to class discussion; or contributes in disrespectful or dismissive ways; discourages group discussion; unknown to peers in class. 0-6 (Failing) - Absent; tardy; obviously and frequently unprepared and inattentive; or offers unproductive comments and belittles the contributions of others.

3 4. Writing: Writing is DIFFICULT...it takes practice and refinement, time and careful consideration. Your writing will take several forms in this class: occasional short in-class writing assignments (Reading and Response Quizzes), reflections on cultural events, and two short interpretive papers. Each of these assignments will enhance your skills of arguing persuasively for your interpretation. We will focus on the various stages of the process of writing, with particular emphasis on proper grammar and syntax, as well as the challenge of finding something to write about. I STRONGLY encourage you to use the University Writing Center ( writingcenter.unca.edu/) as a resource. Reading and Response Quizzes: You will spend the first minutes of some Friday classes writing a response to an interpretive question, which I will pose from a reading, video, or artifact. These short, in-class responses will be graded on the presence and development of three components: 1. Interpretive Claim: what you think the text means regarding the question. 2. Evidence: quotations from the text that make you think this way (defend claim). 3. Explanation: the reason why the evidence makes you think in a particular way. 5. Cultural Events: attendance at TWO (2) cultural events (one on-campus event and one offcampus event) is REQUIRED during the semester. For each event attended, a one-two page statement of your reflections on or reactions to the event MUST be submitted to me via . These will be counted as writing assignments and a more complete description of these responses will be distributed early in the semester. The first of these responses MUST be submitted before the start of Fall Break (Friday, February 27), and the other MUST be submitted by the last day of class (Monday, April 27). NO EXCEPTIONS. 6. Papers: You will have TWO (2) papers due during the semester. The FIRST will be a short essay (3-4 pages) on the Epic of Gilgamesh in response to a question, which I will pose. This paper will be DUE by the start of class on Friday, February 13. The SECOND paper will be slightly longer (4-7 pages) and will pursue an interpretive question, which you will craft for yourself (i.e. something that you want to learn or discuss). These topics will be discussed in class and MUST be approved by me. This paper will be DUE by the beginning of class on Friday, April 17. Both papers should be submitted via . Grading: 1. Class work, class participation, class attendance, and homework: 10% 2. Reading and Response Quizzes: 25% 3. Cultural Event Write-Up #1 (02/27): 5% 4. Cultural Event Write-Up #2 (04/27): 10% 5. Response Paper #1 (02/13): 10% 6. Response Paper #2 (04/17): 15% 7. Midterm Exam (03/06): 10% 8. Final Exam (04/29): 15% Policies: 1. Throughout the semester, you are expected to adhere to UNCA s Academic Policies and Procedures, which can be found in the University Catalog ( course-catalogs), though group study is encouraged. 2. Because this course will, in great part, be run as a seminar, your active attendance and participation is REQUIRED at every class meeting. Daily attendance and preparation are ESSENTIAL to this course come prepared each day to discuss readings and lectures, analyze

4 art and artifacts, ask questions, and to engage in scholarly discussion and debates with your classmates. Your grade is based largely on your daily participation and attendance (10% of your grade). There is NO make-up for class work, assignments, quizzes, or exams, and missing class adversely affects your participation grade. Should you have more than three (3) absences, your participation grade will fall by ONE LETTER GRADE for each subsequent absence. Eight (8) or more absences will result in immediate failure of the course. Assignments will NOT be accepted late. Arriving late to class will be considered EQUIVALENT to one (1) absence. 3. As a general rule, absences will NOT be allowed in this class. The ONLY exceptions to this will be those matters that fall under the excused absences outlined by university policy ( registrar.unca.edu/course-catalogs). Please contact me ahead of time (give me as much notice as possible) via if you expect to miss class due to team sports, long-term illness, religious observance, official university business, etc. 4. NO electronic devices of any kind will be permitted in class. This includes cell-phones, ipods, ipads, laptops, teablets, etc. Presence of these or similar items in class will adversely affect your participation grade. If there are academic or medical reasons that require the use of a laptop for note or quiz taking, an exception will be made. 5. For students with disabilities that require special accommodations for quizzes, writing, tests, lectures, etc., be sure that you are registered with the Office of Academic Accessibility ( disabilityservices.unca.edu/). If any accommodations in class need to be made, please let me know at the BEGINNING of the semester or contact the Office of Academic Accessibility ( ; academicaccess@unca.edu). Schedule: 1. Homework is listed on the day that it is ASSIGNED (i.e. the readings ASSIGNED on Monday, January 12 th, are expected to be COMPLETED by Wednesday, January 14 th ). 2. The final exam is scheduled for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, from 11:30AM-2:00PM in Karpen Hall ALL assignments are DUE at/by the START of our regularly scheduled class time (e.g., MWF 11:25AM). Assignments may be ed or brought in hard copy, but WILL NOT be accepted from another member of the class.

