Associate Professor of Government
Wing to Wing and Oar
to Oar:
A Reflection on Courtship and Marriage
Syllabus for Interim
2003
Dr. Robert Jeffrey
206 Daniel Building
Phone: x4581 (office) or 948-1297 (home)
E-mail: jeffreyrc@wofford.edu or rcjeffrey@home.com
Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass, Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana) 2000.
Selected Xeroxed Articles, detailed below.
| January 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Introductory |
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| January 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leon Kass, "The End of
Courtship" (xerox) Gurdon, "High-Priced Emancipation" (xerox) Introduction to Section-"Where Are We Now?" Bailey, From Front Porch to Back Seat Stone, "Passionate Attachments in the West in Historical Perspective" |
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| January 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bloom, "Relationships" Brooks, "Making it: Love and Success at Americas's Finest Universities" (xerox) Blankenhorn, "I Do?" Introduction to Section-"Why Marry? Defenses of Matrimony" Darwin, "This is the Question" Aquinas, "Of the Marriage Goods" |
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| January 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Erasmus, "A Praise of
Marriage" Bacon, "Of Marriage and the Single Life" Austen, Pride and Prejudice: For Love or Money? Kierkegaard, "Some Reflections on Marriage" |
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| January 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tucker, "Monogamy and Its
Discontents" Meilaender, "Men and Women-Can We Be Friends?" Borowitz, "Speaking Personally" Muir, "The Annunciation" |
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| January 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to
Section-"What About Sex? Man, Woman, and Sexuality" Homer, The Coupling of Ares and Aphrodite Genesis 2:4-4:2: The Anthropology of Sex Rousseau, Emile: Sexual Complementarity Herodotus, The Story of Candaules and Gyges Kant, On Shame and Love |
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| January 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Riezler, "Comment on the Social
Psychology of Shame" May, "Four Mischievous Theories of Sex" Introduction to Section-"Is This Love? Eros and Its Aims" Divakaruni, "The Word Love" Plato, Symposium: Aristophanes' Speech on Eros |
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| January 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Plato, Symposium: Socrates' Speech
on Eros The Song of Songs DeRougement, "The Tristan Myth" Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Pipes, "Male-Female Relations in Islam" (xerox) |
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| January 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rousseau, Emile: Educating
for Love Shakespeare, Sonnets 18, 115, 116 Rilke, Letters on Love Lewis, "Eros" |
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| January 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mid-term Exam | ||||||||||||||||
| January 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Section-"How
Can I Find and Win the Right One? Courtship" Martin, Miss Manners' Advice on Courtship Genesis 24: Finding a Wife for Isaac Genesis 29-31: Jacob Finds a Wife Abraham, "The Engagement, A Story" |
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| January 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pitt-Rivers, The People of
the Sierra Erasmus, "Courtship": A Colloquy Shakespeare, The Tempest Shakespeare, As You Like It |
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| January 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Franklin, "Reflections on
Courtship and Marriage" Franklin, "The Elysian Fields" Rousseau, Emile: The Courtship of Emile and Sophie Tolstoy, War and Peace: The Courtship of Pierre and Helene |
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| January 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tolstoy, Anna Karenina:
Levin's Proposal to Kitty Austen, Pride and Prejudice: The Courtship of Darcy and Elizabeth |
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| January 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Section-"Why
a Wedding? The Promises of Marriage" May, "The Covenant of Marriage" Marriage Vows and Blessings DeRougement, "Active Love, or Keeping Faith" Kass and Kass, The Marriage Name |
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| January 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Section- "What
can Married Life be Like? The Blessings of Marriage" Homer, The Reunion of Penelope and Odysseus Aristotle, The Friendship of Husband and Wife Jewish Midrash, Childless Love Kipling, "The Married Man: Reservist of the Line" Ballou, Letter to Sarah |
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| January 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tocqueville, Democracy in
America: Marriage and Mores Rousseau, Emile: Married Lovers Kierkegaard, Lasting Love |
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| January 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hawthorne, "The Birthmark"
(xeorx) Capon, Bed and Board: Liturgies of Home Tolstoy, War and Peace: Parents and Children Frost, "The Master Speed" |
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| January 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Open | ||||||||||||||||
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| Final Exam | ||||||||||||||||
| Required Book: | ||||||||||||||||
| Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass, Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana) 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Requirements: | ||||||||||||||||
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Each student will be assigned an oral report on one of the readings for the course. The report will be 5-7 pp. in length and will be handed in by the day following the class presentation. The report will be written and read to the class and should introduce the reading and make some comment upon it. Assignments will be made during the first class period. The exams will be in class essay exams. The quizzes will be given at the beginning of each class and will cover the readings for that day’s class. Great weight will be given in grading to the quality of the student’s class discussion. This is one of the chief reasons for the quizzes. Obviously, regular attendance is of the utmost importance.
I reserve the right to add and/or subtract from the course syllabus. I will likely bring written items to your attention from time to time that bear on our discussions, and I invite you to do the same.
Dr. Robert Jeffrey
597-4581 (o)
948-1297 (h)
jeffreyrc@wofford.edu
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