Office hours:
Texts:
You will find several texts to
buy at the bookstore: we will not need them until about September
25 (Heptameron) and later (The Princesse de Clèves,
Adolphe
and Madame Bovary)
Some of the reading material for
the class is on reserve at Copley Library, some is on electronic reservee
(e-res) available at http://copleylib.sandiego.edu/courseindex.asp
under my name or the class name. I will give you the password in
class.
So far, I placed three books on reserve: Ovid: Loves, Allen The Art of Love and one version of Tristan and Iseult, and one video: The World of Joseph Campbell. Go to the reserve desk and ask for my name + the title of the work.
Grades:
| 11 journals (1 page each) | 20 % |
| 1 discussion papers (3-4 pages): Oct 27 | 10 % |
| 2 Exams: Oct 15 (Midterm) / Dec 15 (Final) | 20 % |
| 2 Quizzes: Sept 17 / Nov 12 | 5 % |
1  Team
research project: Nov 5 or Dec 3 or Dec 10
(25minutes per team - 5-10 minutes for questions) |
5 % |
| 1 research project: --oral
presentation: Nov 17 - 19 - 24
(10 minutes per presentation) |
10 % |
| --rough draft (8-9 pages): Nov 26 | |
| --final draft (10-12 pages): Dec 10 | 20 % |
| Participation (all semester) - Absences affect this grade* | 10 % |
NOTE: You will be required
to view two films outside of class hours on Sunday
Oct 12 and November 2nd at 5:00
pm in Camino 108.
Outline for oral presentation and research papers
This course is designed to prepare you to succeed in college. The variety and quantity of the work reflect the different kinds of tasks that you will meet in the next four years (exams, quizzes, short papers, long papers, oral reports, etc.) The journals are particularly important in that they will prepare you for class discussions as well as help you develop a critical faculty for reflection through writing. The work load, while heavy, is not overly burdensome provided that you do not fall behind. Remember that I am here to help you and do not hesitate to see me during my office hours.
Best wishes for a successful semester!
Sept 3
Discussion: Attitudes toward
love in the modern world.
Great love stories (literature & real life)
Homework (HW): Read e-res # 1a-e – “Ancient texts” - For "The Song of Songs" / Solomon you will find a more legible annotated edition at : http://www.biblegateway.com. The Bulfinch version of Cupid and Psyche is also online with great links for the "bios" of each character.
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mon, 9/8
Library tour. Meet in our new regular classroom: ST231
Homework
(HW): Team research - Love in other traditions. Teams will
be assigned.
weds, 9/10
Reports on research (presentations and notes taken in class will be graded)
Discussion
on Ancient Love. (Ovid [Art of Love Books I & III] and the New
Testament excerpts on e-res will be discussed on Monday 9/15)
HW for
Monday: Read passages from The Song of Roland (e-res
# 2) –
Journal #1 Write
your initial thoughts and expectations regarding "Love in literature" and
"Love in other traditions." This first journal is very informal,
however, as with all journal assignements, I will collect this journal
entry and grade it. At the same time, I will also collect your class
notes from Wednesday (9/10). These too are graded.
[Note: Friday Sept 12 , classes will be shortened because of the Mass of the Holy Spirit at noon. 7:50-8:30; 8:40-9:20; 9:30-10:10; 10:20-11:00; 11:10-11:50; 1:40-2:20; 2:30-3:15 ] Last day to add a class or change to or from Pass/Fail.
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mon, 9/15
Christian love: The New Testament (e-res
#1c)
Fraternal
Love: The Song of Roland
HW:
Read passages from Marie de France (Les Lais + Fables e-res
#5a-b) and Les Quinze Joies du Mariage “The First Joy”
and “The Fifteenth Joy” (e-res
#3)
Tip of the day:
Go to the opening of the Mathematics Center.
The center is opened and provides free help to students:
Mo-Th 10-5 &
7-10 pm, Friday 10-2 and Sunday 7-10 pm
weds, 9/17
Medieval Love and Marriage: Marie de France (Les Lais [Guiguemar]
+ Fables e-res
#5a-b)
QUIZ (Notes)
HW for
9/22:
Read
Les Quinze Joies du Mariage
“The First Joy” and “The Fifteenth Joy” (e-res
#3)
Tristan and Yseult (Library reserve)
– Journal
#2 (How do you explain the very unimportant role of Aude in the Song of
Roland? Comment.)
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mon, 9/22
Les Quinze Joies du Mariage “The
First Joy” and “The Fifteenth Joy” (e-res
#3)
Courtly Love, Love and Fate: Tristan
and Yseult (Library reserve)
From
Chanson de geste to Courtly Love
weds, 9/24 Tristan and Yseult (although the book is on reserve at Copley, you may prefer to use this web version)
HW for 9/29:
read passages from Marguerite de Navarre, The Heptameron.
Read all the
stories assigned for each day. Pick two stories for each day and study
them in detail.
