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Fall 2005 |
Heritage
of Western Culture 101 |
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This course examines the tradition of the
travel narrative from ancient to early modern times. The focus will be on how
travel to foreign places and meeting other peoples helps define the traveler
and promotes an understanding of one's own culture, one's place in it, and
other cultures. Of particular interest will be an examination of cultural
self-definitions based on experiences with people of other ethnicities. We
will also examine the creation of larger cultural stereotypes, such as
"East" and "West", through encounters with peoples from
the other cultures. Heritage of Western Culture 101 courses
cover "selected aspects of early western culture... with particular
attention to critical issues in the study of cultural heritage before the
modernb ear and the legacy of the early west." (Bulletin) The
approach of the class is primarily literary and historical. The left column provides links to the full
course syllabus and the particular schedules for the four main units. Links
are also provided for a bibliography of secondary literature useful for the
course and for the Teagle Ethnicity website created by Ryan Balot, This course was developed as part of a
project, "Re-thinking the Pedagogy of Ethnicity," directed by
Professor Balot and supported by the Teagle Foundation. Additional support
has been generously provided by the Cullen Fund for Teaching at |
CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Mail
comments to rcape@austincollege.edu