General Combined Syllabus: Humn. 2002J - World Humanities II ; Spring 2008
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 the seventeenth century to the present, ranging from American and European
cultures to those of Africa, China, and Japan.
Texts and CD's
Mack, Maynard, ed. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces Expanded Edition in One Volume (Norton, 1997); abbreviated below as NAWME
Kleiner, Fred, and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed; customized version. Vols 1 & 2. Wadsworth - Thomson, 2004. Vol. 1 needed for Humn. 2001 (and for some sections of Humn. 2002); Vol. 2 needed for Humn. 2002. Abbreviated below as GATA-12c.
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation, Sixth Brief Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2007); comes with 1 CD-ROM; also, for listening, is a 4-CD set. Most non-Western listening excerpts may be found on the Humanities Resources website accessible through the ASU Homepage (click on “H” – enter username/password combination). Also needed is Dr./Prof. Clayton Shotwell's supplement to the 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 will 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 Kamien or Supplement.
All texts are used in both Humn. 2001 (World Humanities I) and Humn. 2002 (World Humanities II). 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. (5) 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 Tuesday and Thursday for part of the overall period. The music part meets once a week for a certain portion, as does the art part, with a ten-minute break between the lit and music, and between the lit and art. (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. (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
(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 end of the week (e.g., Friday; or postmarked Saturday) on which the required reading is scheduled to be completed. Tests may be slid under my office door or placed in my department mailbox anytime on the day on which the required reading is scheduled to be completed, or mailed USPS, as per the following directions. Tests may be mailed if postmarked on the date the required reading is scheduled to be completed. 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 Langs-Lit-Comm / Augusta State University / Augusta, GA 30904-2200). (b4) Late tests are penalized one letter grade per day. (c) My office hours are 12-12:50 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and 6-6:30 Tuesday & Thursday, in Allgood Hall, E-238, or by appointment; my telephone is 706-667-4431 and e-mail address is nprinsky@aug.edu and englishprofatasu@yahoo.com. Note that many problems can be solved by e-mail. (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 (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. classes or finals week.
Music Requirements and Details
Music instructor: Professor Kathryn Cheney. E-mail: kcheney1@aug.edu ; The music grade for the course will consist of four quizzes given throughout the semester, as well as a concert report due at the end of the semester. Guidelines for the concert report are posted on Campus Pipeline. Each quiz will contain a multiple choice section covering lecture material and a listening quiz covering the different musical examples from each lecture and lab meeting. Attendance is vital, since you are responsible for anything covered during both lectures and labs, much of the material not included in the textbook. Failure to come to class will likely result in failing the music portion of the course. In addition to the lecture notes, there will be historical background handouts for each musical period available on Dr. Prinsky's website. Material on these handouts may also appear on the quizzes and can also help you to better understand the culture in which the music was written.
Art Requirements and Details
Art Instructor:
Thomas (Tom) Crowther ; ph (706) 729-2428
email:
tcrowthe@aug.edu
Grading: Your grade will encompass the
following areas: 1. Short weekly quizzes over the assigned reading and
any images found in those pages. 2. Essay assignments.
It is crucial to your grade that you attend the art-portion class meetings and also keep up with the reading. Believe it or not, the quizzes covering the reading are designed to help you and will make understanding the material covered in class easier.
NOTE. There will be 12 quizzes; I will drop the two lowest quiz grades before calculating your quiz average. I will therefore NOT GIVE ANY MAKE-UP QUIZZES. There will be 2 essays, 1 before midterm and 1 after. Late essays will drop a half letter grade per day late. These essays will help you formulate ideas for the midterm and final
Your final grade will be made as follows: Quiz = 70 % ; Essay = 30% ; Total = 100%
Reading/Images list : The Gardner art text is required. You are also required to do the reading. Here’s the easiest and most effective way to do the art reading. (1) Read the two or three introductory pages at the beginning of the chapter. This gives you a great overview of the history and the ideas of the time- it will definitely help you pull together art, music and literature. (2) Look up what art works we’ll be talking about in the coming week. Then look up those works in the art text and then look at them and read a little about them. (3) Read the rest of the art text if you have time!
