Great Books IV

Artesian Wells Classical Tutorials

Great Books IV

Great Books IV

This year of the Great Books course is intended to introduce the student to "modern" authors (where "modern" includes anything from the 1600s on). These authors run from humanistic and modern, to romantic, to deeply Christian. The readings include many of the formative works of theology, literature, poetry, and philosophy that has influenced the era that we live in.

Author and Title Reading List (subject to revision)

Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

Shakespeare, Selected Plays

Milton, Paradise Lost

Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

Locke, Second Treatise on Government

Rousseau, The Social Contract

Various Authors, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Federalist Papers

Selections from the Romantic poets (Blake, Shelley, Percy, Keats)

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

Marx, Communist Manifesto

Darwin, On the Origin of Species

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

This is a two hour class which meets once per week, although the tutor is available throughout the week via e-mail, phone, and online message boards:

Thursdays 10-12 AM PST

To register for the class, please e-mail Emily Wells at emily at artesian-wells.com