Reading List (sample from past years).
| Humanities Colloquium St. Francis Xavier University Sample Reading List |
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| English | Philosophy | History |
| The Ancient World (8 Sept – 23 Oct) Aristophanes, The Clouds Sophocles, Antigone Lucretius, On the Nature of Things St. Paul, Hebrews |
The Ancient World (8 Sept – 23 Oct) Plato, Apology, Phaedo Aristotle, Physics Bks 1-2, On the Soul, Bk. 2 Lucretius, On the Nature of Things |
The Ancient World (8 Sept – 23 Oct) Greece Rome Birth of Christianity |
| The Middle Ages (26 Oct – 4 Dec) Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy Beowulf Chaucer, General Prologue, The Wife of Bath, Prologue and Tale |
The Middle Ages (26 Oct – 4 Dec) Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy Anselm, Proslogion Aquinas, Summa theologiae (On God & On Human Nature) Ockham - Basic Principles |
The Middle Ages (26 Oct – 4 Dec) Byzantium & Islam Feudalism & Manorialism Economic Revival Growth of National Monarchies Mediaeval Culture The Catholic Church |
| The Renaissance and the Early Modern Period (4 Jan – 12 Feb) Marlowe, Dr. Faustus Shakespeare, The Tempest Milton, Paradise Lost, 1,2,9 Swift, Gulliver’s Travels |
The Renaissance and the Early Modern Period (4 Jan – 12 Feb) Galileo, The Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Pascal, Pensees David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding |
The Renaissance and the Early Modern Period 4 Jan – 12 Feb) The Renaissance The Great Discoveries The Reformation Royal Absolutism Scientific Revolution The Enlightenment |
| The Modern Age (22 Feb – 5 April) Conrad, Heart of Darkness |
The Modern Age (22 Feb – 5 April) Kierkegaard¸ Fear and Trembling Mill, Utilitarianism Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals |
The Modern Age (22 Feb – 5 April) The French Revolution & Napoleon Liberalism & Conservativism Industrial Revolution & Marxism Dickens, Hard Times Rise of Nation-States Imperialism World Wars |
Assignment Due Dates
Please note that all essays are due in class, at the beginning of class
(Hard copies only)
FALL TERM:
English diagnostic essay due Thursday,
History October Quiz, Monday, 28 September
Philosophy October Quiz, Friday, 9 October
English October Quiz, Thursday, 22 October
English Essay due Wednesday, 18 November
Philosophy Essay due Friday, 27 November
History Essay due Thursday, 3 December
WINTER TERM:
History Quiz Monday, 25 January
Philosophy Essay due Friday, 12 February
English essay due Thursday, 17 March
Philosophy Essay due Wednesday, 23 March
History Essay due Tuesday, 5 April
