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HUMANITIES SEMINAR 2009: Literary Portraits
"College Advice, From People Who Have Been There Awhile" Nine very short pieces published in the NY Times (Sept. 5th). Described as "helpful advice to young adults entering school this fall. Browse through it!
Plan for coming semesters: read about your Humanities Requirement here.
AT PEABODY--WRITING HELP IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE!!
Take advantage of resources that the school makes available. They are free, and they will save you time! Experienced writers always ask for feedback on their work. You should too! FIND OUT MORE HERE!
WHAT'S THE ASSIGNMENT?
- Work on your Digital Portfolio postings. See the slides (linked below) for instructions (as well as handouts, etc)
- Attend the opera! Submit your Arts Review on turnitin.com (and add to your portfolio after Thanksgiving). (Some sections have looked at resources posted here.)
- Research your final project; schedule and prepare your presentation to the class.
IMPORTANT BASICS!
Here is our course schedule.
GENERAL QUESTIONS? Reach us at:
TeachingTeam@peabody.jhu.edu
INTERNET RESOURCES
Plan to rely on the internet throughout the semester. Important web links are posted here:
Eisenhower Library -- Class Resource Page
Google Scholar -- use page above!
Refworks -- use page above!
(Refworks tutorial -- also on Eisenhower page)
(for Digital Portfolio help--try these step-by-step slide presentations)
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Patton's 9/16 presentation on Virgil is here
Dr. Robbin's 9/22 presentation on "The Cultural Afterlife of Dido and Aeneas" is here
Dr. Patton's 9/22 presentation, continuing with Virgil, Dido, and Cather, is here
Dr. Robbins' 11/3 presentation on My Antonia, 'Culture and the Prairie', is here
GRADING
This semester's grade will be assessed in accordance with this distribution:
40% Writing
20% Research Project
40% Participation
Peabody's undergraduate grading standards are explained here.
WHAT BOOKS SHOULD YOU BUY?
Some of our readings are in the Humanities Course Reader available from the Faculty Secretary. Please purchase that right away.
These texts are available from the Peabody bookstore:
Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual (Bedford/St. Martin)
Virgil, Aeneid (Mandelbaum, trans.)
Shakespeare, Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Yale University Press)
Willa Cather, My Antonia (Oxford University Press)
