Encounters: Transformations

Wed 8/29

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Vol. 1. From Preface to the end of
Chapter 4.

Fri 8/31

Frankenstein, from Vol. 1, Chapter 5 to Vol 2, Chapter 3.

Mon 9/3

Frankenstein, from Vol. 2, Chapter 4 to Vol. 3, Chapter 3.

Wed 9/5

Frankenstein, from Vol. 3, Chapter 4 to the end of the novel.

Fri 9/7

Free day - Instructor’s choice

Mon 9/10

PLENARY LECTURE: PROF. DELBERT HUTCHISON
Cordiner Hall

Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (1859 First Edition)

Introduction (pp. 1-6); Chapter 1 (bottom of p.29 – 42); Chapter 3 (60 – 77); Chapter 4 (80 – top of 96); (bottom of 101 – 116)

Wed 9/12

Origin of Species – Chapter 6 (p. 171 – 190); (bottom of p.194-end of first paragraph on p. 203); Chapter 9 (279 – end of first paragraph on 302); (310-11): concluding paragraph of chapter

Fri 9/14

Origin of Species – Chapter 10 (bottom of p. 341 – 345); Chapter 11 (346 – end of first paragraph on p. 365); Chapter 12 (bottom of 388 – 406); Chapter 13 (411 – 413); (420 – 422); (434 - 436) (second half of p. 450 – top of page 456); Chapter 14 (459); (bottom of p. 480 – 490): the conclusion

Mon 9/17

Genesis 1-2

Wed 9/19

Genesis 3-11

Fri 9/21

Genesis 12-22

Mon 9/24

Qur’an: (The readings center on Islam and the Qur’an). Sura 1, 96:1-5, Sura 112 and Sura 24 (especially verses 35-38) [Description of God and his oneness] Verses 2:185, 4:82, 6:19, 7:204, 10:15-16, 37, 61, 12:3, 15:85-99, 17:78-79, 25:30-32, 27:1-6 and 27:76-85, 76:23, 85:21, 92, 30:58 [Description of the Qur’an in its own words]. And Ibn Ishaq, the life of Muhammad, bottom of p. 103 to p.115, excerpt on e-reserves

Wed 9/26

Qur’an: (the readings center on Islam and its belief system: The five pillars and Islamic Law) Sura 2

Additional Reading: Exodus 20-22 (centered on the 10 commandments) to supplement Qur’an reading. Available on e-reserves

Fri 9/28

Qur’an: Suras 2:29-39, 2:117, 4:1, 7:10-36, 7:189, 10:3-4, 20:116-123, 21:16-20, 23:12-22, 27:64, 29:19-20, 32:4-11, 35 (all), 36:77-83, 37:11, 50:38, 51:47-49, 57:4-6, 79:27-33, 92:1-3

Mon 10/1

Qur’an: (Muhammad and the Prophetic Tradition)

[Suras on Noah (and past prophets)]:10, 11, 23, 29, 66, 71

[Isma‘il]: 2: 122-136, 6:86-87, 14:35-41, 19:54, 37:99-122, 38:48

Wed 10/3

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, pp. 3-17 (Introduction)

Fri 10/5

De Beauvoir, pp. 21-48 (Chapter 1)

Mon 10/8

OCTOBER BREAK, No Classes

Wed 10/10

De Beauvoir, pp. 279, 283, 753-766 (Introduction to Volume 2, the first page of Volume 2, Chapter 1, and the Conclusion of Volume 2)

Fri 10/12

Free day – Instructor’s choice

Mon 10/15

PLENARY LECTURE: PROF. JON WALTERS
Cordiner Hall

Bhagavad Gita 1-2

Wed 10/17

Bhagavad Gita 3-6

Fri 10/19

Bhagavad Gita 7-12

Mon 10/22

Plato, Symposium, pp. 1-39

Wed 10/24

Symposium, pp. 40-60

Fri 10/26

Symposium, pp. 61-77

Mon 10/29

Augustine, Confessions Books 1-3

Wed 10/31

Confessions Books 4-6

Fri 11/2

Confessions Book 7

Mon 11/5

Confessions Books 8-9

Wed 11/7

Confessions Book 10

Fri 11/9

Christine de Pizan, from The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan pp. 116-155

Mon 11/12

Christine de Pizan, from The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan pp. 155-173

Wed 11/14

Free day – Instructor’s choice

Fri 11/16

John Keats, “Bright Star,” “When I have fears that I may cease to be,” “La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad”

