1. Course Outline

2. Schedule

3. Background

   Fiction and Non-Fiction
   Ways of Knowing
   Controversy / Intellectuals / Civil Society
   Some Controversies North Americans will have to Face
   Complexity vs. Simplicity

   Writing the Book Review / Sample Book Reviews

4. Study Guides

   Edward Said, Representations of Intellectuals
   Neil Postman, Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century

5. Assignments:

   Assignment No. 1
   Assignment No. 2

6. Resources

   A Guide to the Presentation of Research

7. Study Guide

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