SYLLABUS: HUMANITIES
2
Professor Clark Jarrett Phone:
(310)-780-4915 or E-mail: clarkjarrett@verizon.net
[Office Hours: 2:55-3:30PM—Classroom
or contact me via cell phone/e-mail]
TEXT: ONE WORLD OF LITERATURE by Lim and Spencer will be used for this class and is
available in the bookstore. The reading assignments for each week are to be prepared in advance.
WEEK ASSIGNMENTS-- due that week
1.
[2/8] Intro to Hum. & Power Point: ASIA/CHINA PT 1 Introduction to Asia-- Pgs.
192-200
a. Documentary: Guns, Germs & Steel
b. Video: Asia:
The Silk Road
c. The Last Emperor – Movie Analysis
2. [2/22]
Discuss readings & Power Point:
CHINA PT 2
My Old Home, The Incident (Questions #1-4 due) &
a. The
Last Emperor– Movie Analysis When I was in
Xia Village Pgs. 201-226
b.
Discuss readings
3.
[3/1] Guest Speaker: Thomas Nichols—China Movie analysis due: The Last Emperor
a.
Power Point: JAPAN PT 1 Late Chrysanthemum P.
298-314
b. Discuss readings The Man that
Turned into a Stick P. 344-357
c. Discuss writing a haiku
4. [3/8] Discuss
readings & Power Point: JAPAN PT 2
Haiku Due
a. Mid-term review Patriotism P. 316-335 & Questions #1-4 due
b. Clips: Memoirs of a Geisha & Farewell
My Concubine
5. [3/15]
MID-TERM -- ASIA Bring a Scantron & #2
pencil
6. [3/22] Power
Point: AFRICA PT 1 Introduction to Africa-- Pgs. 2-14
a. Music & discuss reading
b. Video: Africa
7.
[4/12] Discuss readings & music The
Collector of Treasures P. 25-40
&
a.
Power Point: AFRICA PT 2: SAFARI-1 In the Cutting of a Drink P. 69-74 & Questions 1-4 Due
8.
[4/19] Discuss readings/articles & music The Swamp Dwellers P. 100-128
a. Power Point: AFRICA
PT 3: SAFARI-2
9.
[4/26] Discuss readings/articles & music Prayer to Masks & New
York P. 145-148
a. Documentary: Lost Boys of Sudan &
Call Me Not a Man P. 177-185
10.
[5/3] Discuss readings/articles & music Intro to Latin. America --Pgs. 754-762
a.
Film clips: Last King of Scotland
11.
[5/10] Power Point: LATIN AMERICA The Intruder P. 765-769 & The United Fruit Co. P. 792-794 a.
Discuss readings/articles &music & The
Phantom Palace P. 795-805
12.
[5/17] Power Point: ARGENTINA/URUGUAY/GUARANI Big Mama’s Funeral P.807-819
a. Discuss reading/articles
& music
b. Film: The Mission
13. [5/24]
Finish:
The
Mission Death
of the Tiger P. 838-845
a. Guest
speaker: Leo del Aguila--Peru
b. Discuss reading/articles
& music
14.
[6/7] FILM: THE EMERALD FOREST Movie
analysis due: THE MISSION a.
Discuss articles & music **LAST
DAY TO TURN IN MUSEUM PAPER**
b. Review: Final Exam
15.
[6/14]
FINAL EXAM: AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA Bring
Scantron & #2 pencil
