对于21L,001课程的补充.本课程对于文学、哲学以及社会学有较广泛的主题探讨,并追溯世俗人文主义的发展、迷信观念消失于人类活动中和不断改变的个人、社会及社区目标构想.重点的判断和文章的分析都将表现出我们时代共同的文化资产. (登记受限. HASS-D, CI.)
这学期阅读范围从政治理论、演说技巧到自传、诗集和反映战争、战争动机、调解和记忆的科幻小说.这些阅读主要划分为三个历史时刻：文艺复兴时期和欧洲与美洲的第一次接触(Machiavelli马基亚维里,Cortes柯特斯,Sahagun萨哈刚)；欧洲的大革命(Voltaire伏尔泰, Blake布莱克, Williams 威廉斯)；美国南北战争和解放黑隶(Stowe史托夫人, Whitman惠特曼, Lincoln 林肯). 二十世纪以后的阅读也包含罗威尔(Lowell)和沃卡特(Walcott)的诗及翁达杰(Ondaatje)和卡德(O.S.Card)的小说。
Complementary to 21L.001. A broad survey of texts - literary, philosophical, and sociological - studied to trace the growth of secular humanism, the loss of a supernatural perspective upon human events, and changing conceptions of individual, social, and communal purpose. Stresses appreciation and analysis of texts that came to represent the common cultural possession of our time. Enrollment limited. HASS-D, CI.
Readings this semester ranging from political theory and oratory to autobiography, poetry, and science fiction reflect on war, motives for war, reconciliation and memory. The readings are largely organized around three historical moments: the Renaissance and first contacts between Europe and America (Machiavelli, Cortés, Sahagún); the European age of revolutions (Voltaire, Blake, Williams); the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery (Stowe, Whitman, Lincoln). Readings from the twentieth-century include poetry by Lowell and Walcott and fiction by Ondaatje and O.S. Card.