Attendance: See Dr. Prinsky’s syllabus. It is important to come to class and take notes.
General Syllabus for All Sections (L = literature; M =
music; A = art)
Week 1: Baroque I -- Retrospection/Introduction/Secular (Jan. 8 & 10)
L: Poems of George Herbert (from Prinsky
website)
M: Baroque Instrumental Music.
Reading: Kamien pp. 90 – 110, 124 – 133 ; Listening: CD 2/1: Vivaldi, La
Primavera, mvt. I; CD 1/63: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, mvt. I
A: GATA-12c, 689-729 ; Vermeer, Jan: The Letter, 1666, oil, 17”x 15”, pp. 728; Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670-75, oil, 52”x 44”, pp. 729; Velasquez, Diego: Water Carrier of Seville, 1619, oil, 41”x 31”, pp.710 ; Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), 1656, oil, 10’5”x 9’, pp.712 & 688
Week 2: Baroque II -- Modes of Christian Religiosity (Jan. 15 & 17)
L: Poems of
George Herbert (from Prinsky Humn. 2002 webpage on Prinsky ASU website)
M: Dramatic Vocal Music of the Baroque.
Reading: Kamien pp. 110 – 122, 134 – 147 ;
Listening: CD 2/12: Bach, Cantata 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme,
mvt. 4; CD 2/17: Handel, Messiah, “Hallelujah”
A: GATA-12c 689-729 ; Bernini, Gianlorenzo: David, 1623, marble, height-5’7”, pp.695; Saint Teresa in Ecstasy, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1642-52, pp.696 ; Baldacchino, 1624-33, gilded bronze, approx 100’ high, pp. 694 ; Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi): Entombment, 1603, oil, 10’x 7’, pp.703 ; Conversion of St Paul, 1601, oil, 7’6”x 5’9”, pp. 701 ; Crucifixion of St Peter, 1600, oil ; Gentileschi, Artemisia: Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614-20, oil, 6’6”x 5’4”, pp. 704 ; Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, 1625, oil, 72”x 56”
Week 3: Eighteenth Century I -- Space, Design, Structure (Jan. 22 & 24)
L: Richard Hugo
& Patricia M. Spacks, "The Enlightenment in Europe" (NAWME 1889-1895); Hugo &
Spacks, Introduction to Voltaire's Candide (NAWME 2034-2037); Voltaire's
Candide, Chs. 1-10 (in NAWME)
M: Eighteenth-Century
Instrumental ; Reading: Kamien pp.
148-168, 174-170 ; Listening: CD 2/23: Mozart, Symphony No. 40, mvt. I;
CD 2/32: Haydn: Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), mvt. II
A: GATA-12c, 730-746, 796-827 ; Palace at Versailles: 1668-85, building designed by Louis LeVau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, gardens designed by Andre LeNotre, interior designed by Hardouin-Mansart and Charles LeBrun, pp.738-739 ; Rigaud, Hyacinthe: Portrait of Louis the XIV, 1701, oil, 9’2”x 7’10”, pp.737 ; Fragonard, Jean Honore: The Swing, 1766, oil, 2’11”x 2’8”, pp. 803 ; Boucher, Francois: Cupid As A Captive, 1742, oil, 22”x 29”, pp. 802
Week 4: Eighteenth Century II -- Social Commentary
(Jan. 29 & 31)
L: Voltaire's
Candide, Chs. 11-20 (in NAWME) (first session); Chs. 21-30 (second
session)
M: Eighteenth-Century
Opera, Beethoven. Reading: Kamien pp. 179
– 205 ; Listening: CD 3/1: Mozart, Don Giovanni, Act I: Introduction; CD
2/63: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 4 ; Music Quiz: Baroque,
Eighteenth Century I
A: GATA-12c, 730-746, 796-827 ; Forms of Artistic Narrative ; Joseph Wright of Derby: A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery, 1763-65, oil, 4’10”x 6’8”, pp.806; Hogarth, William: Breakfast Scene From Marriage Ala Mode, 1743-45, oil, 28”x 36”, pp.810 ; David, Jacques-Louis: Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil, 11’x 14’, pp. 816; The Death of Marat, 1793, oil, 5’3”x 4’1”, pp. 817; Ingres, Jean-Auguste: Grande Odalisque, 1814, oil, 35”x 63”, pp.827
Week 5: Romanticism I -- Natural and Supernatural (Feb. 5 & 7 )
L: Richard Hugo &
Patricia M. Spacks, "Revolution and Romanticism in Europe and America" (NAWME
2137-2144); Hugo and Spacks introduction to William Blake,
plus selections from Blake's Songs of Innocence (NAWME 2264-2268);
selections from Blake's Songs of Experience (NAWME 2269-2271)
M: Romantic Opera.
