Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI; Perry, 82-117
Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI
Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI
Assignment: Epictetus, The Enchiridion (handout)
Fall
Weekend
Lecture titles are linked to lecture outlines; discussions are linked
to discussion questions.
Policy statement
HUM 11 home
| Sept. 12-13 | Introductory Lectures | Drs. Menzer, Spear, and Stone |
Egypt and Mesopotamia
| Sept. 14 | The "Empire"
of Egypt
Assignment: Perry, 1-27 |
Dr. Spear |
| Sept. 15 | Mesopotamian Empires | Dr. Spear |
| Sept. 18 | Mesopotamian Epic
Assignment: Epic of Gilgamesh |
Dr. Menzer |
| Sept. 19 | My Love is a Rose and Other Things
that Really Matter: Myth, History, and Faith
Assignment: Enuma Elish (SR); and NOAB, Genesis 1:1 - 4:26, 6-9 |
Dr. Matthews |
| Sept. 20 | Discussion |
Israel
| Sept. 21 | Israelite Thought
Assignment: NOAB, "Introduction to the O.T.," "The Pentateuch,"; Genesis 1-4:26; Exodus 19-20 |
Dr. Stone |
| Sept. 22 | The Davidic Kingdom
Assignment: I Samuel 16 - II Samuel 18; Perry 28-40 |
Dr. Spear |
| Sept. 25 | Israelite Religion I: Covenant,
Exodus, Law and the Canon of Scripture
Assignment: NOAB, Genesis 12:1 - 9; Ex. 1-5, 11-15, 19-20; Lev. 25 |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Sept. 26 | Israelite Religion II: Prophecy,
Exile, Rabbinism
Assignment: NOAB, Amos 1-6; Isaiah 1, 6, 42, 45; Daniel 7 |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Sept. 27 | Discussion | |
| Sept. 28 | FIRST HOUR EXAM |
Mycenaean Greece
| Sept. 29 | Homer as Historian
Assignment: Perry, 41-45; Odyssey, books 1, 6, 9-12, 17-23 |
Dr. Spear |
| Oct. 2 | Virtues of the Ancient World
Assignment: Odyssey, books 1, 6, 9-12, 17-23 |
Dr. Stone |
| Oct. 3 | Greek Epic
Assignment: Odyssey, books 1, 6, 9-12, 17-23 |
Dr. Menzer |
| Oct. 4 | Discussion |
Classical Greece
| Oct. 5 | Greek Tragedy
Assignment: Antigone |
Dr. Menzer |
| Oct. 6 | Greek Sexual Culture
Assignment: Lysistrata; Sappho (SR) |
Dr. Menzer |
| Oct. 9 | Greek History: Athenian
Imperialism
Assignment: Thucydides (SR); Perry, 45-56; 67-72 |
Dr. Spear |
| Oct. 10 | Discussion | |
| Oct. 11 | Plato: Forms, the Soul,
and Rhetoric
Assignment: Phaedrus; Perry, 56-67 |
Dr. Stone |
| Oct. 12 | Aristotle: Greek Natural
Philosophy
Assignment: Aristotle (SR) |
Dr. Stone |
| Oct. 13 | Greek Religious Thought
PAPERS DUE |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Oct. 16 | Alexander the Great
Assignment: Perry, 72-82 |
Guest lecture by Dr. Blackwell |
| Oct. 17 | Discussion |
The Roman Empire
| Oct. 18 | The Empire of Augustus
Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI; Perry, 82-117 |
Dr. Spear |
| Oct. 19 | Roman
Epic
Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI |
Dr. Menzer |
| Oct. 20 | Roman Religion
Assignment: The Aeneid, books I, II, IV, VI |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Oct. 23 | Stoicism
Assignment: Epictetus, The Enchiridion (handout) |
Dr. Stone |
| Oct. 24 | Discussion | |
| Oct. 25 | SECOND HOUR EXAM | |
| Oct. 26-29 | Fall
Weekend |
The Early Church
| Oct. 30 | Jesus and Early Christianity
Assignment: NOAB, "Introduction to the NT" and "The Narrative Books," pp. iiiNT-xNT; Matthew 1-7, & 25:1-46; Luke 15-16, & 22-24; Perry, 122-26 |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Oct. 31 | Paul and Early Christianity
Assignment: Acts 1 - 18; Pliny's Letter (SR); Perry 126-31 |
Dr. Stone |
| Nov. 1 | Early Christian Literature
Assignment: Psalms 2, 16; Isaiah 52-53; Amos 1-6 (again) |
Dr. Menzer |
| Nov. 2 | Creed, Canon, Clergy, and Constantine
Assignment: Perry 131-36 |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Nov. 3 | Discussion | |
| Nov. 6 | Augustine and the "Fall" of Rome
Assignment: Augustine, Confessions, chapters 1, 3, 4, 7-8; Perry 136-40 |
Dr. Spear |
| Nov. 7 | Augustine and the Discovery of the Will | Dr. Stone |
| Nov. 8 | Discussion (bring your own question) |
The Medieval Centuries
| Nov. 9 | Beowulf:
Monsters and Manuscripts (note revision to syllabus)
Assignment: Beowulf |
Dr. Menzer |
| Nov. 10 | Early English Literature
Assignment: Beowulf |
Dr. Menzer |
| Nov. 13 | The Empire of Charlemagne
Assignment: Perry 149-57 |
Dr. Spear |
| Nov. 14 | Castles and Crusades
Assignment: Song of Roland; Fulcher of Chartres "On the First Crusade" (handout) |
Dr. Spear |
| Nov. 15 | Literature and the Crusades | Dr. Menzer |
| Nov. 16 | Christianity and the Crusades | Dr. Rutledge |
| Nov. 17 | Discussion
PAPERS DUE |
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| Nov. 19-26 |  |
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| Nov. 27 | Film: Cathedral | |
| Nov. 28 | The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy
Assignment: Anselm (handout); Abelard, and Aquinas (SR); Perry, 182-92 |
Dr. Stone |
| Nov. 29 | Dante: A Historian's Perspective
Assignment: The Inferno; and excerpts from The Purgatorio and The Paradiso (SR); Perry, 192-95 |
Dr. Spear |
| Nov. 30 | Dante: A Literary Perspective
Assignment: Dante's Letter to Can Grande (SR) |
Dr. Menzer |
| Dec. 1 | Dante: A Religious Perspective
Assignment: Julian of Norwich (SR) |
Dr. Rutledge |
| Dec. 4 | Discussion | |
| Dec. 5 | Dissolution of Empires
Assignment: Perry, 195-207 |
Dr. Spear |
| Dec. 6 | Discussion & course surveys | |
| Dec. 7 | Study Day |
Dec. 8: FINAL EXAM 2:30-5:00 p.m.