Huma 101 -- Constructing Western Traditions Steven Crowell

Fall 1996 (Section 5)

Requirements:

-class participation and attendance

-three short (4-6pp.) essays

-final examination

-daily ten-minute writing exercises

all requirements must be completed to pass the course

Daily Readings (to be completed before class on the assigned day):

September

W 4: Introduction

F 6: Homer, Iliad Bks. 1, 2 (to p. 115), 3, 6

M 9: Homer, Iliad Bks. 8, 9

W 11: Homer, Iliad Bks. 11, 12, 14, 15

F 13: Homer, Iliad Bks. 16, 17, 18, 19

M 16: Homer, Iliad Bks. 21, 22, 23, 24

W 18: Homer, Iliad

F 20: Exodus

M 23: Exodus, Leviticus [FIRST PAPER DUE]

W 25: Ecclesiastes

F 27: Euripides, Medea (entire)

M 30: Euripides, Medea

October

W 2: Euripides, Medea

F 4: Thucydides, On Justice, Power, and Human Nature (pp. 1-37)

M 7: Thucydides, On Justice, Power, and Human Nature (pp. 39-58, 66-76, 89-95)

W 9: Thucydides, On Justice, Power, ... (pp. 102-109, 111-123, 155-160)

F 11: NO CLASS MEETING

M 14: Plato, Apology, Crito (entire)

W 16: Plato, Phaedo (pp. 93-129)

F 18: Plato, Phaedo (pp. 129-155)

M 21: MID-TERM RECESS

W 23: Plato, Phaedo

F 25: NO CLASS MEETING

M 28: Plato, Phaedrus (pp. 1-49) [SECOND PAPER DUE]

W 30: Plato, Phaedrus (pp. 50-86)

November

F 1: Plato, Phaedrus

M 4: Livy, The Early History of Rome (pp. 33-63)

W 6: Livy, The Early History of Rome (pp. 63-101)

F 8: Paul, Galatians

M 11: Paul, Timothy I; "Paul and Thecla"

W 13: "A Christian Woman's Account..." and "Life of Antony"

F 15: Augustine, Confessions Bks. 1, 2, 3

M 18: Augustine, Confessions Bks. 7, 8

W 20: Augustine, Confessions Bk. 10

F 22: Augustine, Confessions

M 25: Beowulf (pp. 21-106)

W 27: Beowulf

F 29: THANKSGIVING

December

M 2: Maimonides, Ethical Writings (pp. 60-95, 138-150) [THIRD PAPER DUE]

W 4: Maimonides, Ethical Writings (pp. 169-177)

F 6: Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Prologue" (pp. 19-42)

M 9: Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Pardoner" (pp. 259-276)

W 11: Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Wife of Bath" (pp. 276-310)