Catalog: Hamilton College 2005-2006 Catalog | |
| 78 Art History [352] Chinese Visual Culture, 1850-Present: From Modernization to Globalization. An in-depth examination of the dramatic developments in Chinese visual culture and the catastrophic historical circumstances that occasioned them. Focus on cultural contact and the susceptibility of contemporary China to Western influence. Discussion and writing assignments on such topics as early Modernist oil painting, commercial advertisements and calendar art, Lu Xun and the Modern Woodcut Movement, Socialist Realism and propaganda posters, avant-garde movements in the 1980s and Cynical Realism and ... | |
| 98 Communication [425F] Speech Writing. A studio-centered course covering ethics of speech writing, crafting speeches to suit a clients character, figurative language as argument, nature and function of ceremonial address. Students study model speeches and write four speeches: commencement, dedication, acceptance, eulogy and apologia. Prerequisite, 110 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. [450F] First Amendment: Freedom of Speech. Detailed investigation of the first amendment. Study of case law which has contributed to the creation of a unique American perspective on the role of speech ... | |
| French 141 Students will participate in daily class discussion, present on works of their choice and work on improving their written argumentation through revision of written assignments. (Writing-intensive.) (Proseminar.) Taught in French. Although not a prerequisite, 200 is strongly recommended; otherwise placement exam results or consent of instructor. Morgan. 212S Introduction to French Literature II: The Emergence of Individualism. Study of representative genres from the Middle Ages to 1800: the epic, romance, the lai, lyric poetry, theatre and prose fiction. Focus on problems and techniques ... | |
| 150 German and Russian Languages and Literatures prose work and in its Wagnerian incarnation), fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Schuberts settings of Goethes ballads and Kafkas Metamorphosis.Works read not only as literary documents but as indices of the cultural, sociological or political development of German-speaking lands. (Writing-intensive.) Taught in English. Malloy. 185S The Faust Legend. Study of the Faust legend and how it has been adapted over the centuries.Topics include the origins of Faust in the 15th century in its factual (Paracelsus and Johann Faust) and spiritual (alchemy and ... | |
| 158 Government [350S] Ethics and Politics in Ancient Greece and Rome. For full description, see Classical Studies 350. 355S The European Union in World Affairs. Examination of the origins and development of European integration and Europes relations with the rest of the world.Topics include theories of regional economic and political integration; evolution of EU institutions; relations between the EU and the United States; development of the European monetary system; problems of European political cooperation; the crisis of the European social model. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 112 or 114. ... | |
| 194 Philosophy [410] Seminar in the History of Philosophy: American Philosophy. Historical debates over the metaphysics and ethics of personhood with an examination of some early American texts by Bradstreet and Lincoln, and Emerson and Thoreaus Transcendentalism. Emphasis on classical Pragmatist metaphysics and epistemology through the work of Peirce, James and Dewey, with attention to their neo-Pragmatist legacies in contemporary American philosophy. Prerequisite, three courses in philosophy or consent of instructor. (Next offered 2006-07.) 415S Seminar in the Philosophy of Science: Objectivity ... | |
