Prof. Norman Prinsky, Prof. Alan Mactaggart, Prof. Carl Purdy
Humn. 2001-L: World Humanities I
General Combined Syllabus (2XWK): World Humanities I - Fall 2011
Mission statement: The mission of the two core-curriculum classes (HUMN2001 and HUMN2002) is to guide students to cultural literacy and an increased awareness of prominent issues, values, and traditions of major world cultures that contribute to the human legacy. An interdisciplinary teaching format is used to increase students’ ability to synthesize ideas and knowledge, to enhance critical thinking and awareness of various global perspectives, and to help students understand how the past influences life today.Texts and CD's
Robert Danley, Bernard Knox, Stephen Owen, et al. eds. The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Second Edition, Volume 1 (W.W. Norton, 2009); ISBN 978-0-393-93302-4; abbreviated below as "NAWLS2"
Sayre, Henry. The Humanities: Culture, Continuity, and Change. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1600. 2nd edition. Pearson/ Prentice-Hall, 2012. ISBN: 0-205-78215-9; Abbreviated below as "Sayre."
Forney, Kristine, and
Joseph Machlis. The Enjoyment of Music: Shorter Version. 10th
edition. W.W. Norton, 2007; ISBN:
0-393-92888-8 ;comes with 1 DVD-ROM; also, for listening, is
a 4-CD set, which comes either as physical CD's or a password to hear the
musical selections in serial streaming ; abbreviated below as "EM"
The "Shotwell Supplement" -
also needed is Dr./Prof. Clayton Shotwell's pamphlet
supplement to the music textbook, some copies of which may be found
shrink-wrapped in the bookstore, while some may be available at the ASU Library
reserve desk; also, the supplement may be available for download from the
internet from Professor Shotwell's website (see the
section on Internet materials below), as well as from the General Humanities
website (see the section on Internet materials below) and versions are available
from the Prinsky Humn. 2001 webpage. Abbreviated below as
"MS" or "supplement"; also a special supplemental music CD (for examples from the Shotwell supplement) may be available at Media Services,
first floor of University Hall - abbreviated as WHCD
Besides availability at the bookstore, extra copies are on reserve behind the circulation desk of the Reese (ASU) Library.
Materials on the Web/Internet
Some course materials are online and need to be accessed either at the Humanities website or Dr. Prinsky's ASU website. (1) Dr. Prinsky's website - To access Dr. Prinsky's ASU website, go to "www.aug.edu/~nprinsky" (without the quotation marks); from the menu, choose "Humn. 2001 materials." Get the remainder of this Syllabus and Class Schedule from Dr. Prinsky's ASU website. (2) General Humanities website - To access materials on the Humanities website, use the following path, clicking on each choice before the next one: www.aug.edu ---> L (from the alphabetic list) ---> Languages-Literature-Communication ---> Humanities ---> Username: schwartz ---> Password: williams ; also, www.aug.edu ---> H (from the alphabetic list) ---> Humanities ---> username: Plato; Password: Mozart. (3) Dr. Clayton Shotwell's website - Some materials on music from Professor Shotwell's supplement to the music textbook may be found on Professor Shotwell's website -- www.aug/~cshotwel (note that the website has only one terminal letter L). Versions of Dr. Shotwell's supplement are also to be found on the Prinsky Humn. 2001 webpage. (4) A good resource to find images of visual art works discussed in the art portion of the course but not included in the art textbook is the search engine "www.google.com" (without the quotation marks). At the opening screen, several tabs are displayed, the second of which is "images." Click on the images tab, and then type in the name of the artist or art work or both. (4) Your own e-mail - you are expected to check not only Dr. Prinsky's website but also (a) your special non aug.edu e-mail (see the Literature Requirements and Details, below), (b) as well as your ASU e-mail for announcements and other important matters from the Art and Music instructors.
Meetings, Grades, and Other Matters
World Humanities is a team-taught course, usually with three professors: one for literature, one for art, and one for music.
(a) The literature part meets Monday and Wednesday. The music part meets one day a week (usually Monday), and the art part meets on the other day (usually Wednesday, first or second hour), with a ten-minute break between the lit and music, and between the lit and art. The additional hour on Wednesday is for labs or additional class sessions (often make-ups because of a holiday deleting an Art or Music session). (b) To pass the course, both parts -- literature, and art/music -- must be passed. (c) The literature portion is worth 40%, the art 20%, music 20%, and interdisciplinary portion 20%. (d) Attendance as per the college catalog: absence for ten percent of the overall course meeting hours for the semester, regardless of cause, may cause withdrawal. (e) Bring the literature book to every class, since pop open-book quizzes may be given. (f) The ASU Humanities website has additional materials, and may be accessed as indicated in the section "Materials on the Web/Internet," above.