THANKSGIVING BREAK 11/17-11/25

Mon 11/26

Keats, “Ode to Psyche,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to a Nightingale, “Ode on Melancholy,” “Ode on Indolence”

Wed 11/28

Euripides, The Bacchae (read entire play)

Fri 11/30

The Bacchae

Screenings of All About My Mother (in Maxey Auditorium [W33]):

Fri. Nov. 30 at 7 pm
Sat. Dec. 1 at 7 pm
Sun. Dec. 2 at 7 pm
Tues. Dec. 4 at 7 pm

Mon 12/3

Pedro Almodóvar, All About My Mother

Wed 12/5

All About My Mother

Fri 12/7

Free day – Instructor’s choice

12/10-12/14 – FALL SEMESTER EXAM WEEK

Mon 1/14

Karl Marx, Selected Writings, “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts,” pp. 58-68

Wed 1/16

Marx, Selected Writings, “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts,” pp. 68-79

Fri 1/18

Marx, Selected Writings, “The Communist Manifesto,” pp. 157-169

Mon 1/21

No classes – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Wed 1/23

Marx, Selected Writings, “The Communist Manifesto,” pp. 169-176, 185-186

Fri 1/25

Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, Preface and First Essay

Mon 1/28

On the Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, Sections 1-12

Wed 1/30

On the Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, Sections 13-25

Fri 2/1

On the Genealogy of Morals, Third Essay, Sections 1, 2, 8-15, 23-24, and 27-28

Mon 2/4

Free day – Instructor’s choice

Wed 2/6

PLENARY LECTURE: PROF. JEANNE MOREFIELD
Cordiner Hall

Mohandas K. Gandhi, “Hind Swaraj,” Prefaces, Introduction, and Chapters 1-8 (pp. 5-44)

Fri 2/8

Gandhi, “Hind Swaraj,” Chapters 9-15 (pp. 45-76)

Mon 2/11

Gandhi, “Hind Swaraj,” Chapters 16-20 and Glossary (pp. 77-117, pp. xc-xcii)

Wed 2/13

Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers 

Four screenings of Battle of Algiers (Maxey Auditorium [W33], 7pm): Sun 2/10, Mon 2/11, Tues 2/12, & Thurs 2/14

Fri 2/15

Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers

Mon 2/18

No classes – President’s Day

Wed 2/20

Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers

Unit 5 – Rewrite

Fri 2/22

William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1

*The Tempest performances at Harper Joy Theatre, 2/21-2/24

Mon 2/25

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 2

Wed 2/27

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts 3 and 4

Fri 3/1

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 5

Mon 3/4

Aimé Césaire, A Tempest, Prologue and Act 1 (pp. 7-24)

Wed 3/6

Aimé Césaire, A Tempest, Act 2 (pp. 25-35)

Fri 3/8

Aimé Césaire, A Tempest, Act 3 (pp. 37-66)

SPRING BREAK 3/9-3/24

Mon 3/25

Francis Bacon, The New Organon, Preface and book 1: Aphorisms I-LXXVII (pp. 27-63)

Wed 3/27

Francis Bacon, The New Organon, Book 2: Aphorisms I-XX (pp.102-135)

Fri 3/29

Werner Heisenberg, “The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory” (handout)

Mon 4/1

Werner Heisenberg, “The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory” (handout)

Wed 4/3

Free day – Instructor’s choice

Fri 4/5

Art Spiegelman, Maus I.1-3

Mon 4/8

Spiegelman, Maus 1. 4-6

Wed 4/10

Spiegelman, Maus 2. 1-2

Fri 4/12

Spiegelman, Maus 2. 3-5

Mon 4/15

Toni Morrison, Beloved, I to the end of the carnival

Wed 4/17

Morrison, Beloved, I from Beloved’s appearance to her dress in the water

Fri 4/19

Morrison, Beloved, to the end of I

Mon 4/22

Morrison, Beloved, II

Wed 4/24

Morrison, Beloved, III

Fri 4/26

Bill McKibben, Eaarth, pp. xi-46 (Chapter 1)

Mon 4/29

PLENARY SPEAKER - BILL MCKIBBEN
Cordiner Hall

McKibben, Eaarth, pp. 47-101 (Chapter 2)

Wed 5/1

McKibben, Eaarth, pp. 102-150 (Chapter 3)

Fri 5/3

McKibben, Eaarth, pp. 151-219 (Chapter 4)

Mon 5/6

Free day – Instructor’s choice

5/9-5/14 – SPRING SEMESTER EXAM WEEK