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. 3rd 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