Literature Requirements and Details
Instructor: Prof. Norman Prinsky; Office: E-218A Allgood Hall; Phone (706) 729-2459; Email: asuenglishprof@aol.com ; do NOT use my MyASU / Augusta State e-mail address; use ONLY my aol address
(a) The whole syllabus (including due dates for readings and works), my Notes and Questions on all required readings, and tests on all readings, are to be found on my website www.aug.edu/~nprinsky. At-home tests are due on all assigned readings, and are posted on the Prinsky ASU website. (b1) Get my Notes and Questions, as well as tests, at the website. Some of the test questions refer not only to book material and lecture material, but to my Notes and Questions, plus asking the student to think analytically about the reading material, without specifically having gone over some items in class. (b2) As mentioned, tests on all assigned readings are to be found on the Website. These tests must be done in pencil on Scantron forms, which must be picked up from me in class; failure to pick up the Scantron form from me in class or at my office by special arrangement, or loss of the form, will cause the score on the test to be counted as a zero. Under no circumstances should you ask anyone in the English & Foreign Languages department office for a Scantron form. (b3) Tests are due, to be turned in to me in class or in my department mailbox, no later than the Friday of the week in which the required reading is scheduled. Tests may be slid under my office door or placed in my department mailbox anytime on Friday (up to the close of the department office or the closing of Allgood Hall). Tests may be folded in thirds (taking care not to in any way crease the top edge ["Subjective Score Instructor Use Only"]) and placed in a 4 X 9 regular envelope and mailed to me (Prof. Norman Prinsky / Dept. of English and Foreign Languages / Augusta State University / Augusta, GA 30904-2200) with a postmark of Saturday at the end of the week in which the reading material is assigned. (b4) Late tests are penalized one letter grade per day. (c) My office hours are by appointment, since I will be on campus only for class sessions. (d) You must establish an e-mail address OTHER than your school e-mail address to receive grades and other communications from me, via my aol address. From the e-mail address you establish (e.g., at aol, gmail, hotmail, yahoo, or others), you must e-mail me at my aol address, identifying yourself in the subject line of the e-mail as a student in this class and within the e-mail itself giving permission for grades and other material to be e-mailed to this other e-mail address (e.g., at aol, gmail, hotmail, yahoo, or others). (e) Pay close attention to the Class Schedule below; some items on my webpage are not included as required readings on the Class Schedule. Students turning in erroneous tests (tests on items not in the Class Schedule below) or including erroneous readings in Interdisciplinary Tests (readings not on the Class Schedule below) will be penalized and also have their names sent to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) as possible users of illegal substances that seriously impede perception. (f) Extra credit for attending out-of-class interdisciplinary labs is as follows: 3 points for attending the lab and signing in will be given on the relevant section on the literature portion of Interdisciplinary Test 1 or 2 (e.g., 3 points would be added to the section on India for Interdisciplinary Test 1 for attending the lab at the Hindu Temple); up to 6 points can be achieved by writing a detailed report on one of the out-of-class labs (as per the instructions for such reports, given on the Prinsky Humn. 2001 webpage) -- e.g., up to 6 points could be added to the section on India for Interdisciplinary Test 1 for a detailed report on the out-of-class lab at the Hindu Temple)
Music Requirements and Details
Instructor: Carl Purdy (cell phone and voice mail: 706-294-2276);
Email: Cpurdy2@aug.edu
Tests and Papers: In addition to a music Midterm and Final Paper, two concert reports will be required during the semester. The music Midterm and Final Paper will be worth 30% and must be no less then four pages in length. Concert reports will be worth 20% each and no less then two pages in length.
Attendance and Classroom Expectations:
(a) * There is one 50-
minute music lecture per week in which to cover the musical aspect of each
culture, therefore being present for each lecture is VERY IMPORTANT. (b)
* Be on Time for Lectures-Coming in late is a distraction to other students and
your instructors. Be courteous and arrive on time. (c) *
Electronic Devices such as cell phones, ipods, etc should be turned OFF and kept
out of sight. There should be NO TALKING during classroom listening examples.