Reading: Kamien pp. 252 –
285 ; Listening: CD 4/1: Wagner, Die Walküre Act I, Love Scene and
Conclusion
A: GATA-12c 838-845 ; Friedrich, Caspar David: Cloister Graveyard in the Snow, 1817-19, oil, 13”x 18” (original destroyed in 1945/formerly in the National Gallery, Berlin) Abbey in the Oak Forest, 1810, oil, 3’7”x 5’7”, pp. 838; The Polar Sea, 1824, oil, 38”x 50” ; Monk by the Sea, 1809-10, oil, 43”x 67”; Turner, Joseph Mallard William: Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps, 1812, oil, 4’9”x 7’9”; The Slave Ship, 1840, oil, 36”x 48”, pp. 840; Constable, John: The White Horse, 1819, oil, 4’x 6’; The Haywain, 1821, pp. 839; Bonheur, Rosa: The Horse Fair,1853-55, oil, 8’x 16’, pp. 863;
Week 6: Romanticism II -- Self and Revolution (Feb. 12 & 14 )
L: NAWME introduction to William Blake, plus
selections from Blake's Songs of Innocence (NAWME 2264-2268); selections from Blake's Songs of Experience (NAWME 2269-2271)
M: Romantic Opera.
Reading: Kamien pp.
252 – 285 ; Listening: CD 4/1: Wagner, Die Walküre Act I, Love Scene and
Conclusion
A: GATA-12c 827-836 ; Goya, Francisco: Family of Charles IV, 1800, oil, 9’x 11’, pp.831; The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, 1799, etching and aquatint, 8”x 6”, pp.830; The Third of May, 1808, oil, 8’9”x 13’4”, pp.831; Saturn Devouring His Children, 1819-23, oil, 57”x 32”, pp. 832; Gericault, Theodore: Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19, oil, 16’x 23’6”, pp. 833; Delacroix, Eugene: Liberty Leading The People, 1830, oil, approx 9’x11’ pp. 835
Week 7: China -- Self-Cultivation and the Process of Art (Feb. 19 & 21)
L: Stephen Owen, "Poetry and Thought in Early China" (NAWME 527-30); Owen's Introduction to the Book of Songs , along with the NAWME selection to the Book of Songs (NAWME 534-545)
M: Reading: Shotwell, pp. 503 – 508 ; Listening: Supplemental CD: The Running Brook
A: GATA-12c, 191-212, 763-772 ; Fan Kuan: Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, early 11th century, ink and colors on silk, h-6’9”, pp.207 ; Army of the First Emperor of Qin: Terra Cotta, 210 BCE, Each figure is approx. 5’10”, Qin Dynasty, pp. 197 ; Ma Yuan: On a Mountain Path in Spring, early 13th century, Southern Song, pp.210 ; Shen Zhou: Lofty Mount Lou, 1467, Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, approx 6’x3’, pp. 771 ; Wu Zhen: Stalks of Bamboo by a Rock, 1347, Hanging scroll, ink on paper, approx. 3’x1’, pp. 762 ; Shitao: Landscape, 1700, ink and color on paper, 9”x 11”, pp.772 ; Cai Guo-Qiang: Various Works (contemporary)
Week 8: Interdisciplinary Test #1 (Feb. 26 & 28)
Interdisciplinary Test #1 (on the relation of humanity to the
divine in art, music, and literature) due by Friday, 4:30 p.m.; three copies --
one for the music professor, one for the art professor, and one for the
literature professor, delivered to the art department office, music department
office, and English department office (or under the lit. professor's office
door); further instructions will be found on Prof. Prinsky's Humn. 2002 webpage
