Prof. Norman Prinsky, Prof. Carissa Doying, Prof. Rosemary Scott
Humn. 2001-H: World Humanities I

General Combined Syllabus (3XWK): World Humanities I   -  Fall 2009

Course Goals and Objectives

To introduce students to major world cultures while immersing them in information and concepts and develooping their critical thinking skills, all of which are essential to the ability to appreciate, critique, and participate in world culture. The course is team-taught by professors from three different humanities disciplines (typically, art, music, and literature), working across disciplines to model the ways these expressions of human creativity coexist to create cultures. This interdisciplinary approach stresses the relationships among the arts throughout cultural history, and the ways they are both the expression and shaper of their societies. The course emphasizes synthesis, recognition of interrelationships among the arts, familiarity with important historical and cultural movements, critical thinking, creativity, concrete and abstract learning, and problem solving. The course covers the historical period from ancient times to the early seventeenth century, dealing with the cultures of India, ancient Greece and Rome, the Near East (or Middle East), and Europe (France, Italy, England).

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); abbreviated below as "NAWLS2"

Sayre, Henry. The Humanities: Culture, Continuity, and Change. Augusta State University Edition - customized version. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1600. Pearson, 2008. Vol. 1 needed for Humn. 2001; Vol. 2 needed for Humn. 2002. Abbreviated below as "Sayre."

Forney, Kristine, and Joseph Machlis. The Enjoyment of Music: Shorter Version. 10th edition. W.W. Norton, 2007; comes with 1 CD-ROM; also, for listening, is a 4-CD set; abbreviated below as "EM"

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). Abbreviated below as "MS"; also a special supplemental music CD (for examples from the Shotwell supplement) may be available at Media Services, first floor of University Hall

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). (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 your own ASU e-mail  for grades, announcements, and other important matters.

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, second hour), and the art part meets on the other day (usually Wednesday, second hour), with a ten-minute break between the lit and music, and between the lit and art. The additional hour on Friday is for  labs or additional class sessions.  (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 some whole-class oral readings, in a true "reading circle," will be held, along with lecture focusing on specific passages. In addition, open-book extra-credit quizzes may be held.  (f) An 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-238 Allgood Hall; Phone (706) 667-4431; Email: englishprofatasu@yahoo.com

(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, as well. (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 during my office hours, 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 Lang-Lit-Comm 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 3  - 5  p.m. Monday & Wednesday, and 7 - 8 p.m. on Tuesday  in Allgood Hall, E-238; my telephone is 706-667-4431 and e-mail address is englishprofatasu@yahoo.com. (d) All lit. grades and final grades are e-mailed to your school e-mail address. If you prefer an alternate e-mail address, you need to e-mail me at my school e-mail address from your alternate e-mail address; I will then add that alternate e-mail address to my addressbook. (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 sd(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 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: Mrs. Rosemary Scott;  Fine Arts Office-A2 ; Office Phone- 706 729 2338 Office Email: rscott7@aug.edu  ; Office Hours - M- 10:00-11:00& 2:00-3:00, T- 11:00-1:00, W- 10:00-12:00, TH-10:00-12:00

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 and etc should be turned OFF and kept out of sight.

Music Grades: 1. Two Music Identification Quizzes - Midterm and End of Semester; Students will be required to identify composer, title, genre and other pertinent information regarding the selections we listen to and discuss in class. 2. Four Music Quizzes - Given throughout the Semester. 3. Attendance to a Musical event - This will be selected from a department list before midterm. 3a. Students will choose the event, but prior approval before attending is needed. (Some concerts will have an admission charge.) 3b. Students will be required to write a formal two-page essay in reaction to his/her experience at the concert or recital. 3c. Essays are due no later than one week after the event, however the program should be turn in at the first class following the event. 3d. Essays should be Double-spaced, 12-point, Times Roman Font and sent via email as a Word Attachment. 4. Extra Credit Activities will be Made Available During the Semester.

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) of 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

Art instructor:  Prof. Carissa Doying

Grading and reading:  I do not keep regular office hours but if you need to see me I am happy to make an appointment with you. Email is a good way to reach me or catch me before or after class. There will be 5 quizzes. I will drop your lowest score. We will go to the Morris Museum and a response paper will be required. Attend the lectures. Do the reading. I will not quiz you on an image I have not covered in class. It is best to do the readings before class. Please print out the image list and reading list I post online at the my courses web page. Bring the image list to class every week. Some of the images I expect you to know will not be in the text. A link is posted on my courses where you can find some of the Power points I use in class.

This reading list is subject to revision at the instructor’s discretion.

General Syllabus for All Sections (L = literature; M = music; A = art)

Unit  1: Introduction to program (Aug. 17 - 21)

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.

A: Introduction

Unit  2: Hinduism/India (Aug. 24 - 28)

L: Indira Peterson's introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, plus the selections from the work itself (NAWLS2 762-80); Indira Peterson's "India's Heroic Age" (NAWLS2 714-22); test due anytime on Friday or postmarked Saturday, as explained above in the section "Literature Requirements and Details"

M: The Indian Raga - Reading: MS pgs. 457-472 ; Listening: Raga Maru-Bihag

A:  India and Hindu Art Shiva as Nataraja Fig. 4.12 Read Sayre pp 118-125

Unit  3: Archaic Greek: Mortals/Immortals and Gender (Aug. 31  -  Sept. 4)

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 (first class session) and 5-8 (second class session)  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 473-475 ; Listening: Epitaph of Seikelos, Invocation of the Muses, Hymn to Nemesis

A:  Archaic Greek – Sayre pp 161-184

L: (first class session of the week:) Homer's Odyssey, Books 9-12; (second class session of the week:)  Homer's Odyssey Books 13 and 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 476-479 ; Listening: Hymn of the Sun, Lament on the Suicide of Ajax & Choral Ode from Iphegenia et Aulis

A:  Sayre pp 185-210

Unit  5: Classical Greek II: Open Topic (Sept. 14 - 18)

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 479-482 ; Listening: All previous items of ancient Greek music

A:  No additional reading this week. Please review the previous Greek material; it’s essential to what follows.


