2001-2002 Undergraduate Calendar
	2001-2002 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR: COURSES
	Carleton University

 

Humanities Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.

Humanities 02.100
Myth and Symbol
Recurring symbols in myth, epic and ritual representing the relation between the sacred and the profane, the origin of the cosmos, the basis of community, and formative human experiences. Primary sources drawn from ancient India and China, Greek epic, Hebrew Scripture, and aboriginal practices.
Lectures three hours a week and tutorials two hours a week.

Humanities 02.200
Reason and Revelation: Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Philosophical and theological speculation in the Western world. Themes include knowledge and faith, justice and charity, the origin of the university, and the rise and fall of empires. Primary sources are drawn from Greek and Roman works, patristic theology, Muslim Scripture, medieval philosophy and literature.
Prerequisites: Humanities 02.100 and good standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.
Lectures three hours a week and tutorials two hours a week.

Humanities 02.300
Culture and Imagination: Renaissance to Romanticism
Major forms of literary, artistic, and philosophical expression from 1500-1800. Sources drawn from renaissance humanism, reformation theology, enlightenment and romantic philosophy.
Prerequisites: Humanities 02.200 and good standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.
Lectures three hours a week and tutorials two hours a week.

Humanities 02.310
Art, Music, Architecture: Renaissance to Romanticism
An examination of the major artistic, musical, and architectural movements since the fifteenth century. Students will gain familiarity with the significant cultural works and monuments, as well as the theoretical understanding, which guided their composition and construction.
Lectures three hours a week.

Humanities 02.320
The Literature of Continental Europe: Renaissance to Romanticism
Major movements and works from Dante's Divine Comedy through Voltaire's Candide. Themes include the New Humanism vs. old Chivalry in the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the rise of the modern novel and drama; reason, nature, and the Enlightenment project.
Prerequisites: Humanities 02.200 and Third-year standing in the B.Humanities program.
Lectures three hours a week.

Humanities 02.325
Platonism and Idealism
The Platonic tradition in epistemology will be compared with Modern epistemological theories, primarily from the German Idealistic school. Main authors will be Plato, Kant, Hegel. Other authors may include Plotinus, Proclus, Augustine, Eriugena, Cusanus, Ficino, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.

Humanities 02.400
Science, Language, and Power: Napoleonic Empire to the Present
Politics, ideology, science, and technology of Western modernity. New forms of social authority, politics of revolution, philosophy of language, evolution of the nation-state, the rise of psychoanalysis. Sources drawn from German philosophy, economics, sociology, and psychoanalysis, and the works of modernism and post-modernism.
Prerequisites: Humanities 02.300 and good standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program.
Lectures three hours a week and tutorials two hours a week.

Humanities 02.401*
Directed Studies in the Humanities
A course for independent study and writing, under the supervision of a College designated faculty member. This course involves supervised readings and written essays.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program and good standing in the program.

Humanities 02.402*
Directed Studies in the Humanities
A course for independent study and writing, under the supervision of a College designated faculty member. This course involves supervised readings and written essays.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing in the Bachelor of Humanities program and good standing in the program.

Humanities 02.410
Principles of Modern Science
A detailed investigation through laboratory experimentation and theoretical inquiry of the major principles of modern science. Students will acquire an understanding of the significant issues confronted in modern biology, physics, and chemistry.
Lectures two hours a week, laboratories two hours a week, and discussion groups one hour a week.
Literature Courses Administered by the College of Humanities.

German Literature

German 22.240
An Introduction to German Literature
An introduction both to representative works of German literature, and to the informed discussion of literary texts, including narrative fiction, poetry and drama. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in German.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lecture three hours a week.

German 22.348*
Special Topic in a Genre in German Literature
This course discusses in different years the development of one of the literary genres (poetry, drama, prose) within a specific time-frame. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in German.
Prerequisite: German 22.240 or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Seminar three hours a week.

German 22.350
German Literature of the Eighteenth Century
The literature of the Enlightenment, Storm and Stress, and Early Classicism, with special emphasis on the works of Lessing, Goethe and Schiller. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in German.
Prerequisite: German 22.240 or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Seminar three hours a week.