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mon, 9/29
Men vs. Women: Marguerite de Navarre, The Heptameron [Prologue
and day one: pp60-154]
HW: journal:
What are the two attitudes towards love found among the storytellers of
The Heptameron? or
Think about the role of love in Tristan and Iseult with regards
to social order and chaos.
weds, 10/1
Scholasticism vs. Platonism: The Renaissance in The Heptameron
[Stories 14, 16, 18, 25, 37, 38, 39, 42, 60, 66, 67]
HW for 10/6: read Madame de La Fayette, The Princess of Clèves
and Journal
for 10/6: (Choose one of the story tellers from The Heptameron
and characterize his or her points of view on the role of men
and women
in society and in marriage. Give examples, analyze and give your
opinion)
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mon, 10/6 Men vs. Women:
The
Princess of Clèves [Books 1 & 2] -Text
on the web (in case you cannot find your book)
HW for 10/8 - finish
reading The Princess of Clèves.
weds, 10/8 The Princess of Clèves [Books 3-4]
This week-end, [Sunday at 5 pm]
we shall view Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. (ROOM: CAMINO
108)
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mon, 10/13 Fatal Love: Romeo
and Juliet
weds, 10/15 Mid-term
exam
HW for 10/20: read
Benjamin Constant Adolphe
and Journal: In both
The
Princess of Clèves and in
Romeo and Juliet, parents have
an important and dramatic role in their children lives, and choices.
Describe them and give your personal opinion of what these roles should
be.)
Links to web pages on Romanticism,
the Romantic Hero (and other heroes in literature):
Characteristics
of Romanticism
Four
Conceptions of the Heroic
The
Romantic Period
fri, 10/17 Fall holiday - no classes
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mon, 10/20 Self-love: Adolphe [pp 25 - 81]
weds, 10/22 Adolphe [pp 82-end]
HW for 10/27: read
Flaubert,
Madame Bovary - read Part I & II through chapter
III
and turn in 1st discussion paper
on 10/27 (3-4 pages typed):
Compare and contrast the characters
in The Princess of Clèves and Adolphe: The Duke
of Nemours and Adolphe, The Princess and Ellénore. Examine
the gender representations in each novel, as well as their roles.
Or:
Discuss the effects of passion
for the Princess inThe Princess of Clèves and Ellénore
in Adolphe. Could harmony ever obtain for these two characters?
Why or why not? [Since Adolphe is not in love, does he have a better
or worse chance to reach happiness? Do not ignore who their chosen
partners are.]
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mon, 10/27 Madame Bovary [Part I & II through chapter III]
HW for 10/29: read Flaubert, Madame Bovary read through part II chapter IV-- chapter XII (incl.)
weds, 10/29 Romantic Love: Madame
Bovary
Class canceled. Please take care of yourselves,
family, and friends in need.
Keep up with the reading assignments if possible.
Sunday Nov. 2nd at 5 pm, we
shall view LaClos’
Dangerous Liaisons.(ROOM: CAMINO 108)
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mon, 11/3 Love as Good
and Evil: Dangerous Liaisons
weds, 11/5 Team Research Project
Journal
for 11/10. Find 3 or 4 passages that exemplify
irony
and discuss how this device is used in the novel.
or
Find several examples in the novel
that describe how the middle-class is more interested in acquiring material
possession than in a spiritual life.
Analyse these examples.
HW for 11/10 read Madame
Bovary Part II (end) and Part III chapter VI (incl.)
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mon, 11/10 Madame Bovary
HW for 11/12 read Madame
Bovary Part III (end)
weds, 11/12 Madame Bovary (end)
Quiz
Journal for 11/17:
Both Emma and Charles are blind. What are they blind to?
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mon, 11/17 Presentations
weds, 11/19 Presentations
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mon, 11/24 Presentations
HW for 11/26 (turn it in early if you are going to be absent on that date): Rough draft of your individual research project. Submit your paper as an e-mail attachment. Please use Word for Windows or save your file in rich text format. Thank you)
weds, 11/26 The Baker’s Wife (Giono – Pagnol) Film in class
thurs,
11/27 & fri, 11/28 Thanksgiving holiday
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mon, 12/1 The
Baker’s Wife – Discussion in class. Link
to "Chaos" explanation
weds, 12/3 Team research project presentation
Homework for Monday 12/8:
make a list of themes or simple plots found in the texts read or movies
seen throughout the semester.
for instance: Mothers as
educators of daughters (Madame de Chartres, The Princess of Clèves),
greed and corruption as a source loss of self, loss of love (Emma, Madame
Bovary, Marquise de Merteuil, Dangerous Liaisons), etc...
Each theme may be applied to more
than one novel, film, myth, etc.
Send 10-15 themes with references
to texts going from the Antiquity to the twentieth century by e-mail
before 4 pm on Monday.
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mon, 12/8 Review
weds, 12/10 Team research project presentation
fri,
12/12 Last day of classes
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mon, 12/15 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Final exam - Happy
holidays!