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Course Syllabus Week 1:
Introduction to the course Topic:
What is Literature? What is
Philosophy?
What is knowledge in each? The instructor will invite students to begin a journey of exploration of literature and philosophy through the ages. The class website will be projected onto a screen in class and the instructor will go through the different pages, discuss activities and check for understanding. Each person will introduce herself and discuss interests and goals for the course. The instructor will briefly mention evaluation and the final project. A survey will be taken to determine how many students are familiar with authors listed in the course and suggestions will be made on ways to find timelines and further background information if needed. The instructor will pass around a sign up sheet and ask each student to sign up for one author and one philosopher (not the same day) to present to the class. For these presentations, students may prepare to review the key points in any manner they feel best suits the material and their own practical use. We will brainstorm possible presentation methods, such as teaching the authors as a lesson to high school students, as a field trip to the time period, as a skit, power point presentation, and so on. Creativity and humor much appreciated! After each student has presented her key points, the two students will briefly debate some of the differences between their author and philosopher and how each has influenced contemporary education for better or worse. The class as a whole will then participate in this larger discussion of all the topics. We will also be looking at film and other media for a broader view of some of the texts, interviewing instructors about their views on working with literature and philosophy in the classroom, and conducting our own research. Students are encouraged to pursue a line of study that will most benefit their own interest areas. Format for each class: Before class: Students complete assigned readings for the week Go online and check the week's scheduled activity and texts
In class: We will cover these broad areas: - Overview of the readings - Philosophy - Literature - "Progress" in education - Hindsight: what these ideas mean to contemporary education today and what theorists have to say - Discussing the game On going: Questions for Sappho! (FAQs) Feel free to make suggestions and I will post information related to our topic. ** Please note: All books cited are one level down from the FAQ page on "REFS"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 2: Plato and Homer Topic: Philosophy vs. Literature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 3: Aristotle and Sophocles Topic: Truth in Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 4: Descartes and Montaigne Topic: The Science of Philosophy and hints of Postmodernism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 5: Intro to Shakespeare Topic: Out of the Dark Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 6: Shakespeare Topic: The Birth of Humanism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 7: Kant, Hume, Hobbes and Locke Topic: The Enlightenment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 8: George Eliot and Tolstoy Topic: Realism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 9: Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Sartre, deBeauvoir and Camus Topic: The Existentialists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 10: Joyce, Woolf and T.S. Eliot Topic: Modernism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 11: Foucault and Winterson Topic: Defining Postmodernism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week 12 & 13: Presenting Final projects (due last class)
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