Humanities 2155                                                                      Spring 2004
Survey of Humanities I
Sec. 01, CRN 25138, 6:30-7:45 p. m. TR, M-122
Dr. Thomas Harrison
M-133  471-5799
email: tharriso@mail.maconstate.edu
Fax (Humanities): 757-3624
Humanities office: 471-5792

Office: 11 a. m.-12 noon MWF
           11 a. m.-1 p. m. TR
            and by appointment

Text: Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition. Vol. I.  4th ed.

Objectives: Increased awareness of the development of the humanities in the culture of the West. Particular emphasis on the continuities linking the cultures of the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance worlds to our own, with attention to how non-western cultures have influenced ours as well.

Assessment: Demonstration on essay midterm and final examinations and in out-of-class papers of the continuities of cultural traditions.

Formal Requirements: Three papers, midterm and final examinations.  Papers will focus on each of the three historical areas of the course: the ancient, the medieval, and the early modern worlds.

Attendance: Class attendance and participation are expected. 80% attendance is required for successful completion of the course regardless of circumstances.

Grading: Tests will be graded on a hundred-point scale. Papers will receive letter grades. All work, including participation, will count toward the final grade for the course. Each component, paper or test, will count about 20%, and participation will decide borderline grades.

Schedule:

Week 1  Prehistory: The First 95,000 Years.

 2  Ancient Religion, Ancient Society.  
            Epic of Gilgamesh
            Genesis
            Job
             Confucius
           

3  Pre-Classical and Classical Greece
                Art: The Classical Ideal
                               

4   Classical Thought
                Iliad              

5. Antigone, Pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle

6  Virgil and The Aeneid

7   Paper and Midterm

8  Ancient World to Middle Ages, the rise of Christianity, the rise of Islam

9  Germanic tribes, Beowulf

10  From The Song of Roland
    Music: Vibrations and Pagan Rites

11 Art: A White Garment of Churches
    Music: The First Secular Music

12 Inferno
    Second Paper

13 The Black Death
    Art: The Early Renaissance
    Music: The Renaissance

14 The Prince
    Hamlet

15 Art: High Renaissance
    Music: The Golden Age

Final Exam Thursday, April 29, 6-8 p. m.

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