Unit  6: Judaism (Sept. 21 - 25)

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;  **Sept 25 Quiz - Hinduism and Greece on VISTA QUIZ # 1. Quiz will be open from 6:00am until 10:00 pm **

A:  Judaism Sayre pp 281-283, 304-305


Unit  7: Imperial Rome: Forms of Power (Sept. 28 -  Oct. 2)

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, arena, Syriacaii ; **MIDTERM- IN-CLASS - Listening Test # 1 - Hinduism, Greece, Judaism ; given on Friday of Unit 7, or Friday of Unit 9**

A: A lot to cover here: Sayre pp 233-280

Unit  8: Midterm; Interdisciplinary Exam #1 (Oct. 5 - 9)

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. 9 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 slid under Prof. Prinsky's office door (Allgood Hall, E-238).

Unit  9: Arab/Islam (Oct. 12 - 16)

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, Light of God is the Embodiment of the Prophet

A: Islam, Sayre Chapter 11 pp 336-369

Unit  10: Medieval Europe I: Sacred/Secular (Oct. 19 - 23)

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:  Reading: EM 66-71 ; Listening: 1;1-3 Alleluia, O virga mediatrix

A: Sayre, Chapter 12

Unit  11: Medieval Europe II: Cosmic Structures (hierarchy, great chain of being, plenitude) (Oct. 26 - 30)

L:  Cantos 12-21 of Dante's Inferno; test 2 on Dante's Inferno due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as usual

M:  Medieval Europe II- Reading: EM 71-77 ; Listening: 1: 4-5 Notre Dame Organum: Gaude Maria Virgo   

A:  Sayre, Chapter 13


Unit  12: Medieval Europe III: Narrative and Christianity (Nov. 2 - 6)

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:  Reading: EM 78-84 ; Listening: 1:6-10 Kalenda Maya, 1: 11-15 Puis qu’en oubli ; **Nov. 6 Quiz - Medieval Quiz on VISTA QUIZ # 2. Quiz will be open from 6:00 am until 10:00 pm**

A: Sayre, Chapter 14


Unit  13: Renaissance/Reformation I: Renaissance Court (Nov. 9 - 13)

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 quarter of Shakespeare's Hamlet -- all on the first class session; second quarter of Shakespeare's Hamlet (second class session)

M:  Reading: EM 85-92 ; Listening: 1:16-22 Ave Maria… virgo serena (Josquin), 1:23-24 Gloria/Pope Marcellus Mass (Palestrina)

A: Sayre, Chapters 15 and 17


Unit  14: Renaissance/Reformation II: Reformation / Counter-Reformation (Nov. 16 - 20)

L:  third quarter of Shakespeare's Hamlet (first class meeting);  last quarter of Shakespeare's Hamlet (second class meeting); test due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as usual

M:  Reading: EM 93-100 ; Listening: 1-25-28 Three Dances (Susato), 1:29-31 Ecco mormorarl’onde (Monteverdi)

A:  Sayre, Chapters 15, 17 and 19
Unit  15: Renaissance/Reformation III (early Baroque) (Nov. 23, Nov. 30)

L:   P.M. Pasinetti and Heather James' introduction to Cervantes plus first third of Cervantes' Don Quixote (first class meeting); second third of Don Quixote (second class meeting)

M: Reading: EM 100-107 ; Listening: 1:32-33 Fair Phyllis (Farmer) ; **Nov. 30 - Quiz - Renaissance Quiz on VISTA QUIZ # 2. Quiz will be open from 6:00 am until 10:00 pm**

A: Continue working in Chapters 17 and 19

Unit 16: Renaissance IV & Evaluations (Dec. 2)  

L: last third of Cervantes' Don Quixote (first class meeting of the week); test due on Friday (or postmarked Saturday) as usual

Dec.  2: (a) L,M,A: fill out evaluation forms ; (b) **Music: FINAL- IN-CLASS - Listening Test # 2**

Art: Last quiz

Other Important Dates

Scheduled holidays:  Labor Day  (Sept. 7); Thanksgiving  (Nov. 25-27); Fulltime faculty furlough dates: Sept. 8, Nov. 25, Dec. 23

Scheduled Final Exam Date (for Interdisciplinary Test #2) - one copy in each professor's mailbox (lit. professor, music professor, art professor): Dec.  8 (Monday), no later than 4:30 p.m.; note that the art portion of the exam will be due earlier, as will be explained in class

Extra-credit Interdisciplinary Labs: Hindu Temple (8/22, Sat.; 9 & 10:30 a.m.), Synagogue (Congregation Children of Israel; Walton Way) (10/2, Friday; 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.), Mosque ( TBA ); Production of Shakespeare play at ASU (  ); Most Holy Trinity Church (11/7; Sat.; 11 a.m.); directions to places and assignment for the lab found on the Prinsky Humn. 2001 webpage