The Humanities

, by Witt, Mary Ann Frese; Brown, Charlotte Vestal; Dunbar, Roberta Ann; Tirro, Frank; Witt, Ronald; Cell, John

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ISBN: 9780669416572 | 0669416576
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/19/1996

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Illustrations

xii

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvi

Chronicle of Events

xvii

Introduction: Rethinking the Humanities and Cultural Roots

(64)

Canons

(1)

Development of the Western Humanities

(1)

The Humanities Today

(1)

The Interdisciplinary Humanities

(1)

Culture and Cultural Roots

(4)

Part One Earliest Civilizations

Mesopotamia

(23)

Revolutions in the Land Between Two Rivers

(2)

Sumerian Architecture and Art

(3)

Sumerian Mythology, Religion, and Worship

(2)

Sumerian Music

(1)

Literacy and Literature in Mesopotamia

(2)

Semitic Kingdoms

(7)

Reading Selection

From the Epic of Gilgamesh

(6)

Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush

(34)

The Nile

(1)

The First and Second Dynasties (3150--2686 B.C.)

(1)

The Old Kingdom (2686--2181 B.C.)

(6)

The Middle Kingdom (2134--1782 B.C.)

(1)

The New Kingdom (1570--1070 B.C.)

(4)

The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period (1070--332 B.C.)

(1)

The Ptolemaic Period (332--30 B.C.)

(1)

Egyptian Music

(1)

Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush

(9)

Reading Selections

The Instruction of Ptah-hotep

(1)

From the Book of the Dead

(2)

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton), The Great Hymn to the Aten

(2)

Egyptian Love Poetry

(3)

Continuities: Earliest Civilizations

(3)

Part Two The Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Roots

(190)

Early Greece

(25)

Hellenism: The Rise of Greek Culture

(3)

Greek Religion and Mythology

(1)

Homer and the Epic

(2)

The Lyric

(2)

Reading Selections

From the Odyssey

(14)

Sappho, Selected Lyric Poems and Fragments

(2)

Classical Greece: Life and Art

(15)

Politics and Life in Ancient Athens

(1)

Classical Greek Architecture

(2)

Greek Sculpture

(5)

Classical Architecture and Sculpture Compared

100

(1)

Other Classical Greek Building

100

(1)

From Classical to Hellenistic Sculpture

101

(3)

Reading Selection

Thucydides, Pericles' Funeral Oration

104

(2)

Classical Greece: Drama

106

(48)

The Development of Tragedy

107

(4)

Greek Comedy

111

(1)

Reading Selections

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

112

(20)

Aristophanes, Lysistrata

132

(22)

Classical Greece: Philosophy and Ethical Thought

154

(17)

Socrates (470?--399 B.C.)

155

(1)

Plato (427?--347 B.C.)

155

(1)

Aristotle (384--322 B.C.)

156

(3)

Reading Selections

Plato, The Allegory of the Cave; The Death of Socrates

159

(5)

Aristotle, From The Politics; The High-Minded Man; From the Poetics

164

(7)

The Culture of Rome

171

(52)

Hellenistic and Roman History and Thought

171

(7)

Roman Art and Architecture

178

(5)

Roman Literature

183

(6)

Reading Selections

Cicero, From On the Laws

189

(2)

Ovid, From the Metamorphoses

191

(1)

Virgil, From the Aeneid

191

(24)

Horace, My Slave Is Free to Speak Up for Himself

215

(3)

Juvenal, The Roman Matron

218

(1)

Lucretius, Triumph Song of Death

219

(2)

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

221

(2)

Judaism and Early Christianity

223

(32)

The Ancient Hebrews and the Bible

224

(1)

Early Christianity

225

(2)

The End of Antiquity

227

(4)

The Barbarian Influence in the Western Roman Empire

231

(3)

Reading Selections

Genesis: The Creation, The Fall, The Sacrifice of Isaac

234

(4)

Exodus: The Ten Commandments

238

(1)

Leviticus: The Holiness Code

239

(1)

Psalms: Psalm 8

240

(1)

Amos: The Prophets

241

(1)

From The Song of Solomon

242

(1)

Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount

243

(3)

Paul: From the Letter to the Ephesians; From the First Letter to the Corinthians

246

(2)

Saint Jerome, The Christian and the Classics

248

(1)

Saint Augustine, From The Confessions

249

(3)

Continuities: The Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Roots

252

(3)

Part Three Medieval Cultures

255

(122)

The Byzantine and the Islamic Empires

256

(29)

The Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium

257

(6)

The Threat of Islam and Separation from the West

263

(3)

Collapse of the Empire (1261--1453)

266

(1)

Byzantium as a Transmitter of Ancient Greek Culture to the West

266

(1)

The Islamic Empire

266

(11)

Reading Selections

Justinian, From The Digest or Pandects

277

(1)

Byzantine Poetry: Michael Acominatos, Lament for Athens; Manuel Philes, On an Icon of the Virgin

278

(1)

Excerpts from the Quran

279

(2)

Sufi Literature: Poems by Baba Kuhi of Shiraz and al-Junayd of Baghdad; From the Epic of `Antar

281

(4)

