Topic: Loyalty

CANCELLED.
Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
. FSEM. 43239 TBA.

August 29, 2012- December 11, 2012

Catalog Description: For first-year students only. Entry level seminar focusing on a specific topic. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Semester Details:

*THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 07/06/2012*

We will explore the theme of loyalty in a variety of settings: the decision of Elia Kazan to "name names" of old friends as fellow communists before the Un-American Activities Committee; the betrayals of friends and family by such people as Linda Tripp and Bill Clinton during the impeachment scandals; loyalty to a religion or ethnic group versus loyalty to the state, and others.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Koestler, Arthur. 1984. The Darkness at Noon.
    ISBN: 9780553265958.
    Random House Publishing Group.
  2. le Carré, John. 2001. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
    ISBN: 9780743442534.
    Simon & Schuster.
  3. Miller, Arthur. 2003. The Crucible.
    ISBN: 9780142437339.
    Penguin Group.
  4. Mitchell, Stephen. 1992. The Book of Job.
    ISBN: 9780060969592.
    HarperCollins Publishers.
  5. Schulberg, Budd. 1993. What Makes Sammy Run?.
    ISBN: 978067973422.
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
  6. Sophocles. 1993. Antigone.
    ISBN: 9780486278049.
    Dover Publications.

Grading

Assignment/ExamDetails% of Total Grade
PapersSeveral short papers during the semester.50%
Class ParticipationNA25%
Major PaperNA25%

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