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Great Books IV

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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