{"id":2,"date":"2013-06-21T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T15:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-09-17T17:01:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T17:01:20","slug":"hell-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/hell-1\/","title":{"rendered":"THE EXPERIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0will look at 10 different expressions of Hell in this seminar.\u00a0 I could have identified even more of them.\u00a0 These will suffice to give you a sense for the importance of &#8220;description.&#8221;\u00a0 As we shall see throughout this seminar, it matters that one word can have 10 different meanings.\u00a0 In the coming weeks, I will challenge you to think about\u00a0what it means to read, write, speak, and argue effectively.\u00a0 No one is born with these skills.\u00a0 You need to acquire them the old-fashioned way&#8212;by working on them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Devour<\/em> all of the readings below.\u00a0 In addition to the required books, please remember to bring all of the readings marked &#8220;print&#8221; to each class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Tuesday, August 27<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion Topic<\/em>: Why is Hell\u00a0a significant\u00a0part of our daily lives?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u00a0elaborate on my\u00a0goals in this course.<\/li>\n<li>I outline\u00a0the structure of the course.<\/li>\n<li>I administer a class survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">IMAGE ONE<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>WORLD WAR I:\u00a0 &#8220;WAR IS HELL . . .&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Thursday, August 29.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>DiscussionTopic<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0 What is Hell?\u00a0 It depends on whom you ask.\u00a0 Can the Catholic Church and Erich Maria Remarque expect to get along?<\/p>\n<p>The goal today is to start familiarizing ourselves with the terrain of Hell.\u00a0 Everything that we do now will relate to what we do in other parts of the course.\u00a0 Imagine yourself as a collector, picking up two versions of Hell and trying to discern what they are about.\u00a0Remarque presents us with the first image of Hell in the Twentieth Century\u2014World War I.\u00a0 What is war and what does it do to us?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHell\u201d according to the <em>Catechism<\/em> of the Catholic Church: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Catechism.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Erich Maria <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/remarque.htm\">Remarque,<\/a> <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em> (chapters 1-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Recurrent\u00a0 Semester Theme<\/em>:\u00a0 &#8220;The Significance of Syria&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>READ:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/26\/opinion\/bergen-syria-problem\/index.html?hpt=hp_t1\">Syria:\u00a0 A Problem from Hell<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-245\" alt=\"syria 1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-1-300x184.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-1.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Also on war:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/obama-awards-medal-of-honor-to-staff-sgt-ty-carter-for-heroism-in-afghanistan\/2013\/08\/26\/ec4daf58-0e66-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\">Medal of Honor and PTSD<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assignment for Tuesday:\u00a0\u00a0Please write a\u00a0four sentence paragraph on the topic:\u00a0 &#8220;Remarque&#8217;s argument is&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n3. Tuesday, September 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion Topic<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish reading Erich Maria Remarque, <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lewis Milestone, \u201cAll Quiet on the Western Front.\u201d\u00a0 I will show a short segment of the film in class. I will use\u00a0the scene in which Paul Ba\u00fcmer finds himself face-to-face with his &#8220;enemy&#8221; in the trench.\u00a0 Prepare for this Oscar Award-winning\u00a0film by reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/allq.html\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Thursday, September 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>:\u00a0 Great Writing, Persuasive Criticism<\/p>\n<p>George Orwell is one of the best stylists in the English language.\u00a0 His works are deceptively easy to read.\u00a0 Most people cannot write like this.\u00a0 I want you to try.<\/p>\n<p>Readings from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/gorwell.htm\">George Orwell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhy I write\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/orwell.ru\/library\/essays\/wiw\/english\/e_wiw\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Orwell writes:\u00a0\u00a0Facsimile of\u00a0p. 1\u00a0of <em>Brave New World<\/em> (handout)<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Facsimile (handout)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolitics and the English Language\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resort.com\/~prime8\/Orwell\/patee.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cReview of Sartre\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Sartrebookreview.pdf\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Tuesday, September 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An <em>Excursus<\/em> into the past.\u00a0 From the Twentieth Century to the Fourteenth Century and back.\u00a0\u00a0Our goal in today&#8217;s meeting is\u00a0to understand how\u00a0different\u00a0depictions of Hell reflect the\u00a0period and the circumstances\u00a0in which\u00a0they are created.<\/p>\n<p>We will meet in\u00a0the Special Collections Room of Hesburgh Library.\u00a0 Notre Dame is a powerhouse in Italian studies and has one of the finest collections of Dante\u2019s <em>Divine Comedy<\/em>.\u00a0 Tracy Bergstrom, the library\u2019s expert on this collection, will introduce us to visual depictions of Dante\u2019s <em>Inferno<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Before we meet,\u00a0read the following three Cantos closely.\u00a0 The\u00a0better you understand these Cantos, the easier it will be for you to interpret the artistic depictions we see.\u00a0 For background, read through the short section from Turner\u2019s <em>History of Hell<\/em><em> <\/em>and browse the Dante site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canto 1 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in01.