TEXT REQUIREMENTS
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor, 1994.
Adas et al. Turbulent Passage: A Global History of the Twentieth
Century. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Mishima, Yukio. Runaway Horses. Tr. Michael Gallagher. New York:
Vintage, 1972.
Mishima, Yukio. Spring Snow. Tr. Michael Gallagher. New York:
Vintage, 1972.
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Devil on the Cross. Portsmouth, NH and Oxford:
Heinemann, 1982.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
* Oral reports based on class readings and on the end of term research
project (see below).
* Quizzes, unannounced.
* Midterm and Final examinations (both essay in format).
* One brief end-of-term paper topic announcement consisting of: working
title, thesis statement, descriptive paragraph, and bibliography of at
least three secondary sources other than textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias.
* One 1000 word end-of-term paper prospectus consisting of: working
title, thesis statement, précis, section descriptions, and annotated
bibliography.
* One 2000 word end of term research paper that will be both analytical
and interpretive in nature. The research paper topic must be approved
ahead of time by the instructor.
* All out-of-class writing, when submitted, must have been word processed
on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, double-spaced with one-inch margins, spell checked,
and to the best of one's ability grammar checked. If on occasion
use is made of the ideas or words of someone else in one's writing, then
the source(s) of those ideas and/or words must be cited; that is, when
appropriate, papers must be fully documented (you must cite sources--using
footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical documentation, which include specific
page numbers keyed to particular passages in one's text, and complete bibliographical
information). Of course, the final research paper must also be fully
documented. For this paper, a minimum of three secondary research
sources must be cited. PAPERS NOT MEETING ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS
WILL NOT BE READ AND WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT.
* Class participation. N.B.: More than three unexcused absences will
result in automatic failure of the course; excessive unexcused lateness
will be considered as an absence.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a cultural history course; while the course aims to analyze
and interpret the basic forces that have shaped the modern era, it also,
more importantly, aims to understand, particularly, cultural phenomena,
to examine these phenomena in and of themselves, as well as within a historical
context. The course is interdisciplinary. Selected artistic,
literary and philosophical movements will be discussed--analyzed and interpreted--in
relation to the modern era's major social, political, economic and military
developments.
COURSE SCHEDULE
9/2: Introduction to the course. Film: Lord Jim.
9/9: Turbulent Passage, Part One (Chapters 1-4). Film:
Freud.
9/16: Turbulent Passage, Part Two (Chapters 5-8). Film:
The
Good Fight.
9/23: Turbulent Passage, Part Three (Chapters 9-13). Film:
The
Battle of Algiers.
9/30: MIDTERM EXAMINATION.
10/7: Spring Snow, pp. 1-199. RESEARCH TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT
DUE.
10/14: Spring Snow, pp. 199-389. Film: The Sun's Burial.
10/21: Runaway Horses, pp. 1-219. . Film: A Geisha.
10/28: Runaway Horses, pp. 219-421.
11/4: Things Fall Apart, Chapters 1-12. Film: Finzan.
11/11: Things Fall Apart, Chapters 13 to conclusion.
11/18: Devil on the Cross, pp. 7- 127. Film: Chocolat.
RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE
12/2: Devil on the Cross, pp. 128-254
12/9: Course Review and Oral Reports on Research Projects.
12/16 FINAL EXAMINATION. RESEARCH PAPER DUE.
COURSE GRADE
End of Term Research Paper
20%
Final Examination
30%
Midterm Examination
10%
Oral Reports
20%
Prospectus
15%
Research Topic Announcement
5%
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES:
Term Paper Announcement:
Consists of 1) a descriptive paper title, 2) a one-sentence thesis
statement that includes the point of your argument, the
breadth of that argument, and the argument’s significant concepts and
details, 3) a one-paragraph description of the writing strategy to be employed
in your paper, 4) a bibliography in MLA format and alphabetized. For the
purposes of this assignment, use must be made of at least three secondary
research sources (including at least one non-Internet source) excluding
textbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Term Paper Prospectus:
Consists of 1) a descriptive paper title, 2) a one-sentence thesis
statement that includes the point of your argument, the
breadth of that argument, and the argument’s significant concepts and
details, 3) an abstract—that is, a one-paragraph summary of your term paper
as you think it will turn out to be, 4) a a précis—that is, a small
version of the essay you are projecting for your term paper, about one
fourth of the final length, and fully documented, 5) paragraph-length descriptions
of the writing strategy involved in each section of the essay you are projecting
for your term paper, 6) a bibliography in MLA format and alphabetized.
For the purposes of this assignment, use must be made of at least three
secondary research sources (including at least one non-Internet source)
excluding textbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Term Paper:
Consists of: 1) a descriptive paper title, 2) a full-length, fully
documented essay, 3) a bibliography in MLA format and
alphabetized. For the purposes of this assignment, use must be made
of at least three secondary research sources
(including at least one non-Internet source) excluding textbooks, encyclopedias
and dictionaries.
COURSE PORTFOLIO
At the end of the term an organized and otherwise neatly arranged portfolio
must be submitted, consisting of ALL your work,
including all drafts of essays as well as materials used in preparing
for and delivering oral reports.
