Syllabus - Revelle College

University of California, San DiegoRevelle College HumanitiesJohn Hoon Lee Hum 5Office: GH 186 Spring 2013Phone: 858 534 6154 TuTh 11:00-12:20E-Mail: j9lee@ucsd.edu Center 115O.H.: Thursday: 2:00-4:00 & by appointmentsHumanities 5:Modern Culture, 1848 - PresentCourse Description:A lecture-discussion course on historical, literary, and philosophical trends of 19 th and 20 th century. Focuses oncrisis of Western Culture; challenges to liberalism posed by such movements as socialism and nationalism; andthe growth of new forms of self-expression and new conceptions of individual psychology.Required Texts:Mill, On LibertyMarx, The Communist ManifestoWagner, The Ring of the NibelungNietzsche, A Nietzsche Reader, edited by HollingdaleFreud, Civilization and its DiscontentsKafka, The MetamorphosisEliot, The WastelandSartre, No Exit and Three Other PlaysBeauvoir, The Second SexCourse Requirement: Student must fulfill all course requirements in order to receive a grade.Essay #1 – 25%Essay #2 – 25%Final exam – 40%Course Participation – 10%SYLLABUSWeek I2 April: Course Introduction: The Long Nineteenth Century RevolutionsMill, On Liberty4 April: Mill’s FreedomWeek II9 April: Marx on the Three Great RevolutionsMarx, The Communist Manifesto11 April: MarxismWeek III16 April: Wagner and the Germanic IdeologyWagner, The Ring of the Nibelung18 April: The RingWeek IV23 April: Wagner on the Will and the Renewal of CivilizationDue: Essay #125 April: Nietzsche contra Wagner contra SchopenhauerNietzsche, A Nietzsche Reader, edited by Hollingdalepp 71-148, 167-262

Week V30 April: Nietzsche as Educator2 May: Nietzsche’s Critique of Western CivilizationWeek VI7 May: Freud and the MindFreud, Civilization and its Discontents9 May: Constraint of CivilizationWeek VII14 May: Kakania 1900Kafka, The Metamorphosis and Conversation with the Supplicant16 May: It’s a Bug’s LifeWeek VIII21 May: Crisis in European LiberalismEliot, The Wasteland and The Love Song of J Alfred PrufrockDue: Essay #2 – Final Hum Essay!23 May: The MalaiseWeek IX28 May: Freedom, Choices, and ResponsibilitySartre, The Flies30 May: Those Pesky FliesWeek X4 June: Freedom for WomenDe Beauvoir, The Second SexIntroduction (pp 3-17), Part One (pp 21-75), Part Four (pp 721-751), and Conclusion(pp753-766)6 June: The Final Hum Lecture!11 June: Final Exam, Tuesday 11:30-2:30Important InformationStudents are expected to submit only their own work on papers and examinations. While you may discuss the assignments with othersin the class, collaboration on the preparation of a paper is not permitted. Unless the assignment specifically directs otherwise, papersshould be based entirely on your own study of the assigned material and not on secondary sources of any kind.Turning in someone else's work, whether from printed sources or material available electronically, as if it were your own constitutesplagiarism. Plagiarism is an act of intellectual dishonesty. The academic consequences of plagiarism range from failure for the taintedassignment to failure for the course, depending on the seriousness of the offense. All such offenses are reported to the college dean,who will impose additional administrative consequences, which can include suspension or expulsion from the university.Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to the following: turning in another student's paper as if it were your own;collaboration with another student in writing the paper; quoting, paraphrasing, or borrowing ideas from published or unpublishedmaterial written by someone other than yourself, without specific acknowledgment of the source.If you have any questions about what constitutes plagiarism, you should consult with your section instructor.