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Welcome to HH224 MW 3:00-4:20 pm UCIrvine, afterhours. This blog is designed as a supplement to the Student Humanities Core Website (see links) and to Erin Trapp's generic eee website (which does importantly contain the course syllabus as a whole document, rather than in the blog's fragments). Final Exam: Monday December 10th, 4:00-6:00pm.
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Links
- Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theater (Persuasion airs December 30 at 9:00pm on PBS)
- Descartes Dictionary--definitions of key terms (cartesian circle, clarity/distinctness, cogito ergo sum, god, intuition, meditation, meditations on first philosophy, objective reality, ontological argument, trademark argument)
- Descartes Life and Work (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Meditations Website
- Philosophy Online, Descartes
- Aristotle's List of Emotions
- Common Dreams
- UCI Library Home Page
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- Electronic Educational Environment (UCI)
- Essay Three Prompt
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- Essay One Prompt
- Library Subject Guides
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Section Website
- Section Syllabus
- Humanities Core Student Site
Reading
- Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
- Handbook chapters 8,9,10,11 (narrative, compare/contrast, application, genre)
- Jane Austen, Persuasion
- Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
- Handbook chapters 2, 3 (definition and thesis)
- Theophrastus, "The Insincere Man" and "The Show Off" (reader 30-31)
- Aristotle, A New Aristotle Reader: Nicomachean Ethics (Bk I, chpts 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 and Bk II, chpts 1, 5, 6, 7)
- Sappho, poems (reader p 29)
- Aristotle, "On the Soul" (bk I, chpts 1,4; bk II, chpts 1, 2, 3, 4; bk III, chpts 4,7)
- Brothers Grimm, "The Coal, the Bean, and the Straw"
- Aristotle, Physics
- Handbook chapters 1, 4, 6
- Bacon, preamble and preface to Novum Organum (reader)
- Aristotle, Rhetoric (reader)
- Aristotle, "On the Soul" (bk I, chpts 1,4; bk II, chpts 1, 2, 3, 4; bk III, chpts 4,7)
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7 comments:
In lecture thinking with Austen is basically allying ourselves with her and believing that what she is telling us about the characters are the truth. To think against Austen would be to believe that she is purposely trying to tell us the wrong information so that we have a mental picture of a character that may not be true. Or just trying to understand the characters through their speech and ignore the narration that includes her point of view.
I also think this idea might tie in with the theme of irony that we have been talking about in the novel. When thinking with Austen, we are also thinking in the same line of thought that she is--that is, in an ironic way, seeing the things that she presents as irony as ironic. If we were to think against her, or not against her, but not "with" her, then we would not be aware of this irony and would probably not grasp a lot of the themes of the book. Thinking with her is sharing her mindset.
I think that thinking with Austen would be to agree with her perspectives on society, women's roles, behaviors, etc. that she discusses in her novels. I think that going against Austen would be to go against her views and beliefs of the concepts that she writes about. For example, Austen portrays many women to be ignorant and blinded by wealth, the weaker sex in a sense--taking a backseat to males, and preoccupied with gossip and nonsense. Whereas, those that would go against Austen believe women should hav equal rights as men, that women are characterized as headstrong, determined, and a major assest to society.
interesting thoughts--keep developing these... it might be interesting to think about "missing the irony" of jane austen. for example, if we missed the idea that she was critiquing something, then we would think that instead she really only had the narrow aspect of pushing forth the interests of the upperclass.
To think with Austen means to be aware of the irony in her text,and to be aware of her comments on how complex social manners are in the 18th century. To think with her also means to be able to determine characters used for satire. To think against Austen would to miss the irony and satire of the novel. If we did not see the irony of Sir Walter Elliot only reading books on baronetage, then we would think that Austen would not be criticizing the social rank and the mindset of upper class during that time period.
To think against Austen would be deny that the events in her story are, in fact, examples of irony, like we tried to do with the Alannis Morissette (sp) song. Like Monica said, this would cause us to miss many of the central themes and discourses in the plot.
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