1. Punch holes in your papers to coincide with the holes in, and bind
the papers within, the HSS Department portfolio cover
(you can buy the cover at the NJIT bookstore) with posts.
2. Place a gummed label (or equivalent) on outside with:
Your Name
HSS 213
Fall, 1999
Dr. Kimmelman
3. All papers should be arranged with the latest revised version of
a paper on top earlier versions, followed by the previous
version, and so on (i.e., in “descending” order). The Portfolio should
be arranged in sections (in “ascending” order), with the
first section comprised of the first paper assignment, the second section
the second paper assignment, and so on.
4. At the front of the portfolio place your course syllabus followed
by a Table of Contents that lists each assignment, the date it was submitted,
and the grade (if any) it received.
RELEVANT INTERNET RESEARCH SOURCES
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City
http://www.dadabase.com/
The Guggenheim Museum of Art
http://www.guggenheim.org/
The Whitney Museum
http://www.echonyc.com/~whitney/
The Tate Gallery
http://www.echonyc.com/~whitney/
Centre Georges Pompidou
http://www.cnac-gp.fr/sommaire.html
Virtual Library Museums Pages
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html
Morgan Pitelka - your Mining Co. Guide to: Japanese Culture
http://japaneseculture.miningco.com/index.htm?COB=looksmart
Neo-tokyo magazine
http://www.neo-tokyo.com/
Photo Japan
http://photojapan.com/index.htm/
Osaka Cyber Museum
http://www.kpn.nishi.osaka.jp/iwamiya/2.html
Japan Infoweb
http://point.lycos.com/reviews/Countries_9361.html
Japan-Related Weblinks
http://www.panix.com/~tn/j-cultur.html
Japanese History
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html
National Museum of Japanese History
http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/
Major Events in Japanese History
http://www.io.com/~nishio/japan/history.html
Japanese Art History
http://www.euronet.nl/users/artnv/Japart.index.html
Japan Information Network
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
Japan File
http://www.kto.co.jp/
Japanese Literature
http://www.daiwa-foundation.org.uk/literature.html
Mishima Gallery
http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/nbst/life/life1.html
Reviews of Some Works of Yukio Mishima
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~chri0454/reviews-7.html
Yukio Mishima 1925-1970
http://impact.civil.columbia.edu/~fawaz/mishima.html
The Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum
http://www.vill.yamanakako.yamanashi.jp/bungaku/mishima/index-e.html
Bookpoodah Looks at Mishima
http://www.nonstop.net/mishima.html
Japanese Authors
http://authors.about.com/msub11jp.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=65916366023531&Mint=65916366023531
Japanese Art Gateway
http://www.japaneseart.org/
Japanese Art and Architecture (Encarta)
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/67/06728000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1
Web Museum: Japanese Art and Architecture
http://www.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/tl/japan/
Japanese Art (Encyclopedia.com)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06586.html
Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/japan/
History of Japanese Art
http://www.isei.or.jp/books/63/isei_63_7.html
WWW Virtual Library Museums Page
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
http://www.momak.go.jp/
African Independence and Before
http://kali.murdoch.edu.au/cntinuum/litserv/Webb/ch1.html
Pages of or about African/a Philosophers
http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~janzb/afphilosophers.htm
Cultures of Africa Past and Present
http://www.africana.com/index_19991024.htm (this is the web component
of H. L. Gates's book and PBS television show)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/cult.html
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/Regional/Regions/Africa/Society_and_Culture
http://www.vtourist.com/Africa/culture/
http://www.namesite.com/
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/
http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/ms/TAFTWEB/AFRICA/Aflink.htm
http://www.penncharter.com/Student/africa/daily/index.html
African Art
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~wahlman/african.html
Bibliography: Africa
http://www.ibike.org/bibliography/africa-books.htm
Africa's Emerging Literatures
http://authors.about.com/library/weekly/aa021799.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=12287004285825&Mint=12287004285825
African Writers and Their Literature
http://www.ualberta.ca/~omollel/afwrithome.html
http://authors.about.com/msub23af.htm?rf=dp&COB=home&TMog=12287004285825&Mint=12287004285825
Chinua Achebe: , Biographies, Overviews etc.:
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/achebe/achebeov.html
http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus52213/eus54535/eus166639/eus278530/eus166668/eus535962/eus535800/r?comefrom=dogpile-eus535800
http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/levine/achebe.htm
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/africana/voices.html#achebe
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm
http://athena.english.vt.edu/~carlisle/Postcolonial/Chinua_Achebe/ChinuaAchebe.html
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/0A/00A17000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1
http://educeth.ethz.ch/english/readinglist/achebe,chinua.html
Narrative and Structure in Achebe’s Work
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/achebe/achebestruct.html
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/mtfa/index.html
Women in Achebe’s World
http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/1995/mezu.html
Political and Social Contexts of Achebe’s Work
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/achebe/achebepolov.html
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Encyclopedia Entries
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/AE/0AEBC000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/09221.html
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Overviews
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/poldiscourse/ngugiov.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~prettig/ngugi.html
http://www1.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Ngugi.html
http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Postcolonial/Ngugi.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~prettig/ngugi.html
http://ultrix.ramapo.edu/global/thiongo.html
Ngugi wa Thiong'o on the Language Question
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/poldiscourse/behrent.html