Winter 2004 HNR 225 / 226 Honors European Civilization
Professor Crouthamel Office: MAK 1018 Office Hours: MW 10am-noon Telephone: 331-2931 E-mail: crouthaj@gvsu.edu Class time: 1:00-2:50 MWF, ASH 2147 Online materials: Blackboard at http://bb.gvsu.edu |
Professor Webster Office: 129 LHH Office Hours: 11-12 MW, 5-6 T Telephone: 331-3071 E-mail: websterm@gvsu.edu Home page: http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/ European Civilization II Links |
Texts:
Allen, William Sheridan. The Nazi Seizure of Power. Rev. ed. New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. ISBN: 0-531-05633.
Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Press, 1953. ISBN: 0-8021-3034-8
Byatt, A.S. Possession. New York: Random-Vintage, 1990 ISBN: 0-679-73590-9
Camus, Albert. The Fall. New York: Random-Vintage. ISBN: 0-679-72022-7
Cummings, E. E. The Enormous Room: A
typescript edition with drawings by the author. 1922. Ed. George
James Firmage. New York: Liveright, 1978. ISBN: 0-87140-150-9
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. 1915. Trans. and ed. Stanley Corngold. New York: Norton, 1996. ISBN: 0-393-96797-2.
Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. 1929. New York: Fawcett / Ballantine, 1982. ISBN: 0-449-21394-3
Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 1905. New York: Penguin, 2001. ISBN 0-14-043790-8
Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia. London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993. ISBN: 0-571-16934-1.
Ward, Candace. World War One British Poets. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1997. ISBN: 0-486-29568-0.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. 1958. Trans. Stella Rodway. New York: Bantam, 1986. ISBN: 0-553-27253-5
Woolf, Virginia. Mrs Dalloway. 1925. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1981. ISBN: 0-15-662870-8
History Section: Similar to last semester, primary documents will be made available and assigned for class discussions. Regarding the textbook by Perry: Major chapters are assigned here – use them to complement lecture and discussion, and to prepare for papers and exams.
Literature Section: As with last semester, we will discuss
open-ended questions with a view towards reaching some tentative
conclusions. When necessary, the instructor or Perry will provide
biographical, historical, and intellectual contexts and frameworks for
those discussions.
M Jan. 5: August 1914 and Stalemate
W Jan. 7: Human Costs of the War, Pt. I
F Jan. 9: Prof. Crouthamel away:
M Jan. 12: Human Costs of the War, Pt. II
W Jan. 14: Trauma: Home/Front
F Jan. 16: Discussion: All Quiet on the Western Front
M Jan. 19: Women and World War I
W Jan. 21: Social Class Tensions and Economic Crisis
F Jan. 23: The End of Causality
M Jan. 26: A Peace to End all Peace
W Jan. 28: W Jan. 28 The Russian Revolution, Pt. I
F Jan. 30: F Jan. 30 The Russian Revolution, Pt. II
M Feb. 2: Weimar Germany: Society and Politics
W Feb. 4: Weimar Culture
F Feb. 6: Life in the 1920s: Social Revolutions and Reactions
M Feb. 9: The Rise of Stalin
W Feb. 11: The Rise of Fascism: What is fascism?
Franz Kafka. The Metamorphosis,
chapter 1.
Perry, pp. 812-813
F Feb. 13: The Great Depression
M Feb. 16: Hitler’s Seizure of Power, Pt. I
W Feb. 18: Hitler’s Seizure of Power, Pt. II
F Feb. 20: Life in Nazi Germany, Pt. I: Conformity and Consent
M Feb. 23: Life in Nazi Germany, Pt. II: Creating the ‘Racial State’
W Feb. 25: The Spanish Civil War
F Feb. 27: Midterm.
M Mar 8: The Origins of World War II
W Mar 10: Prof. Crouthamel's surprise.
F Mar 12: Hitler’s Successes, 1939-1941
M Mar 15: Operation Barbarossa
W Mar 17: Hitler’s Defeat
F Mar 19: The Holocaust: Road to Auschwitz
M Mar 22: The Holocaust: Rationalization and Conformity
W Mar 24: The Holocaust: Ordinary Men?
F Mar 26: The Holocaust: Moral and Spiritual Legacy
M Mar 29: Discussion of Wiesel’s Night
W Mar 31: 1945: Zero Hour?
F April 2: Origins of the Cold War and Recovery in Western Europe
M April 5: Eastern Europe in the 1950-60s
W April 7: Discussion of Kovaly’s Under a Cruel Star
F April 9: From Kruschev to Gorbachev
M April 12: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Collapse of Communism
W April 15: New Challenges after the Cold War
F April 17: Europe Today, Final Discussion
Review. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU MADE IT!
Final Exam: Tuesday, April 21, 2-3:50 p.m.
Grade Chart:
Preparation and Participation |
10 % |
Essay #1 |
15 % |
Essay #2 |
20 % |
Essay #3 |
20 % |
Midterm Exam |
15 % |
Final Exam |
15 % |