Unit 1 Schedule

DATE

IN CLASS

OUT OF CLASS

Week 1

Wed.
8/23

1. Introductions.
2. Review syllabus.

1. Read "Critical Reading" (PH 105-108). Bring to next class.
2. Print-out and read "Paragraph Summaries" in the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site.
3. Read Smoley, "Are Dreams for Real?" (CP 7-10). Write a 1-paragraph summary.
4. Sign up to listserv.

Week 2

Mon.
8/28

1. Intro. to Unit 1: Dreams and Divination.
2. Paragraph summaries.
3. Discuss Smoley.

1. Read McNierney, "The Dark Speech of God" (CP 11-17). Write a 1-paragraph summary.
2. Print-out and read Essay 1 assignment on this Web site.

Wed.
8/30

1. Discuss Essay 1 assignment.
2. Discuss McNierney.

1. Read Freud, "Erotic Wishes and Dreams" (CP 18-20). Then in 1-2 paragraphs discuss 1 of the following topics from your readings:
   1. Why does Freud believe that "repressed infantile sexual wishes" are the strongest motivation behind dreams and their primary content? Does he provide convincing evidence for this belief?
   2. How might a dream express erotic wishes and at the same time appear innocent of sexual content? What might cause this apparent contradiction?
   3. How does Freud define symbols as they appear in dreams? What examples does he provide? Do these seem like sexual symbols to you?
2. Read Jung, "The Importance of Dreams" (CP 21-26). Then in 1-2 paragraphs, discuss 1 of the following topics from your readings:
   1. How does Jung define a symbol? Why does he believe that people need to use symbols to express themselves?
   2. What is "mystical participation"? In what way is this characteristic of primitive people relevant to modern people and their problems of identity?
   3. What is "free association" and what led Jung to eventually abandon it as a method of psychoanalysis?
   4. What relationships does Jung see between dreams and myth?
3. Read "Paraphrasing" and "Avoiding Plagiarism" in the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site. Do NOT do the written assignment.

Week 3

Mon.
9/4

1. Labor Day: No Class.

Wed.
9/6

1. Avoiding plagiarism.
2. Discuss Freud & Jung.

1. Read "MLA Style: In-text citations" in the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site. Do the written assignment.

Week 4

Mon.
9/11

1. Discuss Freud & Jung.
2. Citing sources.

1. Complete the "FindIt" tutorial on UK Library's home page: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/. Do NOT do the quizzes.
2. Read "Organizing Your Essay Using the Classical System" in the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site.

Wed.
9/13

1. Intro. to library research. (Meet in the W.T. Young Library, room B-35.)
2. Essay organization.

1. Read Smoley, "Patterns in a Subtle Light" (CP 27-30).
2. Read "MLA Style: Preparing a 'Works Cited' page" in the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site. Do NOT do the written assignment.

Mon.
9/18

DUE: Peer Draft of Essay 1 (bring 3 copies)

1. Discuss Smoley.
2. Preparing a Works Cited page.

1. Read Lachman, "The Way of Change" (CP 31-36).
2. Print "Peer Evaluation Form" from the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site. Complete peer reviews.

Wed.
9/20

1. Discuss Sullivan and Lachman.
2. Peer reviews.

1. Complete Essay 1 assignment.
2. Download "Essay Grade Sheet" from the "Notes & Forms" section of this Web site. (Place this in your Essay folder.)

Mon.
9/25

DUE: Final Draft of Essay 1

1. Begin Unit 2.

1. Print-out and read Essay 2 & 3 assignment on this Web site.