Music Schedule of Reading and Listening Assignments: (a) All
assignments should be completed before coming to class on the appropriate
lecture day. (b) Reading assignments will be taken either from The
Enjoyment of Music Text (EM) or the Shotwell Music Supplement. (MS) (c)
Listening assignments will be taken either from The Enjoyment of Music CD (EM),
the Humanities website or other supplemental CD’s that may be on reserve in
Media Services. (d) This class is Listening Intensive. Students
are expected to have listened to the musical excerpts and written down some
notes reflecting his/her reactions to the pieces before class lectures and
discussions.
Art Requirements and Details
Instructor: Alan Mactaggart ;
Office & Hours: WH-240, T, W, Th 9-12 and T, 1:30-4:30; also, by
appointment; telephone: 706-729-2422 or 706-667-4888; e-mail: amactagg@aug.edu ;
Tentative Schedule: Can change under the discretion of the professor
Read the assignments listed for
each day before coming to class. You will be expected to contribute to in-class
discussions each day and reading the required material is necessary to
accomplish this successfully. Students who have the first edition of Sayre may
use this edition, although the second edition is preferred. Students will not be
held for new content in the second edition unless it is also part of class
lecture.
Grading:
A short quiz will be given at the beginning of each art lecture hour based upon
the lecture and reading of the previous week. The lowest quiz grade will be
dropped from the art final average, and make-up quizzes can be made up, by
arrangement, in my office, WH-240.
Assigned Reading:
On average, the art reading is fewer than ten
pages per week, and about half of that are images. Be sure to READ the
assignments, including gray “text boxes” that fall within the assigned pages and
STUDY the images pictured. You are responsible for the images discussed in the
assigned section. “Responsible for” means you should know the title of the
artwork, its artist if known, the stylistic era from which it comes and relevant
information about the piece and its era. I have bold-faced the images
that are most likely to appear on a quiz, so pay attention to these.
(There may be other images included that have not been bold-faced. Coming to
class and taking good notes is always your best strategy.) The reading list is
subject to revision at the instructor’s discretion. This reading and image list
is incomplete and only goes as far as midterm. You will receive the second part
closer to your midterm exam.
General Syllabus for All Sections (L = literature; M = music; A = art)
Unit 1: Introduction to program (Aug. 15 & 17)
L: Introduction: Benefits of the course; World Humanities I and the movie Jaws and the Rock group Cream; Humanities and humanity (parallels and contrasts; universals vs. singularities)
M: Course introduction ; for students with little or no musical background, glance over Units I ("The Elements of Music") and II ("Musical Instruments and Ensembles") of Part 1 of the music textbook. Listening: In class.
A: Introduction ; Prehistoric Art (Sayre, pp. 1-17)
Unit 2: Hinduism/India (Aug. 22 & 24)
L: Indira
Peterson's introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, plus the selections from the work itself (NAWLS2
762-80); Indira Peterson's "
M: Hindu/Classical Indian Music - Reading: MS pgs. 457-472 ; Listening: Raga Maru-Bihag; Bhagavad Gita; Intro to Indian Music by Ravi Shankar (Supplemental CD and/or HUMN website)
A: Sayre, from Ch. 7 ("Other Empires") the section "Ancient India" (pp. 226-231)
Unit 3: Archaic Greek: Mortals/Immortals and Gender (Aug. 29 & 31)
L: Bernard Knox and William Thalman's "Ancient Greece and the Formation of the
Western Mind" through "The City-States of Greece" (NAWLS2
160-163); Bernard Knox and William Thalman's
introduction to Homer and to the Odyssey (NAWLS2 169, 171-175), plus
Books 1-4 and 5-8 of Homer's
Odyssey in NAWLS2; test 1 on Homer's Odyssey due anytime on
Friday of the week, or postmarked Saturday, as explained above in the section
"Literature Requirements and Details"
M: Ancient Greece - Reading: MS 473-482; Listening: Hymn to the Sun (Supplemental CD)
A: Sayre, from Ch. 4 ("The Aegean World"), pp. 96-108
Unit 4: Classical Greek I: Polis and Public Spaces (Sept. 7)
L: Homer's Odyssey, Books
9-13 & 21-23; test 2 on Homer's Odyssey
due anytime on Friday of the week, or postmarked Saturday, as explained above
in the section "Literature Requirements and Details"
M: Ancient Greece Cont. - Reading: MS 473-482 ; Listening: Choral Ode and Epitaph of Seikelos (Supplemental CD)
A: Sayre, from Ch. 4 ("The Aegean World"), pp. 108-125
Unit 5: Classical Greek II: Open Topic
(Sept.