5 Toolbox for Humanities I 01/12: Introduction to Humanities (Lipinsky 01/14: Introduction; Mesopotamia; Gilgamesh. 01/16: Mesopotamia and Gilgamesh. Lecture: Introduction to course; reception, appropriation, and place of the past. Selection of Myths Asheville Reader: Reading a Primary Text from Antiquity (p ); Essay on Translation (p ). Watch: More Human than Human Do: Introduction to course; reception, appropriation, and place of the past; reading ancient texts and art. Lab: Reading and questioning a primary text (Moodle articles). Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets I-V (p. 1-47). Watch: Mesopotamia February 13): Gilgamesh searches for, finds, and then loses immortality (in plant form). Does the Epic of Gilgamesh present this as a terrible and tragic loss or in some way a positive one? Evaluate the epic s conclusions about immortality, the underworld, and the afterlife/ immortality. Do: Literature (context and interpretation); Mesopotamia; Epic of Gilgamesh; art and artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia. Lab: Cultural appropriation (Moodle articles). Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets VI-XI (p ); Ifa Divination Poetry, with introduction Asheville Reader: Code of Hammurabi (p ). View: Weekly artifacts Toolbox for Humanities; Medea II 01/19: MLK Day. 01/21: Mesopotamia; Gilgamesh; Code of Hammurabi. Do: Mesopotamia; Epic of Gilgamesh; Code of Hammurabi; art and artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia. Euripides, Medea (p ). Watch: Greek Theatre 01/23: Medea and Greek Theater. Take: Reading and Response Quiz #1. Do: Greek theatre; Medea; play production. Euripides, Medea (p ); Esposito, Introduction (p. 1-34) in Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae. View: Weekly artifacts Relationship between Humans and Gods

6 III 01/26: Play Production (Lipinsky 01/28: Priests, Shamans, and Divination. 01/30: Divine Appearance, Law and Contract. Ifa Divination Poetry, with introduction (Moodle); Upanisads on Brahman and Atman View: Weekly Artifacts Watch: Yoruba Cosmology (Moodle); Vedic India Do: Cross-cultural comparison; Gilgamesh; African Religion; Ifa Divination. Genesis 22 (Moodle); Bhagavad Gita, The First (p ), Second (p ), and Eleventh Teachings (p ); excerpts from Genesis, Covenant Asheville Reader: Excerpts from Judges (p ). Watch: Vedic India (Moodle); Bhagavad Gita Do: Cross-cultural comparison; Judaism; Buddhism. Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 (p ); Vergil, Aeneid, Book 6 (Moodle); excerpts from Aristophanes, Frogs (Moodle); The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld and The Book of the Dead Death, Afterlife, and Immortality IV 02/02: Play Production (Lipinsky The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld and The Book of the Dead View: Weekly Artifacts Watch: Being a Dead Egyptian 02/04: The Underworld. Do: Death and the underworld in Greece and Rome; Egypt. Excerpts from Popul Vuh (Moodle); Asvaghosa, Life of the Buddha, The Departure (Moodle); excerpts from Kisa Gotami (Moodle); Bhagavad Gita, The Thirteenth Teaching (p ). Asheville Reader: The Instruction of Amenemope (p ). Watch: Mayan Worldview (Moodle); Buddhism 02/06: The Afterlife. Take: Readings and Response Quiz #2. Do: Death and the afterlife in Egypt and Mesoamerica. Petronius, Satyricon, Dinner at Trimalchio s, p (Moodle); Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 (p ). Fear and the Unknown

7 V 02/09: Play Production (Lipinsky Spell for Saving the Burning-Mouth Hungry Ghost (Moodle); Karma and the Six Realms of Rebirth (Moodle); The King and the Corpse 02/11: Monsters and Demons. Do: Fear of the monstrous; explaining the unknown. Lucian, Philopseudes (Moodle); Pliny, Epistulae 7.27 (Moodle); Chung ching hsüan tsa p i yū ching, The Man Who Lost His Body Asheville Reader: Epicurus, Letter to Menoieceus, On Happiness (p ). 02/13: Darkness and the Unknown. Turn In: Response Paper #1. Do: Fear of the unknown; fear and philosophy. Cyrus Cylinder Inscription (Moodle); Rebecca F. Kennedy et al, Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World, The Persians Asheville Reader: Zarathustra, Zend Avesta (p ). Watch: Persia Identity and Other VI 02/16: Play Production (Lipinsky Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 (p ). View: Weekly Artifacts 02/18: Greeks and Persians. Do: Representing self and other. Pliny, Epistulae (Moodle); The Nicene Creed Asheville Reader: 1 Maccabees 1-4 (p ); The Apostle s Creed (p ); The Gospel of Matthew (p ). Watch: Second Temple Judaism (Moodle); The Rise of Christianity 02/20: Judaism and Christianity. Take: Readings and Response Quiz #3. Do: Race and religion. Deuteronomy 30 (Moodle); Cicero, Against Catiline (Moodle); Juvenal, Satire 3 (Moodle); Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 (p ), Book (p ). Watch: Poverty and Wealth in the Ancient World (Moodle); Imperial Rome Social Justice, Wealth and Poverty

