HUMANITIES 102.001 FALL 2017 WESTERN CULTURE FROM THE HIGH RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTICISM Instructor: Ruthi Erdman Office: LL 407 E-mail: erdmanr@cwu.edu Office Hrs: 3:30-4:30 Mon, Tue, Thr Other times by appointment "Whatever else it is, humanity is an exception..art is the signature of humanity." G.K. Chesterton, British Writer, Early Twentieth Century Required Texts: Matthews and Platt's Experience Western Humanities, Vol. II: Renaissance to the Present, 8th edition Matthews and Platt s Readings in the Western Humanities, 8th edition Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, Signet Classic edition. A decent college dictionary Course Outcomes: 1. Students will correctly identify at least 30 major figures from the Western world of the 16 th -19 th centuries and correctly identify each one s contribution to the history, politics, philosophy, religion, literature, music, art, literature, or architecture of the Western world. 2. Students will correctly identify at least 20 major works of art (paintings, sculptures, buildings) of the High Renaissance, Baroque, Augustan/Classical, and Romantic/Victorian periods. 3. Students will correctly identify at least 10 musical compositions of the High Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. 4. Students will demonstrate an ability to both identify and accurately describe major Western artistic styles of the 16 th -19 th centuries. 5. Students will synthesize elements of Western history, economics, politics, religion, philosophy, literature, art, music, and architecture in the 16 th to 19 th centuries, drawing connections between these cultural forces in their take-home exam essays. 5. Students will utilize an integrative approach to Western culture, whereby seemingly disparate elements are understood as directly or indirectly shaping and influencing each other (e.g., economics influences religion and vice versa, politics shapes painting, painting influences literature, etc.).
2 Students are responsible for all information presented in class, including changes in assignments. If you miss a class session, be sure to promptly contact another student. Info Info info Tentative Grade Percentages: Quizzes... 35% Midterm Exam....25% Final Exam...25% Take-Home Essay Exam.. 15% This quarter, you can get extra credit by attending either the special film showing of The Tempest Oct 15 or 16, OR Great Expectations Oct 22 or 23. There will be a quiz to ascertain that you attended one or the other. Get details at http://www.cwu.edu/theatre/current-productions (Scroll down to Special Fall Bonus. ) Get your reduced-price student tickets AHEAD at https://tickets.vendini.com/ticketsoftware.html?w=587868a7397984e7c781049aaefc66ec&t=tix&vqitq=4ca30 b4b-eabe-4d2b-9357-0eef1db2ff37&vqitp=9a7905f9-9096-4cdb-a916-159dda97268a&vqitts=1505856597&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=safetynet &vqith=9d3a671fd085e1cf0fd47d7be8f140bf Academic honesty is a must. No excuses. Cheating on any quiz or exam will result in a 0 score on that quiz or exam. Any serious incident, or more than one incident, of dishonesty will result in failure in the course. Plagiarism in your essay is a serious form of academic dishonesty. Do not try to pass off another writer s words or ideas as your own. You will fail the course for that. Students who have special needs or disabilities that may affect their ability to access the information or material presented in this course are encouraged to contact the office of Disability Support Services at (509) 963-2171 for disability-related educational accommodations. Please get your DSS information to me right at the very beginning of the quarter, and let me know which accommodations you d actually like to use. TENTATIVE HUMANITIES SCHEDULE FALL 2017