Week 9: Japan (Mar. 4 )
L: Robert Danly's "The Rise of Popular Arts in Premodern Japan"
(NAWME 2103-05); Robert Danly's introduction to Matsuo Basho's
The
Narrow Road of the Interior, and Matsuo Basho's
The
Narrow Road of the Interior (NAWME 2108 - 2134)
M: Reading:
Shotwell, pp. 509 – 514 ; Listening: Supplemental CD: Sakura
A: GATA-12c, 779-794 ; Hokusai: The Great Wave, 1831, polychrome woodblock print, 10”x 14”, pp.791 ; Ryoan-ji: Kyoto, 1840, stone and gravel garden ; Sen no Rikyu: Tai-an tearoom, 1582, Myoki-an temple, Kyoto, pp.786 ; Koetsu: Mount Fiji, teabowl, early 17th century, h- 3 3/8th ; Tsuchiya Kimio: Symptom, 1987, branches, approx. 13’x15’, pp.794 ; Chuichi Fujii: Untitled, 1990, cedar, h-7’51/2” ; Shigeo Toya: Woods, 1987, wood and acrylic, 83” x 11x 11; Death of Woods, 1989, wood and acrylic, 90”x 220”x 24”; Woods II, 1989-90, wood and acrylic; Honma Kazuaki: Breath, 1968, bamboo, 24”x 12”x 35”; Katsushiro Soho: Rain, 1998, bamboo, 12”x 14” x 6”
Week 10: Realism/Impressionism (Mar. 11 & 13 )
L: Rene Wellek's and Sarah Lawall's "Realism, Symbolism, and European Realities" (NAWME 2325-2333); Mallarme's "L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune" (on ASU and Prinsky websites); NAWME introduction to and first act of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (NAWE 2537-2554) (first class session); Remainder of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (NAWME 2554-2578) (second class session)
Week 11: Expressionism / Primitivism; Fin de Siecle (Mar. 18 & 20 )
L: (first class session) NAWME introduction to Franz Kafka and first section of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" (2746-60); (second class session) remainder of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" (2760-84)
Week 12: Africa -- Twentieth-Century Interpretations
of the African Past (Mar. 25 & 27 )
L: (first class session) Sarah Lawall's "Modernism Expands and Evolves" (2595-2602); NAWME introduction to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, plus first quarter of the novel (NAWME 2931-57); (second class session) second quarter of Achebe's novel (NAWME 2957-87)
Week 13: Twentieth Century I -- Pure Art
(April 1 & 3 )
L: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, plus third quarter of the novel (NAWME 2987-3012); (second class session) fourth quarter of Achebe's novel (NAWME 3012-3030)
L: first half of "The Twentieth Century: Self and Other in Global Context" (NAWME 2587-95); NAWME introduction to Virginia Woolf's "An Unwritten Novel" plus the short story (NAWME 2735-46)
Week 15: Twentieth Century III -- Cultural Hybridity / Cultural Absorption (April 22 & 24 )
L: "Postmodernism" (NAWME 2602-05); NAWME introduction to Virginia Woolf's "An Unwritten Novel" plus the short story (NAWME 2735-46)
Week 16: Evaluations (April 29 )
L,M,A: Help with Interdisciplinary Test #2 ; evaluations
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Scheduled holidays: MLK Day, Jan. 21; Minibreak, March 6-7; Spring Break, April 7-11