8 VII 02/23: Play Production (Lipinsky Deuteronomy 30 (Moodle); Excerpts from the New Testament - Matthew 6:19-34, Mark 10:17-27; Luke 16:19-31; Acts 4:32-5:11 (Moodle) View: Weekly Artifacts 02/25: Justice and Status. Do: Social justice in the Mediterranean and the Levant. Bhagavad Gita, The Fourth (p ) and Eighteenth Teachings (p ). Asheville Reader: The Book of Songs (p ); Confucius, excerpts from The Analects (p ). 02/27: Wealth and Poverty. Do: Social justice in Christianity and Asia. View: Images Watch: Societies, Cities, and Kinship in the Ancient Americas. Watch: Confucius Cultural Property, Art, and Architecture; Midterm VIII 03/02: Storytelling (Lipinsky Lecture: David Novak guest lecture. View: Images 03/04: Art and Aesthetics. Do: Image dissection; Art and society, ancient and modern. Do: Study and review. 03/06: Midterm. Take: Midterm Exam. M. Williamson, A Woman s Place in Euripides Medea, p Spring Break IX 03/09: Spring Break. 03/11: Spring Break. 03/13: Spring Break. The Medea

9 X 03/16: Play Production (Lipinsky 03/18: Play Production (Lipinsky 03/20: P lay Production (Lipinsky R. B. Palmer, An Apology for Jason: A Study of Euripides Medea, p (Moodle); Euripides, Bacchae (p ). Euripides, Bacchae (p ). Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War (Moodle) Asheville Reader: Thucydides, excerpts from The History of the Peloponnesian War (p ). View: Weekly Artifacts Watch: Peloponnesian War Propaganda and Communication XI 03/23: Play Production (Lipinsky View: Weekly Artifacts Watch: Alphabet, Coins, and Galleys as Integrated Technologies 03/25: Creating Power and Image. Do: Power, Economics, and Society. Vergil, Aeneid, Book and Book (Moodle) Asheville Reader: Augustus, Res Gestae (p ). Watch: Quipu 03/27: Presenting Power and Control. Take: Readings and Response Quiz #4. Do: Cross-cultural comparisons; being a bad citizen; punishment. Plato, Symposium, Aristophanes Speech (Moodle); Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 (p ) and Book 10 (p ). Asheville Reader: Excerpts from Greek Lyric Poetry (p ). Watch: Gender in Ancient Greece Gender

10 XII 03/30: Play Performance (Lipinsky Lab: Performance of Euripides M. C. Gutman, Trafficking in Men: The Anthropology of Masculinity, p View: Weekly Artifacts 04/01: Ancient Greece. Do: Defining gender and gender roles; gender and sexuality in ancient Greece. The Martyrdom of Perpetua (Moodle); Ban Zhao, Lessons for Women (Moodle); Excerpt from Dhahmasastra 04/03: Gender, Self, and Family. Do: Constructing gender; gender and sexuality in ancient Asia. View: Watch: Choose Your Own Adventure XIII 04/06: To Be Determined (Karpen Hall 035). Do: View: Watch: 04/08: To Be Determined. Do: View: Watch: 04/10: To Be Determined. Take: Readings and Response Quiz #5. Do: Vitruvius, The Ten Books of Architecture, Book and Book 8 (Moodle); excerpts from Euripides Bachhae Asheville Reader: Selections from the Pre-Socratic Philosophers (p ). Environment and Nature

11 XIV 04/13: Ancient Technology (Karpen Hall 035). Lab: Steam engine construction; tea making. Asheville Reader: Selections from Laozi, Tao Te Ching (p ). View: Weekly Artifacts Watch: Laozi and Daoism 04/15: Technology and Nature. Do: Science and the environment. Steven Mithen, Thirst, Chapter 7 (Moodle); Selections from Yuan K o, Chinese Mythology (Moodle); excerpts from The Records of the Grand Historian (Moodle); Bhagavad Gita, The Seventeenth Teaching (p ). Watch: Indian Ayurvedic and Chinese Traditional Medicine 04/17: Philosophy and Nature. Turn In: Response Paper #2. Do: Working with and against Nature. Asheville Reader: Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics (p ); Epictetus, The Handbook of Epictetus (p ); Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus, On Happiness (p ). Watch: Hellenistic Philosophy Living the Good Life XV 04/20: Living the Good Life (Karpen Hall 035). Lab: Defining the good life. 04/22: Greece and Rome. Do: The good life and the bad life in Greece and Rome. 04/24: India and China. Take: Readings and Response Quiz #6. Asheville Reader: The Instructions of Amenemope (p ). Asheville Reader: The Four Noble Truths (p , 268); excerpts from Confucius, Analects (p ). Do: The good life and the bad life in India and China; review. Do: Study and review. Journeys and Interconnections XVI 04/27: The Silk Road (Humanities Lecture Hall). Lecture: Silk Road lecture and panel. 04/29-05/05: Finals. Take: Final Exam, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 11:30AM-2:00PM, Karpen Hall 035.

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