3 This schedule is subject to change WITH notice EH = Experience Humanities (Mona Lisa on Cover) RDGS = Readings to Accompany EH (Gateway Arch on Cover) WED, SEP 20 THR, SEP 21 Course Intro LECTURE: EUROPE BEFORE THE RENAISSANCE Music tracks 1 & 2 FRI, SEP 22 EH p. xiv-xvii and Chapter 13, part one: 322-34 (stop at Painting ) MON, SEP 25 EH Chapter 13, part two: 334-53 PLEASE BRING EH TEXTBOOK TO CLASS TUE, SEP 26 RDGS Excerpts from Castiglione s Book of the Courtier (13-17) and Machiavelli s The Prince (18-21) Video: The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance WED, SEP 27 THR, SEP 28 Video: The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance (I ll show it. You just come to class.) Chapter 14, part one: 354-71 (Skip Bodin, Vesalius, Montaigne, Dürer, Grünewald, and Bosch. Stop at The Reform of the English Church. ) Lecture: Luther s Revolt FRI, SEP 29 EH Chapter 14, part two: 371-81 PLEASE BRING EH TEXTBOOK TO CLASS MON, OCT 2 RDGS Excerpt from More s Utopia (33-36) PLEASE BRING RDGS BOOK TO CLASS TUE, OCT 3 WED, OCT 4 THR, OCT 5 Elizabeth video (I ll show it. You just come to class.) Elizabeth video Elizabeth video FRI, OCT 6 Lecture: What Was So Great about Elizabeth the Great? Quiz on Elizabeth video and my commentary on it Be sure you have your class notes with you. _ MON, OCT 9 TUE, OCT 10 WED, OCT 11 THR, OCT 12 FRI, OCT 13 Read Much Ado About Nothing Act I Read Much Ado About Nothing Acts II and III Read Much Ado About Nothing Acts IV and V Much Ado discussion PLEASE BRING MUCH ADO BOOK TO CLASS Lecture: What s So Great about Shakespeare? PLEASE BRING MUCH ADO BOOK TO CLASS
4 MON, OCT 16 TUE, OCT 17 WED, OCT 18 EH Chapter 15, part one: 382-99 (stop at The Classical Baroque ) Music tracks 3, 4, and 5 EH Chapter 15, part two: 399-413 PLEASE BRING EH TEXTBOOK TO CLASS EH Chapter 16a, 414-29 (end at GLOBAL ENCOUNTER: EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND EXPANSON ) THR, OCT 19 EH Chapter 16b, 429-35 Lecture: Columbus and the European Expansion FRI, OCT 20 RDGS Excerpts from Bacon s Of Studies (123-25), plus De La Cruz s poem, You Men, posted in Pages on Canvas PLEASE BRING RDGS BOOK AND A PRINTOUT OF THE POEM TO CLASS MON, OCT 23 TUE, OCT 24 WED, OCT 25 RDGS Excerpts from Hobbes Leviathan (135-37) & Locke s Second Treatise of Civil Government (138-42, ending at end of paragraph 10-- In these, and the like cases. ) PLEASE BRING RDGS BOOK TO CLASS NO QUIZ ON THESE LAST 2 DAYS READING ASSIGNMENTS, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS ON THEM ARE BOTH ON THE MIDTERM EXAM! MIDTERM EXAM EH Chapter 17a, 436-52 (skip Encounter box. End at THE PRINT ) Music tracks 6 and 7 Lecture: Dictionary Johnson THR, OCT 26 EH Chapter 17b, 452-63 Exercise: Interpreting 18 th -Century Johnsonian English FRI, OCT 27 Discussion: Romanticism in Its Historical-Cultural Context MON, OCT 30 TUE, OCT 31 Lecture: Hogarth and How Messed up 18 th -Century England Was EH Chapter 18a, 464-81 (End at Romantic Painting ) Music track 8 WED, NOV 1 EH Chapter 18b, 481-93 THR, NOV 2 RDGS Excerpts from Jefferson s Declaration (183-84) & Shelley s Frankenstein (204-08) FRI, NOV 3 Discussion: Causal Factors in the Age of Revolution MON, NOV 6 TUE, NOV 7
5 WED, NOV 8 THR, NOV 9 FRI, NOV 10 VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY. NO CWU CLASSES. MON, NOV 13 TUE, NOV 14 WED, NOV 15 Lecture: Olaudah Equiano and the Horrors of the Slave Trade Lecture: Napoleon Liberator or Dictator? EH Chapter 19a, 494-512 (End at Art and Architecture ) PLEASE BRING EH TEXTBOOK TO CLASS THR, NOV 16 EH Chapter 19b, 512-525 Music tracks 9 and 10 PLEASE BRING EH TEXTBOOK TO CLASS FRI, NOV 17 Discussion: The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie MON, NOV 20 TUE, NOV 21 RDGS Excerpts from Marx & Engels Communist Manifesto (213-17), Frederick Douglass Narrative (237-43), & Truth s Ain t I a Woman? (243-44) Lecture: Great European Composers WED-FRI, NOV 22-24 Thanksgiving Holiday. NO CWU CLASSES. MON, NOV 27 TUE, NOV 28 Video: Impromptu Video: Impromptu WED, NOV 29 Video: Impromptu TAKE-HOME ESSAY EXAM DUE THR, NOV 30 In-Class Review: Art and Music for the Final Exam FRI, DEC 1 Discussion: Western Culture through the Ages FINAL EXAM Noon Class: Noon, FRIDAY, DEC 8 (unless we can all agree on an earlier day) 1:00 Class: 1:00 p.m. WED, DEC 6