Wed 14 Jan Introduction; computer and research survey

Fri 16 Jan discussion of group work, course goals, research interests; go see Amistad, Steven Spielberg's film about a slave ship mutiny and the 19th-century politics of abolition. You may use this film as one cultural event, if you wish. We will be discussing the film as a way of looking at history and the media, and as an addition to our reading of Douglass's Narrative.

Mon 19 Jan Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - no class

Wed 21 JanThe Visual Arts (677-678) - read section on Rodin; meet at the University Art Museum for tour of Rodin exhibit. For a review of this exhibit, see "Bronze Mettle" , by Margaret Regan. The Arizona Daily Star's Starlight section from Jan. 9 also has a review.

Fri 23 Jan Introduction to slavery; read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (7-52)

Mon 26 Jan Narrative (53-94)

Wed 28 Jan Narrative (95-159)

Fri 30 Jan Quiz

Mon 2 Feb Ethnic Notions -- film; This film is 58 min. long, so we won't be able to view it in its entirety. Please post your thoughts on the film to the class list (hums250c@listserv.arizona.edu) by 8 pm, Tuesday, 3 Feb. Write one solid paragraph. If you wish your posting to be a response to another person's reactions, that's also fine.

Wed 4 Feb Learning to Look - an exercise in image analysis; The Visual Arts - photography (617-620; 639-642; 761-765)

Fri 6 Feb group work on research projects

Mon 9 Feb read Communist Manifesto

Wed 11 Feb continue discussion ofCommunist Manifesto

Fri 13 Feb read Gregory Mantsios, "Rewards and Opportunities: The Politics and Economics of Class in the U.S. (CP 42-51); Quiz on Manifesto and Mantsios article

Mon 16 Feb read on Karl Marx (1-6); from Capital (19-21); Inaugural Address (22-25); Engels letter to Bloch (26-28)

Wed 18 Feb read from Sheila Rowbotham, "Sitting Next to Nellie" (29-37); Rosario Ferre, "Mercedes Benz 220SL" (38-42)

Fri 20 Feb visit to Center for Creative Photography; meet on bottom floor in lobby. See Beauty and Horror , Margaret Regan's Tucson Weekly review of the exhibit. Please post your reactions to Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View and Facing Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing Fields to the listserv by class on Monday. Write a substantive 5-10 sentence paragraph, and feel free to address any feelings and thoughts arising from the vivid contrast between the two displays.

Mon 23 Feb group conferences

Wed 25 Feb The Visual Arts (598-642)

Fri 27 Feb Frankenstein , Chapters 1-4 (5-55). I would recommend reading the introduction by Maurice Hindle (vii-xliii) after you've started the novel itself, but be sure to read the introduction at some point. Quizz on CCP exhibits and listerv/class discussion and on Frankenstein reading.

Mon 2 March ***Groups 1 & 2 post to listserv. Frankenstein , Chapters 5-8, Vol. I and Chapters 1-3, Vol. II (56-106); ***1st cultural event due

Wed 4 March Frankenstein, Chapters 4-9, Vol. II and Chapters 1-3, Vol. III (107-159); Quiz

Fri 6 March Frankenstein, Chapters 4-7, Vol. III (160-215)

Mon 9 March ***Group 3 posts to listserv. Meet in Library, A315. Those groups who have already met with Cathy Larson may attend if they wish, but do not need to do so.

Wed 11 March final discussion of Frankenstein -- if you haven't already read the introduction, please do so now

Fri 13 March The Visual Arts (...); slide presentation

March 16-20 Spring Break

Mon 23 March meet in Library, A315 for session on building web pages; ***Group 4 posts to listserv. Read on Nietzsche (7-12) and excerpts from Thus Spake Zarathustra (52-91)

Wed 25 March excerpts from Geneaology of Morals (92-109)

Fri 27 March continue discussion of Nietzsche

Mon 30 March ***Group 5 posts to listserv. MEET IN LOBBY of Art Museum, to the east of Harvill. Maurice Grossman, Professor Emeritus of the Art Department, will lead us through the Tucson Moderns exhibit, of which he is curator. If you have time to do any reading in advance, the relevant pages in The Visual Arts are 775-789 and 752-755. The exhibit covers the time period of 1945-1965. For an introductory article and review, read Margaret Regan's "Broad Strokes" in The Tucson Weekly, March 19-25, 1998.

Wed 1 April finish discussion of Nietzsche

Fri 3 April Milan Kundera, "Edward and God" (110-122); Quiz on Kundera and Nietzsche selections

Mon 6 April ***research papers due***Group 6 posts to listserv. Presentation of slides.

Wed 8 April presentation of slides

Fri 10 April Freud (13-18; 123-146)

Mon 13 April ***Group 7 posts to listserv. Meet in the lobby of CCP (Center for Creative Photography). Post two paragraphs to the listserv by class on Wednesday. Paragraph #1: discuss the current exhibit, Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Art. Paragraph #2: Choose one particular photograph from the print viewing session and discuss it. (See handout for details.)

Wed 15 April continue reading Freud (147-174)

Fri 17 April The Visual Arts, Chapter 20, "Between the Two World Wars" (745-774)

Mon 20 April ***Group 8 posts to listserv. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (175-183); Haunani Kay Trask, "From a Native Daughter" (253-256)

Wed 22 April***2nd cultural event due***Frantz Fanon, excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth (267-307); James Baldwin, "Sonny's Blues" (302-312)***REMEMBER that Cathy Larson will open A315 in the library on Thursday, April 23, from 5-7pm. Please take advantage of this opportunity to use the great equipment and get expert consulting from Cathy. A315 is open on Saturdays, 12-5, on a walk-in basis. Bring your CatCard.

Fri 24 April ***take-home Quiz on Fanon, Trask and Gilman due; The Visual Arts, Chapter 18 (689-713) and Chapter 22 (803-827); slide presentation

Mon 27 April Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House (184-209)

Wed 29 April Virginia Woolf, excerpt from Three Guineas (210-225); Susan Glaspell, "A Jury of Her Peers" (240-252)

Fri 1 May Ana Seghers, "The Excursion of the Dead Girls" (226-239)

Mon 4 May ***all group websites due by 5pm today***Anita Gordon and David Suzuki, "How Did We Come To This?" (257-261); John Lame Deer, "Talking to the Owls and Butterflies" (262-266)

Wed 6 May exam section on selected art works

Mon 11 May turn in take-home exam by 5pm to my office mailbox in Harvill 347