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Basic Program Year Three: Autumn

Cost
525.00

This course was available in the past and may be presented again as part of the Basic Program of Liberal Education curriculum.

In the Seminar, we read two classics texts seeking the ungrounded ground of reason. In the Tutorial we will engage in a close reading of a classic novel. The novel for 2023 is Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.

 

 

Course Outline

Year 3 Autumn Reading List

Seminar

Week Tutorial
1 Euclid, Elements
2 Euclid, Elements
3 Euclid, Elements
4 Euclid, Elements
5 Euclid, Elements
6 Descartes, Meditations      
7 Descartes, Meditations
8 Descartes, Meditations
9 Descartes, Meditations
10 Descartes, Meditations

Tutorial

Week Tutorial
1

Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, Prologue and Chapters 1-13; p. 11-103

2 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, Chapters 14-24; p. 103-204
3 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, Chapters 25-32; p. 204-295
4 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, Chapters 33-42; p. 295-401
5 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 1, Chapters 43-52; Part 2, Prologue and Chapters 1-2; p. 401-502
6 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapters 3-17; p. 502-599
7 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapters 18-31; p. 600-700
8 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapters 32-47; p. 700-804
9 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapters 48-59; p. 804-891
10 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapters 60-74; p. 891-982

REQUIRED TEXTS

  • Euclid, Elements Vol. 1 (Heath tr.), Dover, ISBN 978-0486600888.
  • Descartes, Meditations (Lafleur, tr.), Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0023671708.
  • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Don Quixote (The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha). Translated by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2001. ISBN 978-0-14-243723-0.

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Notes

Online registration deadline: Tuesday, September 19 at 5 pm CT

Taking a Graham School Remote Course: You will receive an invitation to join Canvas about a week before the course begins. Please accept the invitation by clicking 'Get Started' and create a log-in for Canvas using your email as the user name and create a password. Then go to the Dashboard and click on your course. Next click on Zoom Professional Education and you will see the link to "Join" your classroom. Canvas houses the course information including the course syllabus, announcements, and discussions. You will not be able to participate in your online class unless you accept the Canvas invitation and set up your account.

For help visit, https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/academic-programs/online/learning-resources/liberal-arts to find step by step instructions.