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Prof. Maryanne Horowitz
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Instructor
Prof. Maryanne Horowitz
Class Meets: Tues, Thurs 1:30-2:55 p.m. Location:
Johnson 104
Office: Swan 316 323-259-2583 (for messages, best to leave message on email)
Office Hours: Tues. 11:30-1:00 p.m and Thurs. 10-11:30 a.m. and by appointment
Horowitz Homepage Use updated syllabus
on-line: From homepage, go to courses, then hist.
326.
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Campus mail to Horowitz mailbox, |
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e-mail horowitz@oxy.edu |
Books in Bookstore:
Eugene Rice and Anthony Grafton, Foundations of
Early Modern
Lisa Jardine, Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance, Norton pb. (Jardine)
Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly and other Writings, Norton pb. (Erasmus)
Frederic White, ed., Famous Utopias, Hendricks House pb. (Famous Utopias)
Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches Vintage pb. (Schama)
See reserve at library. Reserves and Electronic Reserves: Some items required on syllabus, others recommended.
50% of Grade: Exam 1, Exam 2, and take-home final, each worth 1/6 of grade.
Exams are Essays. Dates in BOLD in syllabus.
50% of Grade. Attendance & participation including short written assignments
counts for 1/6 grade. Research paper counts for 2/6 of the grade.
However, if it's to the advantage of the student, participation and paper will
each be 25%.
Textbooks: Rice and Grafton have written a short textbook for us to master. Jardine's is a much wordier textbook from which we are to seek the main point of each chapter with some of her evidence.
Best Sellers of the Renaissance (primary sources), particularly utopias and satires. Authors are More, Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Campanella, and Bacon. In class discussion, we'll have opportunities to consider multiple ways of interpreting the works, and in examination we'll have a chance to compare utopian visions and to compare satiric techniques of ridiculing one's own society.
Paper Assignment: 10-page research paper on a Renaissance topic of student's choice. Topic may draw directly on class books, or may connect student interests to phenomena in the Age of the Renaissance defined broadly. There will be individual guidance from faculty member at office hours. 10 pages of 12 point typed text plus endnotes and bibliography in University of Chicago style as in http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history/footnotes.html or http://departments.oxy.edu/library/research/help/citingsources.htm. Divide Bibliography into Primary Sources and Secondary Sources. Secondary Sources should include some scholarly articles. Two copies of paper are to be passed in on due date in BOLD on syllabus. Earlier steps are also in BOLD.
Schama: Our goal is to analyze how Schama utilizes texts and images to expose the tensions in Dutch culture (as between indulgence in luxury goods and religious abstinence). Through individual assignments we'll share the reading and our knowledge in class discussion; Schama will only appear in the final open-book essay.
Participation: Bring appropriate book and your reading notes on day indicating discussion.
If you
have specific physical or learning disabilities and require
accommodations, please let me know the early in the semester so that your
learning needs may be appropriately accomodated.
You will need to
provide documentation of your disability to Magen Todd, Disabilities Specialist,
Center for Academic Excellence.
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In papers, include citations to student comments in class (name, date),
documents and interpretations within class readings, library books, footnoted
articles in journals or in on-line journals as in Wilson Select under First
Search at the Occidental
College Library Homepage.
Websites
For example, use resources in my Renaissance
Sites.
Students are encouraged to share information on sources by URL or by giving
author, article title, journal title, volume (year), pages (indicate if in
library or how available on-line by a specific search engine)
Schedule
I. EUROPEAN
RENAISSANCE OPTIMISM OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
1) Thurs. Aug. 28 Read Foundations, Preface, Introduction, ch. 1 "Science, Technology, and Discovery" Prologue, Jardine.
Discussion of Student Interests (some adjustment of syllabus possible to accomodate interests) Topic: Changing Interpretations of The Renaissance as a Historical Period
2) Tues. Sept. 2 Read Foundations, ch. 2, "Economic Expansion of
Europe" Jardine, Preface and ch. 1 "Conditions for Change: Goods in Profusion"
Topic: 1450 as Turning Point. The Turks Conquering
Plantin Press Museum, Antwerp Sixteenth Century Books at Occidental College, Special Collections: http://oasys.lib.oxy.edu/search/ftlist%5Ebib22,1,0,47/mode=0
Thurs. Sept. 4 More's Utopia, book 1, pp. 5-40 in Famous Utopias. Bring book to discuss. Topic 1: More's Critique of England. Topic 2: Emblems. Bring Schama to learn how we together are going to learn from this emblematic book (a key image permeates each chapter).
3) Tues. Sept. 9 Read Foundations, ch. 3, "Renaissance Society and Culture." In Famous Utopias, read More's Utopia, book 2, pp. 41-80. Bring book to discuss. Topic 1: The principles of More's utopia and whether they relate to his critique of England. Topic 2: So far, does More's imaginary society appeal to you? Or are some its characteristics unattractive?
Sept. 9 At class, pass in a sheet with one to three paper topics which interest you. For each, list at least 1 primary source and at least 2 secondary sources. Plan an office appointment before or after to discuss research strategy and development of your interpretation.
