Spring 2019 Book List

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. The Thing Around Your Neck. Anchor Books, 2009.
Davis, Natalie Zemon. The Return of Martin Guerre. Harvard UP, 1983.
Paideia 111 Reader: Spring, 2019.  Edited by Rebecca Sullivan, Luther College, 2019.
Plato. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo.  Trans. G.M.A. Grube. Rev.    
     by John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing, 2002.
Rashōmon. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Janus Films Criterion Collection, 2001. 
Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. Ed. Sylvan Barnet. 2nd ed., Penguin-Signet
     Classic, 1998. 

Writing Handbooks

Bullock, Richard H., et. al. Little Seagull Handbook. 3^rd ed., W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 4th ed., W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. 

Spring 2019 Syllabus

Enduring Question: What can we know and how can we know our understanding is reliable?

Wednesday, February 6
• Daily Study Guide (Reader 13-16)
• Reader (17-18)
• LECTURE: “Real History or Fake News? History, Fiction, and the Story of Martin Guerre” (V. Christman, Valders 206)
• Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre, Preface (vii-x), Intro and Ch. 1 (1-18) 

Thursday, February 7
• Opening Convocation: 9:40 am, CFL Main Hall (Attendance Optional) 

Friday, February 8
• Reader (18-19)
• The Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 2-5 (19-50) 

Monday, February 11
• Reader (19)
• The Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 6-9 (51-93) 

Wednesday, February 13
• Reader (19-20)
• The Return of Martin Guerre, Chs. 10-12 and Epilogue (94-125)
• Robert Finlay, “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre” (553-571). JSTOR 

Friday, February 15
• Reader (20)
• Natalie Zemon Davis, “On the Lame” (572-603). JSTOR 

Monday, February 18
• Review and Common Quiz on The Return of Martin Guerre, “On the Lame,” and “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre” 

Wednesday, February 20
• Reader (21-23)
• The Research Project (Your instructor will provide a detailed syllabus for your section’s Research Project)
• Response Paper due on Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre; Robert Finlay, “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre”; and Davis, “On the Lame” 

Friday, February 22
• The Research Project: Consult your section syllabus 

Monday/Wednesday/Friday, February 25/27/March 1
• The Research Project: Consult your section syllabus 

Monday/Wednesday/Friday, March 4/6/8
• Research Project: Consult your section syllabus 

Monday/Wednesday/Friday, March 11/13/15
• The Research Project: Consult your section syllabus 

Monday, March 18
• The Research Project: Consult your section syllabus

Wednesday, March 20
• Reader (25-26)
• LECTURE: “Who Knows What Socrates Knows?”  (S. Bailey, Valders 206)
• Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave,” The Republic (Reader 39-46)
• First Version of Research Paper due 

Friday, March 22
• Reader (26)
• Review “The Allegory of the Cave” (Reader 39-46) 

Saturday, March 23–Sunday, March 31
• Spring Break 

Monday, April 1
• Reader (26-27)
• Plato, “The Apology of Socrates,” Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (21-39) 

Wednesday, April 3
• Reader (27)
• “The Apology of Socrates” (39-44)
•  Review and Common Quiz on Plato

Friday, April 5
• Reader (28-31)
• LECTURE: “Narrative and Truth in Kurosawa’s Rashōmon” (T. Johnson; Valders 206)
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “In a Grove” and “Rashōmon” (Reader 47-60)

Sunday, April 7
• FILM Rashōmon 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm, Valders 206 

Monday, April 8
• Discussion of “In a Grove” and “Rashōmon”
• Review questions 

Wednesday, April 10
• Discussion of the film Rashōmon
• Review questions 

Friday, April 12
• Review and Common Quiz on Rashōmon 

Monday, April 15
• Reader (32-34)
• LECTURE: “Much Ado About Knowing” (L. Row-Heyveld, Valders 206)
• Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Acts 1-2 

Wednesday, April 17
• Reader (34)
• Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 1-3
• Review Monday’s questions 

Friday, April 19–Monday, April 22
• Easter Break 

Wednesday, April 24
• Reader (34)
• Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4
• Review Much Ado about Nothing, Acts 1-3 

Friday, April 26
• Reader (34)
• Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5
• Review Much Ado about Nothing, Acts 1-4 

Monday, April 29
• Review and Common Quiz on Much Ado About Nothing 

Wednesday, May 1
• Reader (35-36)
• LECTURE: “Chimamanda Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck: Making Sense of Crossing Cultural Borders” (N. Whitsitt; Valders 206)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck (3-42) 

Friday, May 3
• Reader (36)
• The Thing Around Your Neck (43-94) 

Monday, May 6
• Reader (36)
• The Thing Around Your Neck (95-127) 

Wednesday, May 8
• Reader (36-37)
• The Thing Around Your Neck (128-186) 

Friday, May 10
• Celebrating Research: An All-College Symposium (Attendance Required)
• Final Essay due 

Monday, May 13
• Reader (37)
• The Thing Around Your Neck (187-218)

Wednesday, May 15
• Review and Common Quiz on The Thing Around Your Neck

Friday, May 17
• Review for Final Exam 

Monday, May 20
• Final Exam