Dr. Jill Steiner Humanities 3 Fall 2007

Renaissance, Reformation, and Early Modern Europe

Office Hours

MW 11:00-12:00 (and by appointment)

183 Galbraith

(858) 534-2054

jssteiner@ucsd.edu

Required Texts

More, Utopia

Machiavelli, The Prince

Shakespeare, The Tempest

Montaigne, Essays

Milton, Paradise Lost

Dornan & Dawe, The Brief English Handbook

Course Reader (Available from University Readers: www.universityreaders.com)

CourseThemes

This course will explore the development of European Western culture between about 1400 and 1660. It will focus on the emergence of 4 key themes that are central to modern Western society: 1) the questioning of legitimate political authority, 2) the origins of cultural relativity and pluralism, 3) the reformation and marginalization of religion, 4) the development of individual identity.

Course Requirements

1. There will be 2 essays of 5-7 pages. Essays will be submitted in a manila folder along with your Hum. 1 and 2 essays at the beginning of lecture on the dates due. Late essays will be graded down 1/3 grade for each day late and 1 full grade for a weekend. All assignments must be turned in to pass the course.
2. Preparation of assigned readings by the date specified on the syllabus.
3. Preparation for section meetings and participation in discussions.
4. Final Exam.

Grading

Essay #1 25%

Essay #2 30%

Final Exam 35%

Section attendance and participation 10%

Syllabus (subject to change)

F 9/28 Course Introduction and Requirements

Introduction to the Renaissance

M 10/1 Pico della Mirandolla, “Oration on the Dignity of Man”; Bruni, “Funeral

Oration”; Thucydides, “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” (Reader)

W 10/3 More, Utopia, Book One

F 10/5 More, Utopia, Book Two

M 10/8 Vespucci, Selections from Mundus Novus (Reader)

W 10/10 Las Casas, Selections from The Devestation of The Indies: A Brief Account (Reader) “The Requirement” (Reader)

F 10/12 Las Casas, “The Meanings of ‘Barbarous’”; “The ‘Only Method’ of Converting the Indians”; “A Defense of Human Sacrifice”; “A Declaration of Human Rights” (Reader)

M 10/15 “The Edict of Expulsion,”; Fernando Del Pulgar, Chronicle of the Catholic Kings; Andres Bernaldez, History of Catholic Kings (Reader)

W 10/17 Machiavelli, The Prince, 1-49

F 10/19 Machiavelli, The Prince, 50-85

M 10/22 Renaissance Art and Architecture (Reader)

First Essay Due, 5-7 pages

W 10/24 Luther, “Preface from St. Paul to the Romans”; Selections from “Ninety Five Theses” (Reader)

F 10/ 26 Luther, “An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility”

Grimm, “The Peasant’s Revolt in Germany”

M 10/29 Erasmus, “On the Freedom of the Will” (Reader)

Luther, “On the Bondage of the Will” (Reader)

W 10/31 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I

F 11/1 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II

M 11/ 5 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts III and IV

W 11/7 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V

F 11/9 Montaigne, I.31.“On the Cannibals”; II.1. “On the inconstancy of our actions”

M 11/12 Veteran’s Day: No Class

W 11/14 Montaigne: I.26. “On educating children”

F 11/16 Bacon, The New Atlantis (Reader)

M 11/19 Bacon, The New Atlantis (Reader)

W 11/21 No Class

F 11/23 Thanksgiving; No Class

M 11/26 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I

W 11/28 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II

F 11/30 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV

Second essay due, 5-7 pages

M 12/3 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX

W 12/ 5 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X

F 12/7 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII

Conclusions

F 12/14 Final Exam: 8:00-11:00 A.M., York 4080 A