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>); Canto 3 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in03.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>); and\u00a0Canto 33 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in33.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Background Reading: Alice Turner, <em>The History of Hell<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Turneronhell.pdf\">READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One of\u00a0 many illuminating Dante sites:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofdante.org\/inferno1.html\">BROWSE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/Is-Hell-Real.pdf\">Is Hell Real<\/a>?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">IMAGE TWO<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THE HOLOCAUST:\u00a0 \u201cA LIVING HELL . . .\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Thursday, September 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>:\u00a0 What is Wiesel\u2019s depiction of Hell?\u00a0 And how does\u00a0his portrayal\u00a0of the\u00a0Holocaust\u00a0differ from those of Remarque and Dante?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the first half of Elie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/wiesel.htm\">Wiesel<\/a>, <em>Night<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Recurrent\u00a0 Semester Theme<\/em>:\u00a0 &#8220;The Significance of Syria&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-sarin_2653111b1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-242\" alt=\"PD*68846374\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-sarin_2653111b1-300x218.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-sarin_2653111b1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/syria-sarin_2653111b1.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is Obama speaking the same <em>language<\/em> as Congress?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/running-transcript-president-obamas-sept-10-speech-on-syria\/2013\/09\/10\/a8826aa6-1a2e-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_print.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7. Tuesday, September 17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>: Based upon your reading of\u00a0<em>Night<\/em> and\u00a0the Nobel\u00a0Lecture below,\u00a0how\u00a0would Wiesel expect us to\u00a0respond\u00a0to manifestations of\u00a0Hell on Earth?\u00a0 What would President Obama say?\u00a0 How would either\u00a0Wiesel&#8217;s or Obama&#8217;s response\u00a0differ from the views of the other\u00a0authors we\u2019ve considered (or will\u00a0 consider)?\u00a0 For that matter, what\u00a0would Jesus say?\u00a0 What would\u00a0Jesus do?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete your reading of Elie Wiesel, <em>Night<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Elie Wiesel, \u201cHope, Despair, and Memory,\u201d Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1986 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Wieselnobelspeech.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Thursday,\u00a0September 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>First Great Debate<\/em>:\u00a0 &#8220;Radical evil must be combatted wherever and whenever it occurs!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Debate structure:<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of class, each side will have 10 minutes to prepare its case.\u00a0 Then the class will meet in full.\u00a0 The\u00a0 side in defense of the proposition (\u201cpro\u201d) goes first.\u00a0 It has 10 minutes.\u00a0 Then, \u201ccon\u201d rebuts the proposition.\u00a0 It has 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides will have 8 minutes to prepare their rebuttals.<\/p>\n<p>The class will then reassemble in full. \u201cPro\u201d will have 8 minutes to restate its case.\u00a0 \u201cCon\u201d will then get 5 minutes, or perhaps less depending\u00a0 on \u201cpro\u2019s\u201d ability to restrain itself.<\/p>\n<p>Rules:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Everyone must participate.<\/li>\n<li>Be succinct.\u00a0 No speeches.<\/li>\n<li>Take notes to identify your opponents&#8217; positions.<\/li>\n<li>Argue. Disagree.\u00a0 Show emotion.\u00a0 Be electric!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 This is a debate!\u00a0 Not a tea party.\u00a0 Here is an example of a debate:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_268786\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=jXkDndmC\">Kantian Epistemology<\/a>\u00a0 Be prepared to fight and win, but please leave your weapons at the door!<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Tuesday, September 24.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>: More Great Writing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In-class Film: Selections from Leni Riefenstahl\u2019s phantasmagoria, \u201cTriumph of the Will\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/worldwar2\/triumph\/tr-will.htm\">READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">IMAGE THREE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>LIFE ITSELF:\u00a0 \u201cLIFE IS HELL . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Thursday, September 26.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Existentialism, Version I: \u201cA World Without God\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean-Paul <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/sartre.htm\">Sartre<\/a>, \u201cThe Wall\u201d (HAND-OUT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11. Tuesday, October 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Existentialism, Version II:\u00a0 \u201cA World With God\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flannery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/flannery.htm\">O\u2019Connor<\/a>, \u201cThe Lame Shall Enter First\u201d (HAND-OUT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u03c9<\/p>\n<p><strong>OMG<\/strong>:\u00a0 <em>Please leave your technology at home.\u00a0 This includes electronic devices of any kind, such as laptops, i-Pads, i-Pads2,\u00a0FBI trap-and-trace tools, cell phones, Kindles, video cameras, or other personal digital devices.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0will look at 10 different expressions of Hell in this seminar.\u00a0 I could have identified even more of them.\u00a0 These will suffice to give you a sense for the importance of &#8220;description.&#8221;\u00a0 As we shall see throughout this seminar, it matters that one word can have 10 different meanings.\u00a0 In the coming weeks, I will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}