SPRING 2007 READING LIST

Students should purchase their own copies of the assigned readings not reprinted in the Paideia I Reader.  In addition, the Paideia I faculty require that students own a good hardback dictionary such as The American Heritage, The Random House, or The Webster’s New Collegiate.

TEXTS

Davis, Natalie Zemon.  The Return of Martin Guerre.  Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1983.

Kane, Cheikh H.  Ambiguous Adventure.  Tr. Katherine Woods.  New Hampshire:  Heineman, 1963.

Keller, Evelyn Fox.  A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock.  New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1984.

Lunsford, Andrea A. Easy Writer: A Pocket Guide. 3rd ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006.

Paideia I Reader:  Spring 2007.  Ed.  Storm Bailey.  Decorah, IA: Luther College, 2007.

READINGS

Laur Larsen.  “The Norwegian Luther College in Decorah,” from Kirkelig Maanedstidende, 1868. Paideia I Reader 3-13.

Plato.  The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato.  Trans. Benjamin Jowett.  New York.  P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.  3-29.  Paideia I Reader 14-40.

Plato.  The Republic.  Trans. Francis MacDonald Cornford.  Oxford UP: London, 1941; New York, 1945.  “The Allegory of the Cave” 227-35.  Paideia I Reader 41-49.

Ibn Khaldun.  The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. Princeton University Press, 1974.  333-459.  Paideia I Reader 50-176.

John Henry Newman.  The Idea of a University.  New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1921.  “Christianity and Scientific Investigation” 456-479.  Paideia I Reader 177-200.

SPRING 2007 SYLLABUS

How and why have people attempted to discover the truth?

Wednesday, January 31 (Week I)

• Study Guide (12-16)

• Introduction

• Laur. Larsen.  The Norwegian Luther College in Decorah 
(Reader 3-13)

Friday, February 2

• Study Guide (16-17) 

• Research Unit (Your instructor will provide a detailed syllabus for your section’s Research Unit.)

Monday, February 5  (Week II)

• Research Unit

Wednesday, February 7

• Research Unit

Friday, February 9

• Research Unit

Monday, February 12 (Week III)

• Research Unit

Wednesday, February 14

• Research Unit

Friday, February 16

• Research Unit

Monday, February 19 (Week IV)

• Research Unit

Wednesday, February 21

• Research Unit

Friday, February 23

• Research Unit

Monday, February 26 (Week V)

• Research Unit

Wednesday, February 28

• LECTURE:  The Return of Martin Guerre and the Historians Labor

• Study Guide (17-19)

Friday, March 2

• Study Guide (19-20)

• Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 1-4 (1-41)

Sunday, March 4

• Distinguished Lecture:  Tracy Kidder  (4 p.m. CFL)

• Study Guide (20)

Monday, March 5 (Week VI)

• Study Guide (21)

• Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 5-8 (42-81)

Wednesday, March 7

• Study Guide (21-22)

• Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 9-12 and Epilogue (82-125)

• Research Paper (due 12 noon.  Note:  Revised Research Paper due two weeks after conference with instructor.)

Friday, March 9

• LECTURE:  Plato 

Monday, March 12 (Week VII)

• Study Guide (22-24)

• “The Apology of Socrates,” The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato (Reader 14-40)

Wednesday, March 14

• Study Guide (24-27)

• “Allegory of the Cave,” The Republic  (Reader 41-49)

Friday, March 16

• Review Plato readings: Study Guide, Apology and
 “Allegory of the Cave”

Saturday, March 17 -- Sunday, March 25

• Spring Vacation

Monday, March 26

• LECTURE: ibn Khaldun’s The Muqaddimah

• Study Guide (27-32)

• The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, 333-375
(Reader 50-92)

Wednesday, March 28

• Study Guide (32-33)

• The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, 375-411
(Reader 92-128)

Friday, March 30

• Study Guide (33-35)

• The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, 411-459
(Reader 128-176)

Monday, April 2 (Week IX)

• Common Quiz 1 and Midsemester Exam

  Wednesday, April 4

• Study Guide (36-38)

• Idea of a University, “Lecture 8: Christianity and Scientific Investigation” (Reader 177-200)

Friday, April 6 -- Monday, April 9

• Easter Vacation

Wednesday, April 11 (Week X)

• Review Idea of a University, “Lecture 8: Christianity and Scientific Investigation” (Reader 177-200)

Friday, April 13

• LECTURE:  Science and the Scientific Community

• Study Guide (38-40)

• A Feeling for the Organism (xi-xxiii; Ch. 1, 1-14)

Monday, April 16 (Week XI)

• Study Guide (40-41)

• A Feeling for the Organism (Chs. 2-4, 16-77)

Wednesday, April 18

• Study Guide (41)

• A Feeling for the Organism (Chs. 5-8, 79-138)

Friday, April 20

• Study Guide (41)

• A Feeling for the Organism (Chs. 9-12, 139-207)

Monday, April 23 (Week XII)

• LECTURE:  Ambiguous Adventure

• Study Guide (42-44)

Wednesday, April 25

• Study Guide (44)

• Ambiguous Adventure (1-61)

Friday, April 27

• Paper Workshop      

Monday, April 30 (Week XIII)

• Study Guide (45)

• Ambiguous Adventure (62-118)

Wednesday, May 2

• Study Guide (45-46)

• Ambiguous Adventure (119-178)

Friday, May 4

• LECTURE:   Final 

Monday, May 7  (Week XIV)

• Research Presentations

Wednesday, May 9

• Final discussion meeting

Friday, May 11

• Reading Day

Saturday, May 12 - Wednesday, May 16

•Final Exam and Common Quiz 2