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This site contains the essays and media-rich material assigned for the Fall quarter of Humanities Core 2016-2017.

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  1. 9/26: Said, "Politics of Knowledge."
  2. 9/28: Claudius's speeches: Annals, Agricola
  3. 10/3-10/17: Aeneid, (not Bks. 5, 7, 9, 11)
  4. 10/19: Rousseau, pp. 1-27
  5. 10/21: Kant: Enlightenment
  6. 10/24: Rousseau, pp. 28-97 
  7. 10/31: Naqoyqatsi
  8. 10/31-11/7: Volney, Ruins
  9. 11/9-11/16: Coetzee, Barbarians
  10. 11/14: Said, Orientalism, Intro
  11. 11/21-11/28: Greenberg, selections
  12. 11/30: Zitkala-Sa pp. 7-47
 
 
  1. 9/26: Humanities and Empire
  2. 9/26: Genre
  3. 9/26: Blogging + Web Design--draft
  4. Sample Blogroll
  5. 9/28: Literary Analysis
  6. 9/28: Writing and Transl.
  7. 10/3: Claims+Paragraphs
  8. 10:3: Evidence+Warrants
  9. 10/5: Antiquity and Evidence
  10. 10/10: Transitioning
  11. 10/19: Philosophical Analysis
  12. 10/26: Image Analysis
  13. 10/31: Analyzing Film
 
 
  1. 9/26: In-Class Diagnostic
  2. Blog Assignment--draft
  3. 10/17: Essay 1: Literary Analysis
  4. 11/21: Essay 2: Visual Analysis
  5. Essay 3: Historical Analysis
  6. Essay 4: Comparative Analysis
  7. Essay 5: Research Paper
  8. Oral History Assignment