Medieval Europe: Culture and the Cathedral

285

(32)

Medieval Revivals

286

(5)

Medieval Art and the Church: The Gothic Cathedral

291

(13)

Music and Drama in the Cathedral

304

(4)

Reading Selections

William of Rubruck, Letter from Mongolia

308

(1)

Marco Polo, From the Travels of Marco Polo

309

(1)

The Play of Daniel

310

(7)

Divine and Human Love

317

(60)

The Adoration of the Virgin Mary

317

(1)

Representations of the Virgin Mary

318

(1)

The Literature and Music of Courtly Love

319

(3)

Dante Alighieri (1265--1321)

322

(5)

Chaucer (c. 1342--1400) and the Comedy of Love

327

(1)

Reading Selections

Guiraut Riquier, Song to the Virgin

328

(1)

Francois Villon, Ballade

328

(1)

Bernart de Ventadorn, Be m'an perdut

329

(2)

The Countess of Die, Selected Lyrics

331

(1)

Andreas Capellanus, From The Art of Courtly Love

332

(2)

Beroul, From The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

334

(3)

Marie de France, Equitan

337

(3)

Dante Alighieri, From the Divine Comedy

340

(24)

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale

364

(8)

Continuities: Medieval Cultures

372

(5)

Part Four The West African Cultural Root

377

(76)

African Backgrounds

378

(14)

Images of Africa in the West

379

(1)

Africa and America

379

(1)

Stages in African History

380

(9)

Reading Selections

The Culture of Benin: From A Short History of Benin; From Benin Oral Literature

389

(2)

European Accounts of Benin: Ruy de Pina, From the Chronicle of John II; Willem Bosman, From New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea

391

(1)

West African Languages and Literature: The Oral Tradition and Its Legacy

392

(36)

African Languages

392

(1)

Written Literature in Africa

393

(1)

Oral Literature

393

(3)

African Myths and Religions: Some Generalizations

396

(1)

Tales (Hausa)

396

(1)

Riddles

397

(1)

Proverbs

397

(1)

Poetry

397

(1)

Reading Selections

The Epic: From Sundiata

398

(14)

Myths: Two Yoruba Myths of Creation; Myths on the Separation of Man from God; Myths on the Origin of Death

412

(2)

Tales and Proverbs: A Labarai Tale; Tatsuniyoyi Tales; Yoruba Riddles; Yoruba Proverbs

414

(5)

Poetry: Oriki---Yoruba Praise Poems; Ijala---The Poetry of Yoruba Hunters; Iwi---The Poetry of Yoruba Masqueraders; Fulani Poetry; Ga Poetry

419

(6)

Birago Diop, Forefathers

425

(1)

Chinua Achebe, Generation Gap

425

(1)

Wole Soyinka, Death in the Dawn; Koko Oloro; Civilian and Soldier; I Think It Rains

425

(3)

Visual and Musical Arts of West Africa

428

(20)

Visual Arts

429

(8)

African Music

437

(3)

African Arts in Festival: The Efe/Gelede of the Western Yoruba

440

(3)

Efe Poetry

443

(5)

African Roots and Continuities

448

(5)

General Characteristics of the African Humanities

448

(1)

African Survivals in African American Culture

449

(3)

The Influence of Africa on the Western Humanities

452

(1)

Part Five The Asian Cultural Root

453

(56)

An Introduction to the Civilizations of India and China

454

(55)

Two Asian River Civilizations

455

(1)

India

456

(16)

Geography

456

(1)

Early History

456

(2)

Hinduism

458

(2)

Buddhism

460

(1)

The Traditional Indian Family

461

(1)

The Village

462

(1)

Indian Literature

462

(1)

Art and Architecture in India

462

(7)

The Music and Dance of India

469

(3)

China

472

(19)

Early History: Xia, Shang, and Zhou (Chou) Dynasties

472

(2)

Religion and Philosophical Thought

474

(2)

Qin and Han Dynasties (221--206 B.C. and 206 B.C.--A.D. 221)

476

(1)

Buddhism

477

(1)

Sui and Tang Dynasties (586--618 and 618--907)

477

(2)

Later Science and Technology

479

(1)

Foreign Trade

480

(1)

Why Not China? Why Europe?

480

(1)

Chinese Poetry

480

(2)

The Art and Architecture of China

482

(6)

The Music of China

488

(3)

Reading Selections from India

From the Bhagavad Gita

491

(3)

From The Kamasutra of Vatsyayana

494

(1)

The Buddha's Sermon in the Deer Park

495

(1)

From The Bodhisattva

496

(1)

Reading Selections from China

From the Analecta (Commentaries and Sayings) of Confucius

497

(1)

Lao Zi, Dao De Jing (Tao-te Ching)

498

(1)

Guo Xiang, Commentary on the Chuang Tzu

499

(1)

Zong Bing, Introduction to Landscape Painting

499

(1)

Other Buddhist Commentary

500

(1)

Ban Jieyu, Poem in Rhyme-Prose Form; Song of Regret

501

(1)

Poets of the Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei and Li Bo

502

(3)

Continuities: The Civilizations of India and China

505

(4)

Glossary

509

(12)

Credits

521

(2)

Index

523

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