CLST 389-01W/CATH 300-01W/HIST 300B-02W/MSTU 398-01W: Classical Backgrounds: Augustine - Writing Intensive Fall Semester 2008 Dr. Jacqueline Long MWF 10:25-11:15 AM Information Commons 230

• Augustine, Sermons: Various Newly Discovered, tr. Edmund Hill (New City Press 2000)
• Augustine, Letters, vol. 6, tr. Robert B. Eno (Catholic University of America Press 1995)
• Augustine, On Christian Teaching, tr. R. P. H. Green (Oxford University Press 2008)
• Augustine, Confessions, tr. Henry Chadwick (Oxford University Press 1998)
• Augustine, City of God Against the Pagans, tr. Robert Dyson (Cambridge University Press 1998)
• Garry Wills, Saint Augustine (Penguin Group Incorporated 2005)
• William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th edn. (Longman); the 1st edn. (1918) is available on-line from bartleby.com
• Additional resources in photocopy and on the Internet

Life in the Church in Late-Roman Africa	Church, Bishop, and Martyrs M 8/25: Introduction W 8/27 Graeme Clarke, Christians and the Roman State 193-324, Devotion and Dissent: the Practice of Christianity in Roman Africa Garry Wills, Augustine, pp. 65-99 F 8/29 Augustine, Sermon 306E Using Historical Sources, copyright 2005, David W. Koeller, History Department, North Park University, Chicago M 9/1 Labor Day - no classes Donatism and the Persistence of Memory W 9/3 Augustine, Sermon 299A Strunk and White, chh. I, III, pp. 1-14, 34-38 (on-line, first edition Ch. II, first edition Ch. IV) Resolve to begin thinking about your research project F 9/5 Maureen A. Tilley, "Sustaining Donatist Self-Identity: From the Church of the Martyrs to the Collecta of the Desert," Journal of Early Christian Studies 5.1 (1997) 21-35 Strunk and White, ch. IV, pp. 39-65 (on-line, first edition Ch. V plus first edition Ch. VI) M 9/8 Augustine, Sermon 360A Writing Exercise 1 due today! W 9/10 Augustine, Sermon 360C Augustine, Letter 28* Remind yourself to think about your research project The Supervisory Bishop F 9/12 Augustine, Letters 13*, 18*, 21*, 22*, 26* M 9/15 Augustine, Letter 20* W 9/17 Wills, Augustine pp. 99-145 Strunk and White, ch. IV, pp. 39-65 (on-line, first edition Ch. V plus first edition Ch. VI) Think about your research project F 9/19 Augustine, Letters 4*, 5* Discussion Leaders - Writing Assignment 2 M 9/22 Augustine, Letters 1*, 24* Discussion Leaders - Writing Assignment 2 W 9/24 Augustine, Letters 9*, 10* Discussion Leaders - Writing Assignment 2 F 9/26 Augustine, Letters 7*, 8*, 17*, 25* Discussion Leaders - Writing Assignment 2 Ruling Family M 9/29 Augustine, Sermon 354A W 10/1 Augustine, Sermon 159A Finalize proposals for your research project F 10/3 Augustine, Letters 3*, 6* Proposals for your research project due today!
	M-T 10/6-7: Fall Break - no classes
Literary Life	The Beginning of Discovery: Words and the Heart W 10/8 Augustine, On Christian Teaching, Prologue and Book 1 F 10/10 Catherine Chin, "The Grammarian's Spoils: De Doctrina Christiana and the Contexts of Literary Education," in Augustine and the Disciplines: from Cassiacum to Confessions, ed. K. Pollmann and M. Vessey, 167-83 (Oxford UP 2005) Receive assignments to collaborative groups for your research project and begin planning your collaboration M 10/13 Wills, Augustine, pp. xi-10 Signs W 10/15 Augustine, On Christian Teaching, Book 2 F 10/17 Wills, Augustine, pp. 10-35 1-page statements of group plans (1 per group) for your research project due today! Interpretation M 10/20 Augustine, On Christian Teaching, Book 3 W 10/22 Augustine, Sermon 341 Writing Exercise 3 due today! Th 10/23 Special event: Dr. Blake Dutton, Department of Philosophy, "Augustine on the Legacy of Plato's Academy," 4:00 PM, Simpson Multipurpose Room 2-3 page summary and assessment of Dr. Dutton's presentation may be submitted, at your option, for extra credit F 10/24 Wills, Augustine, pp. 36-47 Explicitly Not Rules of Rhetoric M 10/27 Augustine, On Christian Teaching, Book 4 W 10/29 Wills, Augustine, pp. 48-64 F 10/31 Re-assessing preaching: review Serm. 159A, 299A, 306E, 341, 354A, 360A, 360C Writing Exercise 4 due today!
Greatest Hits	Lens of Life: through Letters into Faith M 11/3 Augustine, Confessions, Books 1-2 W 11/5 Augustine, Confessions, Books 3-4 Research project collaborative presentation: Marriage in Augustine's Society F 11/7 Augustine, Confessions, Books 5-6 M 11/10 Augustine, Confessions, Books 7-8 Research project collaborative presentation: Augustine amid Religious Controversy W 11/12 Augustine, Confessions, Books 9-10 Research project collaborative presentation: Women and their Rights in Augustine’s Time and Thought F 11/14 Augustine, Confessions, Books 11-13 Thomas Williams, "Biblical Interpetation," in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, ed. E. Stump and N. Kretzmann, 59-70 (Cambridge UP 2001) Response to Sack of the Romans' City M 11/17 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 1 Augustine, Letter 1*A W 11/19 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 2 Research project collaborative presentation: Augustine and Donatism F 11/21 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 3 M 11/24 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 4 Research project collaborative presentation: Justice, Law, the State, and Augustine W-F 11/26-28: Thanksgiving Break - no classes M 12/1 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 5 Research project collaborative presentation: Augustine on Slavery W 12/3 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 14 F 12/5 Augustine, The City of God against the Pagans, Book 19 Finished paper from your research project due today!
M 12/8 9:00-11:00 AM	Absolute, final deadline for submission of any work on extended deadlines Conformed with Loyola's Final Exam Schedule.

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