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WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Part One Fall 2001, Wed. 9:10-12:00, LB 309 Dr. Joseph Murphy, Office: SF229, Email: ENGL1026@mails.fju.edu.tw |
| OVERVIEW This two-semester course in Western Civilization is specially designed for non-Western students of English. Its purpose is to survey the major intellectual, social, and political traditions of the West, as background for further study of literature in English. Serious students of the course will learn: 1) to understand the complex social, political, and ideological contexts of Western history; 2) to recognize many cultural allusions appearing in Western literature; 3) to analyze a broad range of texts, by examining primary sources in history, philosophy, religion, art and music as well as literature. |
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TEXT Perry, Peden and Von Laue, Sources of the Western Tradition, 4th ed. Vol 1. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. |
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REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING Tests 60% Written assignments 20% Group presentation/ Class participation 20% Written assignments. Occasionally, students will be required to write responses to an assigned question about a reading or a film. Each student must submit his or her own written response. Group presentations. Each study group will choose one of the topics listed in the schedule for a presentation. Requirements: 45-50 minutes in length; balance presentation equally among group members; seek original and effective presentation methods. Class participation. Each study group will be responsible for oral responses to weekly study questions. Students who are regularly prepared to answer study questions when called upon will receive high class participation grades; others will not. Of course, absences will reduce your participation grade. MORE THAN THREE ABSENCES WILL BE GROUNDS FOR FAILING THIS COURSE. BY 10/3, EACH STUDY GROUP MUST SUBMIT A CARDBOARD (NOT PAPER) INDEX CARD WITH SMALL PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH GROUP MEMBER ATTACHED. |