12 & 14)
L: first class meeting of the week:
Knox and Thalman's "Athens and Sparta" and
"The Decline of the City-State" (NAWLS2 163-66); Sophocles: Oedipus
the King (first half of the play, including the NAWLS2 introduction to
Sophocles and the play); second class meeting of the week: second half
of the play; test on Sophocles due anytime on Friday of the week, or postmarked
Saturday, as explained above in the section "Literature Requirements and
Details")
M: Ancient Greece Cont. - Reading: MS 473-482 ; Listening: Hymn to Nemesis (Supplemental CD)
A: Sayre, Ch. 5 ("Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World")
Unit 6: Judaism (Sept.
19 & 21)
L: Bernard Knox and Jerome Clinton's
"The Hebrew Bible,""Genesis," and
"A Note on These Translations" (NAWLS2 92-94 and 97) ; NAWLS2
selections from Genesis 1-11 (first and second class meeting) and NAWLS2
selections from Psalms (second class meeting); bring your own Bible to class
(or borrow one from family or friends) for references to specific verses within
the assigned reading; feel free to use a different Bible translation (if you
have one) in addition to the translations used in NAWLS2 ; test due on Friday
(or postmarked Saturday) as usual
M: Music of Judaism - Reading: MS 485-492 ; Listening: Kol-Nidre (Supplemental CD)
A: Sayre, Judaic Material from Ch. 8 ("The Flowering of Christianity"), pp. 245-247; also see the pages listed in the Sayre index for "Hebrews", "Jewish people," and "Jewish Temple"; also see material about Jewish art on the Prinsky Notes and Questions on the Bible (Prinsky website) and for this unit on the Humanities website (ASU webpage > H > Humanities)
Unit 7: Imperial
L: Knox and Thalman's"The
Roman Empire" (NAWLS2 782-87); NAWLS2 Knox and Thalman's
introduction to Virgil and all NAWLS2 selections from Virgil's Aeneid (NAWLS2 794-840; test
due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as usual
M: Music in Ancient Rome.- Reading: MS 483-484 ; Listening: Imperium, (Supplemental CD) Midterm Music Paper due at the end of the week or beginning of unit 9
A: Sayre, Ch. 6 ("Rome")
Unit 8: Midterm; Interdisciplinary Exam #1
(Oct.
3-7)
Interdisciplinary Exam #1 is posted online,
along with instructions about how to do it, including the requirement of three
copies, one copy delivered to each professor's mailbox. The rest of the week
will be spent by students working on the exam, which is due on Friday, Oct. 7, one copy in each professor's mailbox.
Copies for the Art and Music professors must be turned into the Fine Arts
Department and Music Department offices prior to 4:30 p.m. on the date the exam
is due. The copy for Prof. Prinsky may be
turned in either in the English & Foreign Languages office, or placed in the
cardboard box outside the office door of (Allgood
Hall, E-218A).
L: (first class meeting:)
Jerome Clinton's "The Rise of Islam and Islamic Literature" (NAWLS2
1000-1007); Jerome Clinton's introduction to the Koran plus first half
of the NAWLS2 selections from the Koran (first class meeting); (second
class meeting:) second half of NAWLS2 Koran selections; for
comparison to the Koran, read from your own Bible or NAWLS2 Genesis 6-10
(on Noah) and 37-50 in the Bible (on Joseph; selections are in NAWLS2) as
well as the NAWLS2 introduction "Joseph" (NAWLS2 48-49); compare the
treatment of Mary in the Qur'an (preferred
spelling today of the Koran) in the NAWLS2 selections with, in your own
Bible, the gospels' material in Matthew 1-2, 12:46-50, 20:20-28, 27:55-61,
& 28; Mark 3:20-21, 3:31-34, 15:40-47, and 16; Luke 1-2, 8:19-21, 23:27,
23:49, 23:55-56; 24:1-12; John 2:1-12, 19:25-27; test due on Friday (or
postmarked Saturday) as usual
M: Music of Islam - Reading: MS 493-502 ; Listening: Adhan: Call to Prayer (Supplemental CD)
A: Sayre, Ch. 9 "The Rise and Spread of Islam")
Unit 10:
Medieval
L: John McGalliard
and Lee Patterson's "The Formation of a Western Literature" (NAWLS2
1074-79; McGalliard and Patterson's
introduction to Dante, plus Cantos 1-11 of Dante's Inferno; test
1 on Dante due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as usual
M: Sacred music ; Reading: EM 66-84 ; Listening: Gregorian chant, Hildegard von Bingen; EM P.66-84 ; (CD1:1-3) Alleluia, O virga mediatrix
A: Sayre, from Ch. 10 ("The Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade"), pp. 315-333
Unit 11: Medieval
L: Cantos 12-21 of Dante's Inferno;
test 2 on Dante's Inferno due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as
usual
M: Medieval Music: Emergence of Polyphony - Reading: EM 66-84 ; Live Demo of Medieval and Renaissance instruments.