German 22.352*
Special Topic in Nineteenth Century German Literature
This course discusses, for example, an author, a genre, a theme. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in German.
Prerequisite: German 22.240 or permission of the College of the Humanities
Seminar three hours a week.

German 22.380
German Literature in the Twentieth Century
Representative texts from drama, poetry, and prose fiction in the period from Hauptmann to Grass. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in German.
Prerequisite: German 22.240 or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Seminar three hours a week.

Italian Literature

Italian 26.150 (2927/2928)
The Italian Tradition in Literature
Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Machiavelli, Goldoni, Leopardi, Manzoni, Verga, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Pasolini, Calvino, Maraini, Fo will be studied. All texts in English translation. English is also the language of instruction. Cannot be counted as credit towards the Minor.
Precludes additional credit for Italian 26.351* and 26.353*.
Lectures three hours a week.

Italian 26.262 (2129/2130;F2529/2530)
Culture and Migration: The Italian Heritage in North America
Italian-american and Italian-Canadian literature and cinema as relocated culture. Such authors as Fante, Di Donato, Puzo, Di Michele, Di Cicco, Ricci, Micone and such film-makers as Coppola, Scorsese, Cimino, Ferrara will be studied. All works in English. Language of instruction: English.
Precludes additional credit for Italian 26.362.
Lectures three hours a week.

Italian 26.351* (3952)
Italian Literature: Periods and Movements (1250-1650)
Focus on the formation of literary periods, the development of movements and other normative aspects of literary history. Texts in Italian, which is also the language of instruction.
Precludes additional credit for Italian 26.350.
Prerequisite: Italian 26.200
Lectures three hours a week.

Italian 26.353* (3953)
Italian Literature: Periods and Movements (1650-1990)
Focus on the formation of literary periods, the development of movements and other normative aspects of literary history. Texts in Italian, which is also the language of instruction.
Precludes additional credit for Italian 26.352.
Prerequisite: Italian 26.200.
Lectures three hours a week.

Italian 26.360 (3958/3959)
Themes and Issues in Italian Culture
The course examines issues concerning the development of Italian culture from the Thirteenth century to the Twentieth Century. Topic may vary from year to year. Texts in Italian. Language of instruction: Italian.
Prerequisite: Italian 26.200.
Lectures three hours a week.

Italian 26.370 (2105/2106;F2505/2506)
Italian Culture from Dante to Post-Modernism
Major issues and major aspects of Italian social and cultural history from Dante to Fellini. Works from different media, and non-literary as well as literary, will be studied. Topics may vary from year to year. All material in English translation. English is also the language of instruction. May not be counted as credit towards the Minor.
Precludes additional credit for Italian 26.160
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures three hours a week.

Spanish Literature

Spanish 38.210*
Spanish Civilization
The cultural (especially the literary) heritage of Spain in its social and geographical contexts. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in Spanish.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.211*
Spanish-American Civilization
The cultural (especially the literary) heritage of Spanish America in its social and geographical contexts. Instruction in English, texts in English translation, with an option to read in Spanish.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.320*
The Golden Age I
A study of representative works of Spanish literature of the Renaissance and Early Baroque periods. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.210* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.321*
The Golden Age II
A study of representative works of Spanish literature of the Baroque period. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.210* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.330*
Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature
A study of representative works of the major movements (Romanticism, costumbrismo, Realism and Naturalism) and authors of Spanish literature of the nineteenth century. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.210* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.331*
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature
A study of representative works of Spanish literature from the Generation of 1898 on. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.210* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.350*
Spanish-American Literature 1500-1888
A study of representative works of Spanish-American literature of the Colonial Period and the nineteenth century prior to Modernism. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.211* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

Spanish 38.351*
Spanish-American Literature from Modernism to the Present
A study of representative works of Spanish-American literature since 1888. Texts and assignments in Spanish. Instruction may be in English or Spanish.
Prerequisite: Spanish 38.211* or permission of the College of the Humanities.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.

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