University
of Evansville
WC120-2B
2008 CLASS CALENDAR
January
09 Introduction to this Section
January
11 Lecture on Reformation—Dianne
Oliver (Graves 100)
January
14 Martin Luther (1483-1546), Christian Liberty:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/LUTHER.HTM
& http://www.luther.de/en/
January
16 Luther
(Part 1)
January
18 Luther
(Part 2)
January
21 No Class—MLK Day
January
23 Thomas More (1478-1535), Utopia:
http://www.thomasmorestudies.org/
and http://www.apostles.com/thomasmore.html
January 25 Utopia
January
28 A
Man for All Seasons (Part 1)
January
30 A
Man for All Seasons (Part 2)
February
1 Lecture on Galileo—Jeff Braun (Graves
100)
February
4 Galileo
Galilei (1564-1642), The Starry Messenger http://galileo.rice.edu/ (Read
Drake's
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo: pp1-9, 27-31, 45-48, &
59-60).
February
6 Galileo's Letter to the Grand
Duchess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_Grand_Duchess_Christina
February
8 The
Research Paper: Library, Literature
Search, Writing Center, Hodges Handbook, and the Elements of Style.
February
11 Isaac
Newton (1642-1727)
February 13 Library Class on Effective Use of the Internet for the Research Paper: GO TO CL 264
February
16 Lecture on John
Locke (1632-1704)—Dick Connolly (Graves 100)
February 18 Major Paper Topic Proposal due this class.
Thomas
Paine (1737-1809), Common Sense
(first half of book) http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/tpaine/paine.htm
February
20 Common Sense (second half) http://www.punkerslut.com/articles/thomaspaine.html
February 22 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/51-1695), The Answer/La Respuesta: Introduction pp1-18 (especially Laura and Phyllis poems on pp10-11), Poems 164 and 174 on p155, and Poem 92 on pp157-159. See Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia and The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project.
.
February
25 The Answer/La
Respuesta: Introduction
pp25-37 and pp71-93 (beginning with last sentence of Paragraph (24) through
Paragraph (41). For other information
concerning Sor Juana’s literary significance see
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mln/v112/112.2rabin.html.
February 27 In Class Writing and Proposed Questions for the Midterm Exam
March 1-9 No Classes—Spring
Break
March
10 Voltaire (1694-1778), Candide, http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/
March
12
Voltaire, Candide,Chapters 1-10.
Major Paper due this class.
March 14 Voltaire, Candide, Chapters 11-30. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/candide/
March 17 Lecture on Darwin—Dale Edwards (HH 126)
March 19
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)—Excerpts. See
March 21-24 No Classes—Easter Break
March 26 Charles Darwin, http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/darwin.html: Inherit
the Wind: The Scopes Trial Setting [Call# DVD PN 1997 .I5135 2001]
http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/evolution/intro/summary.html
March 28 Inherit the Wind: The Bible Defense Scene. In Class Writing.
March 31 Revised Major Paper due this class.
Karl
Marx (1818-1883) & Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), The Communist Manifesto, Prologue
http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/manifesto.html
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marx.html
April 2 The Communist
Manifesto, Part I,
Bourgeois And Proletarians
April 4 The Communist Manifesto, Part II,
Proletarians and Communists
April 7 The End of History? (Francis Fukuyama) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man and
The Clash of
Civilizations? (Samuel Huntington)
April 9 Iraq?
April 11 Lecture on Ernest Hemingway’s World War I—Mark
Cirino (Graves 100)
April 14 Hemingway (1899-1961), The Nick Adams Stories: Read Indiana Camp. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway.
April 16 Hemingway
April 18 Hemingway,
April 21 Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Man's Search for Meaning (Part I only). See Viktor Frankl - Wikipedia and VIKTOR FRANKL INSTITUT
April 23 Existentialism: Neitzsche (self-actualization), Kirkegaard (choice), and Heidegger (death) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism.
April 25 My Meaning? In Class Writing
April 28 Wrap Up
April 30 No Classes -- Reading/Study Day