Explain how Machiavelli would answer it. Then, explain how Montaigne would answer it. Use specific textual examples.
What is the nature of man?
Prompt: Share what you learned from your Worldview paper. What question did you address? What surprised you about the way your Big Question changed over time? How should your Big Question be answered from a biblical worldview?
Category: Literature
What is the nature of man?
Explain how Machiavelli would answer it. Then, explain how Montaigne would answer it. Use specific textual examples.
What is the nature of man?
Prompt: Share what you learned from your Worldview paper. What question did you address? What surprised you about the way your Big Question changed over time? How should your Big Question be answered from a biblical worldview?
What is the purpose of life?
Prompt: People ask the same Big Questions over and over again – these questions are themselves permanent things, and when we read what people have said in response to these questions over time, we are joining the Great Conversation that is literature. Among the big questions we’ve encountered are “what is man’s relationship to God?” “What is the purpose of life?” “What is our duty to other people?”
What is the purpose of life?
Prompt: People ask the same Big Questions over and over again – these questions are themselves permanent things, and when we read what people have said in response to these questions over time, we are joining the Great Conversation that is literature. Among the big questions we’ve encountered are “what is man’s relationship to God?” “What is the purpose of life?” “What is our duty to other people?”
Realism
Write an analysis of Realism:
Literature/Philosophy:
- Mary Wilkins Freeman, “A New England Nun,” 1891 (short story). https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/nenun.html
- Eliza Potter, Author’s Appeal and Chapter 1 of A Hairdresser’s Experience in High Life, 1859 (memoir). https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/371821351
Art/Architecture: - Edmonia Lewis, Old Arrow Maker, 1872 (marble sculpture). https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/old-arrow-maker-14630
- Claude Monet, The Gare Saint-Lazare (or Interior View of the Gare Saint-Lazare, the Auteuil Line), 1877 (oil on canvas). https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/la-gare-saint-lazare-10897
Music: - Claude Debussy, La mer (trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre), 1905 (three symphonic sketches for orchestra). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOCucJw7iT8&t=429s
- Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1894 (symphony with chorus and soloists). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHsFIv8VA7w
Research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period. You will then create your analysis. This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.
A. Analyze the accepted work selected from the “Task Works” found in the web links section by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Romanticism
Write an analysis of Romanticism:
Literature/Philosophy:
- Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” 1852 (prose). https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1852-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/
- Emily Dickinson, “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves,” 1830-1886 (poem). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51610/it-sifts-from-leaden-sieves-291
Art/Architecture: - Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea, 1810 (oil on canvas). https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/monk-by-the-sea-caspar-david-friedrich/KwEv_TMiJhn5kA?hl=en
- Francisco de Goya, The Colossus, 1808 (oil on canvas). https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-colossus/2a678f69-fbdd-409c-8959-5c873f8feb82
Music: - Frédéric François Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, 1830 (concerto for piano and orchestra). https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/371821065
- Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem, 1868 (requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXU9vqVdudM
Research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period. You will then create your analysis. This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.
A. Analyze the accepted work selected from the “Task Works” found in the web links section by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Enlightenment
Write an analysis of Enlightenment:
Literature/Philosophy:
- Olaudah Equiano, Chapter 2 of The Interesting Narrative of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789 (autobiography). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, “A Hymn to the Moon,” 1689-1762 (poem). http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/montagu.html
Art/Architecture: - Jacques-Louis David, The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1789 (oil on canvas). https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/jacques-louis-david/the-lictors-bring-to-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons/
- Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Self-portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, 1785 (oil on canvas). https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436840
Music: - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K. 626, 1791 (requiem mass for soloists, chorus, and orchestra). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp2SJN4UiE4
- Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Wade in the Water,” n.d. (a cappella Negro Spiritual for chorus). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kUfvUDOOxQ
Research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period. You will then create your analysis. This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.
A. Analyze the accepted work selected from the “Task Works” found in the web links section by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Renaissance
Write an analysis of Renaissance:
Literature/Philosophy:
- Sir Thomas More, excerpt from Utopia, “Of the Religions of Utopia,” 1516 (prose). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2130/2130-h/2130-h.htm
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, “You Foolish Men,” ca. 1680 (poem). https://poets.org/poem/you-foolish-men
Art/Architecture: - Bartolomé Bermejo, Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil, 1468 (oil and gold on wood). https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/bartolome-bermejo/in-detail-saint-michael-triumphs-over-the-devil
- Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1515 (triptych, oil on oak panel). https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-garden-of-earthly-delights-triptych/02388242-6d6a-4e9e-a992-e1311eab3609
Music: - Claudio Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine,1610 (liturgical piece for soloists, choir, and orchestra). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVhsw-BIZOI
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium, 1572 (a cappella choral piece). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDAQtZz1yf4
Research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period. You will then create your analysis. This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.
A. Analyze the accepted work selected from the “Task Works” found in the web links section by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Classical Period
Write an analysis of Classical Period:
Literature/Philosophy:
- Sappho, “Charaxos and Larichos,” ca. 7th century B.C.E. (poem). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/89724/charaxos-and-larichos
- Marcus Aurelius, Book Three of The Meditations, 2nd Century C.E. (essay). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2680/2680-h/2680-h.htm
Art/Architecture: - The Pergamon Altar, ca. 200-150 B.C.E. (architecture/sculpture). https://smarthistory.org/the-pergamon-altar/
- Apollonius the Athenian, Boxer at Rest, ca. 100 B.C.E. (bronze sculpture). https://smarthistory.org/apollonius-boxer-at-rest/
Research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period. You will then create your analysis. This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.
A. Analyze the accepted work selected from the “Task Works” found in the web links section by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
The IWW & The ‘Bread And Roses’ Strike
summarize key points in your own words using bullet sentences. Avoid simply transcribing the narration or the closed captions