{"id":54,"date":"2017-01-16T18:42:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/images-of-hell\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2017-02-19T16:28:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T20:28:55","slug":"54-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/images-of-hell\/54-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We begin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this section of the course, we will look at three different images of Hell:\u00a0 world war, the Holocaust, and existential <em>Angst<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My goal is two fold:\u00a0 I want to acquaint you with some compelling experiences that we associate with Hell.\u00a0 Because this is a social science seminar, I also want to think about a complex term which, at first glance doesn\u2019t seem like it should be complex at all: <em>description.<\/em> What do we mean when we describe something? \u00a0Why do people disagree over an exercise that seems so simple?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From this point onward, I want you to devour all of the readings on this syllabus.\u00a0 In addition to the required books, please remember to bring copies of each of the assigned readings marked \u201cPrint\u201d as well as hand-outs to class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Tuesday, January 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic:\u00a0 Why is Hell a significant part of our daily lives?\u00a0 Why do we use the term so much?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today, I will elaborate on my goals and the structure of this course.\u00a0 I will also conduct a class survey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assignment for Thursday. \u00a0Think about the following theme. \u00a0According to Remarque, war is hell because . . .\u201d \u00a0Then, \u00a0write one brilliantly introductory sentence which deals with this theme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After reading the chapters, you should spend at least 20 minutes choosing the best sentence. Imagine that it is the introduction to a paragraph. Your sentence should be typed and double spaced.\u00a0 All of your assignments in this seminar should adhere to these rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>IMAGE ONE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>WORLD WAR I:\u00a0 \u201cWar is hell . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Thursday, January 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Discussion Topic<\/em><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 What is Hell?\u00a0 It depends on whom you ask.\u00a0 If we put the Catholic Church and Erich Maria Remarque in the same room, will they get along?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\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><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/remarque-publishes-all-quiet-on-the-western-front\">Erich Maria Remarque,<\/a> <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>\u00a0(chapters 1-6) \u00a0Not: I have attached a link to every name which is highlighted, such as Remarque&#8217;s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s goal is to start familiarizing ourselves with the terrain of Hell.\u00a0 Everything we do from now on will relate to later parts of the course.\u00a0 Imagine yourself as a collector, picking up different visions of Hell and trying to discern what they are about.\u00a0 Remarque presents us with an image.\u00a0 So does the Catholic Church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Recurring \u00a0Semester Theme<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cThe Break-up of the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, and ISIS, the Coming wars over Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, and what role the US will play. \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amanpour.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/11\/17\/cleric-isis-chief-al-baghdadi-is-going-to-hell\/\">\u201cISIS Chief al-Baghdadi is \u2018going to hell&#8217;\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/trump-i-would-bomb-the-hell-out-of-the-oil-fields-in-iraq-to-fight-isis\/\">TRUMP: \u201cI would bomb the hell out of the oil fields!\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmedicine.com\/editor-in-chief\/editorial-war-is-hell\/\">\u201cEditorial: \u00a0War is Hell<\/a>\u201c<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assignment for Tuesday: Take the sentence you have generated for today&#8217;s class and use it&#8211;or some modified version of it&#8211;as the introduction to a brilliant (and complete) four sentence paragraph. \u00a0Please spend lots of time making this paragraph the best one you can imagine writing (though not perfect).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Tuesday, January 24:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Discussion Topic<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finish reading Erich Maria Remarque, <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>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 \u201cenemy\u201d in the trench.\u00a0 Prepare for this Oscar Award-winning\u00a0film by reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/allq.html\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Thursday, January 26:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Discussion<\/em>:\u00a0 Great Writing, Persuasive Criticism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readings from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/george-orwell-9429833#personal-life\">George Orwell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhy I write\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/orwell.ru\/library\/essays\/wiw\/english\/e_wiw\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Famous facsimile (handout)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mystery Facsimile (handout)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cPolitics and the English Language\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resort.com\/~prime8\/Orwell\/patee.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Tuesday, January 31:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An <em>Excursus<\/em> into the past.\u00a0 From the Twentieth Century to the Fourteenth Century and back.\u00a0\u00a0Our goal in today\u2019s meeting is\u00a0to understand how\u00a0different\u00a0depictions of Hell reflect the\u00a0period and the circumstances\u00a0in which\u00a0they are created.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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> and browse the Dante site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Canto 1 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in01.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>); Canto 28 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in28.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>); and\u00a0Canto 33 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/dante\/in33.htm\">PRINT AND READ<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Background Reading: Alice Turner, <em>The History of Hell<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Turneronhell.pdf\">READ<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One of\u00a0 many illuminating Dante sites:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofdante.org\/inferno1.html\">BROWSE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/hell-in-the-twentieth-century\/files\/2013\/06\/Is-Hell-Real.pdf\">Is Hell Real?<\/a>\u00a0If it&#8217;s not, why would a smart guy like Dante say it was?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>IMAGE TWO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>THE HOLOCAUST:\u00a0 \u201cA LIVING HELL . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Thursday, February 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><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?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read the first half of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eliewieselfoundation.org\/eliewiesel.aspx\">Elie Wiesel<\/a>, <em>Night<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Recurrent\u00a0 Semester Themes<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cWhat does it mean to single out certain religious and ethnic groups for discriminatory treatment?\u201d &#8220;And why should students and faculty at a Catholic university care?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Tuesday, February 7:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Discussion<\/em>: Based upon your reading of\u00a0<em>Night\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0the two lectures by Wiesel below,\u00a0how\u00a0would Wiesel expect us to\u00a0respond\u00a0to manifestations of\u00a0Hell on Earth?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Complete your reading of Elie Wiesel, <em>Night<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elie Wiesel, \u201cHope, Despair, and Memory,\u201d Nobel Prize Lecture, December 11, 1986 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Hell2010\/Wieselnobelspeech.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Elie Wiesel, &#8220;The Perils of Indifference&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/speeches\/wiesel.htm\"><strong>READ AND PRINT<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Thursday, February 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First Great Debate<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TOPIC:\u00a0 \u201cWe have a moral obligation to combat evil wherever and whenever it raises its ugly head!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debate structure: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note<\/em>:\u00a0 This is a debate!\u00a0 Not a tea party.\u00a0 Here is an example of a debate: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/editorials\/2015\/09\/15\/notre-dame-give-up-football-ha.html\">\u201cNotre Dame Give up Football? \u00a0Ha!\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be prepared to fight and win, but please leave your weapons at the door!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Tuesday. February 14:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0More on Great Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>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><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>IMAGE THREE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>LIFE ITSELF:\u00a0 \u201cLIFE IS HELL . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Thursday, February 16:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Existentialism, Version I: \u201cA World Without God\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/literature\/laureates\/1964\/sartre-bio.html\">Jean-Paul Sartre<\/a>, \u201cThe Wall\u201d (HAND-OUT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11. Tuesday, February 21:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Existentialism, Version II:\u00a0 \u201cA World With God\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/articles\/arts-culture\/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964\">Flannery O\u2019Connor<\/a>, \u201cThe Lame Shall Enter First\u201d (HAND-OUT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Your first essay assignment is <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/images-of-hell\/first-essay-assignment\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">OMG:\u00a0 <em>Please leave your technology at home.\u00a0 This includes electronic devices of any kind, such as laptops, i-Pads, i-Pads2, I-Phones 12, FBI trap-and-trace tools, Kindles, video cameras, or other personal digital devices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This class is a no-tweet zone!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We begin. 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