Course Description
The symbols, expressions, and entertainments that all Europeans drew upon from the wealthiest and best educated to the poorest and illiterate. Themes may include material culture, gender identities, folktales, reading practices, religion and worship, music and theatre. Taught as a seminar with extensive readings in primary and secondary sources.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional readings, paper assignments, and meeting with instructor.
Athena Title
EURO POPULAR CULTUR
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically. 2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or refute--arguments effectively. 3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished papers.
Topical Outline
I Background II Literacy, Reading Practices and Other Ways of Knowing III Texts and Contexts IV Religion and Religious Belief V Village Life VI City Life VII Learning to Consume VIII Negotiating Authority
Syllabus