A: Sayre, from Ch. 10 ("The Fiefdom and Monastery, Pilgrimage and Crusade"), pp. 333-348 and 350-35
Virgin & Child from the Abbey church of Saint-Denis, p. 457 & Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres, p.441.
Unit 12: Medieval
L: Cantos 22-34 of Dante's Inferno
; test 3 on Dante's Inferno due on Friday (or postmarked
Saturday) as usual (first class meeting of the week)
M: Medieval Music: Secular - Reading: EM 76-84 ; Listening: (CD 1:6-10) Kalenda Maya, (CD 1: 11-15) Puis qu’en oubli
A: Sayre, Ch. 12 ("The Gothic Style")
Unit 13: Renaissance/Reformation I: Renaissance
Court (Nov.
7 & 9)
L: P.M. Pasinetti
and Heather James' "The Renaissance in Europe" (NAWLS2 1588-98);
NAWLS2 Pasinetti and James' introduction to
Machiavelli; Pasinetti and James' introduction to
Shakespeare and introduction to Shakespeare's Hamlet (NAWLS2
1778-1781); first third of Shakespeare's Hamlet -- all on the first
class session; second third of Shakespeare's Hamlet (second class
session)
M: Renaissance Music: Sacred - Reading: EM 85-107; Listening: (CD 1:16-22) Ave Maria… virgo serena (Josquin), (CD 1:23-24) Gloria/Pope Marcellus Mass (Palestrina)
A: Sayre, Ch. 13 ("Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century");
Unit 14: Renaissance/Reformation II:
Reformation / Counter-Reformation (Nov.
14 & 16)
L: (a) last third of Shakespeare's Hamlet (first class meeting); test on Shakespeare's Hamlet due anytime on Wednesday of this week (or postmarked on Wednesday); (b) P.M. Pasinetti and Heather James' introduction to Cervantes plus first third of Cervantes' Don Quixote (second class meeting of the week)
M: Renaissance music: secular - Reading: EM 85-107; Listening: (CD 1-25-28) Three Dances (Susato), (CD 1:29-31) Ecco mormorarl’onde (Monteverdi)
A: Sayre, Ch. 14 ("Florence and the Early Renaissance")
Unit 15: Renaissance/Reformation III (early Baroque) (Nov. 21, 28, 30)
L: P.M. Pasinetti
and Heather James' introduction to Cervantes plus second third of Cervantes' Don
Quixote (first class meeting); last third of Don Quixote (second
class meeting)
M: Renaissance Music: Toward the Baroque ; Reading: EM 106-107 ; Listening: Renaissance Drinking Songs; supplemental: (CD 1/32-33) Farmer: Fair Phyllis; Final Music Paper Due
A: Sayre, Ch. 15 ("The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice")
L,M,A: fill out evaluation forms
Other Important Dates, Including Out-of-Class Interdisciplinary Labs
Off-campus Interdisciplinary Labs (see the
Prinsky Humn. 2001 webpage for travel directions, instructions about dress and
behavior, and directions for report; if alternate times given, choose one) : (a)
Hindu Temple Visit,
Fri., Aug 19, 9:00 or 10:30 a.m (one of these two times).; (b) Congregation Children of
Israel synagogue visit,
Fri., Sept. 23, 10a.m. or noon; (c) Mosque visit,
Sat., Oct. 8, 9:00 or 10:30 a.m; (d) Most Holy Trinity church visit:
F Oct 14, 10:00 a.m.
(e) ASU
Theatre performances at the PAT:--Nov.
3-5, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 6, 3:00 p.m.:
The Women of Troy,
Euripides.
When two or three times are given, just pick one.
Scheduled holidays: Thanksgiving (Nov. 23-25)
Scheduled Final Exam Date (for Interdisciplinary Test #2) - one copy in each
professor's mailbox (lit. professor, music professor, art professor):
Dec. 5 (Monday), no later than 4:30 p.m.; the lit. instructor must
transmit final course grades to the registrar by midnight of Aug. 11 (Sunday);
note -- besides printouts for each professor, e-mail a file of the paper to the
English professor's e-mail address specified in the "Literature Requirements and
Details" section above, just in case a printout goes awry