1. British and American Studies International Programme
Course Outline
Course Code and Title: TU110 Integrated Humanities
Section/Group: 64/00
Semester: 2 / 2001
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1. Instructor’s Name: Aj. Dennis Lewis______________________________
Section/Group: 64/00
Class Time: Days: Weds. / Fri. Time: 14.00-15.30 Room No.: 301
Office Hours: Days: Tues. / Thurs. Time: 9 – 11, 14.00 – 16.30
Office Room No. _2_ Floor: __4__ Building: __Liberal Arts Building_____
Course co-ordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boonruang Chunsuvimol
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2. Course Description: This course presents an interdisciplinary study of western ideas,
art, music and literature from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century. It
comprises a survey of the Enlightenment, Romantic, and Modern periods, focusing on
the crucial intellectual and artistic movements which have had a revolutionary and
shaping influence on western civilisation and the world at large.
Course Objectives: The course will provide students with the intellectual background
to help enrich their studies in the humanities. It aims to foster an informed and
appreciative awareness of some of the major issues and assumptions that have helped
make the modern western world what it is today. The course is designed to be
interdisciplinary, international and interactive. Students will read selections from
classic literary and philosophical texts, listen to music from the traditional western
concert repertoire, examine works of art, and participate in discussions about all of
these. Students will be encouraged through their assignments to develop the abilities
to read and interpret sophisticated cultural texts, to appreciate works of music and art,
and to write at university level about the material they study.
Topics to be covered: 1. The Baroque
2. The Enlightenment
3. The Romantic Movement
4. Realism and Naturalism
5. Socialism and Communism
6. Modernism
Teaching/Learning Methods: lectures
class discussions
worksheets
listening assignments
Teaching Aids: tapes
illustrations
videos
Evaluation: Attendance 5%
Class Participation 10%
Worksheets 25%
Quizzes 30%
Final Exam 30%
Main Texts: 1. The Enlightenment, Romantic Rebellion and Modern
Reaction course handbook
2. Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
3. Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte: Don Giovanni
4. Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary
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3. Tentative Schedule:
Week 1: Introduction
Historical Overview
Week 2: The Baroque
Week 3: The Enlightenment
Week 4: Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
Week 5: Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
Week 6: Alexander Pope: Essay on Man
Week 7: Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock
Week 8: Mozart: Don Giovanni
Week 9: Pre-Romanticism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Discourse on Inequality
Week 10: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions
Week 11: Romanticism
Wordsworth: Lyrical Ballads
Coleridge: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Week 12: Lord Byron: Don Juan
Week 13: Naturalism and Realism
Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary
Week 14: Post-Romanticism and Modernism
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Notes from Underground
Week 15: Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra
Week 16: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist
Manifesto
Week 17: The Enlightenment, Romantic Rebellion and Modern
Reaction
Review and Catch-up
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