Thurs., Sept. 11 Read Jardine, ch. 2 . Classroom analysis of Peter Bruegel the Elder, The Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559 http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bruegel/proverbs.jpg.html
Discussion of individual assignments in Schama Part I. "Becoming" ch. 1 Dutch fear of dikes running over and pride in local administration which controls water. ch. 2 Dutch projection of their history on to Hebrew Biblical narrative, especially of crossing the Red Sea; thus as Protestants who cherish Old Testament, they read the ancient Hebrews as themselves, the Dutch.
4) Tues. Sept. 16 Read Foundations, ch. 4, "The Formation of the Early Modern State." In Famous Utopias, complete More's Utopia, book 2, pp. 81-120, and White, Introduction,vii-xxiii. Discuss key characteristics of More's Utopia. Topic: Alternative interpretations of More's Utopia.
Thurs. Sept. 18 Read Jardine, ch. 3, "The Triumph of the Book." In Erasmus, read Preface dedicated to More, on pp.3-5 of Praise of Folly. Electronic Reserve on Ferdinand and Isabella "Catholic Monarchs in the Old and New Worlds' Handout for analyzing Praise of Folly
5)Tues. Sept. 23 Exam 1.
Thurs. Sept. 25 Read Foundations, ch. 5, "Revolution and Reformation in the Church: the Problem of Authority." Jardine ch. 4, "Learning to be Civilized." Bring Erasmus Praise of Folly and Other Writings (abbreviation Erasmus) Student Presentations from Erasmus "Abbot and the Learned Lady," pp. 222-227 and "The Alchemy Scam", pp. 175-180.Discuss "Julius Excluded from Heaven," on Pope Julius II, pp. 142-173.
Recommended on reserve Kathleen Williams, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretation of The Praise of Folly, but excerpts of viewpoints of Trevor-Roper, Allen, Huizinga, Bakhtin, Kristeller and Adams in our Erasmus, pp. 265-338.
6) Tues. Sept. 30 Read Jardine, ch. 5, "New Expertise for Sale," read Erasmus pp. 6-40 Film Man for All Seasons.
Thurs. Oct. 2 Read Erasmus pp. 41-88. Class analysis of passages of Erasmus, Praise of Folly.
7) Tues. Oct. 7 Read Jardine, ch. 6, "A Culture of Commodities" Lecture "The Baroque in
Oct. 7 Pass in Full Bibliography of Paper (a few primary sources and many books and scholarly articles) and a Paragraph Abstract of your Thesis.
Thurs. Oct. 9 FILM on artist Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
8) Fall Break EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE IMPACTED BY THE REFORMATION
Thurs. Oct. 16 End of Girl with a Pearl Earring; discussion. Class group learning from individual Assignments in Schama,
9)Tues. Oct. 21 Part II. Lecture on Luther vs. Montaigne. Read Foundations ch. 6, "Revolution and Reformation in the Church: the Problem of Conversion." Electronic Reserve from Sharing the Stage: "Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora" on The Protestant Reformation in Germany; focus on primary sources.
Thurs. Oct. 23 Class group learning from Individual Assignments in Schama, Part III. Useful background reading electronic reserve Palmer and Colton "The New Monarchs" (ignore p. 1 on statistics) Lecture "Renaissance and Reformation in 16th Century Northern European Art" ## (For reference to images, see on Reserve Janson's History of Art, ch. 18)
10) Tues. Oct 28 Read Montaigne "On Cannibals" in Famous Utopias. Read Jardine, ch. 7, "Mapping the Heavens" Review for Exam; Background to film Ever After portraying King Francis I of France who read More's Utopia; Background to Campanella.
Thurs. Oct. 30 Exam 2 Erasmus's Praise of Folly, Jardine through chapter 6, all of Foundations of Early Modern Europe, electronic reserve assignments (including now from Sharing the Stage: Luther and Katharina von Bora) and films. Schama not on exam.
11) Tues. Nov. 4 Read Campanella, City of The Sun in Famous Utopias, pp. 155-206. See Film. Ever After
Thurs. Nov. 6 Read on electronic reserve Palmer and
Complete Film Ever After (133 minutes in all)
12) Tues. Nov. 11 Be prepared to discuss references to More's Utopia
in the film. Read and be prepared to discuss Famous Utopias, pp. 121-154, Rabelais,
Montaigne, and Shakespeare. Read on
electronic reserve Palmer and
Thurs. Nov. 13 Research Paper Due in 2 copies. Topic: Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution. Discussion of student abstracts on interpretations of New Atlantis; discussion of New Atlantis.
13) Tues. Nov. 18 Read Jardine, ch. 8, "Conspicuous Consumption" and Bacon, New Atlantis in Famous Utopias, pp. 207-250. Discuss New Atlantis and City of the Sun. The scientific revolution refined knowledge from the senses. What is the importance of sense perception in each work?
Thurs. Nov. 20 Read on electronic reserve Palmer and
14-15 ) Tues. Nov. 25 We all learn from individual assignments in Schama Part IV, pp. 563-612. This time, distribute a typed sheet pointing out key points of your reading portion.
Tues. Dec. 2 Last Class Read Jardine's Epilogue and review her main chapter points. Discussion of Jardine's interpretation of the Renaissance. Discussion of Schama's intepretation of the Dutch Golden Age. Evaluations. Questions given out for Take-home Final: especially concerned with varieties of historical methods for gaining knowledge about the European Renaissance.