The leading figure of John Henry Newman has that unquestionable attractivity of a man that gathers in himself virtues and commitments that seem to be incompatible. And thus, he was able to dedicate his life to different activities such as theology, cultural and social debates, poetry, novels, and in a special way, education. In his mature years, the education of children in the school he founded in Birmingham with the rest of the members of the Birmingham Chapel was his focus. However, at his core was university education, since his incorporation as a fellow to the Oriol College, in the University of Oxford. If his conversion to Catholicism moved him away from Oxford, that was in that moment an Anglican institution, that did not stop him from always carrying the ideal of the university tradition, especially the Oxonian, in his heart.
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After becoming an octogenarian, he was invited in 1880 again to visit Oxford, now as a very distinguished son of the University (the previous year, in 1879, he had received the naming of Cardinal of the Catholic Church 1879). Ian Ker, in his authorized biography of Newman, wonders which one of the two honors would have resonated more personally in the elderly man of God. [1] On the one hand, the Cardinal title implied a recognition from the Pope León XIII of the achievements of his work and the honor of seeing himself especially associated to the ministry of Peter's Successor. But of equal value, the recognition of Oxford internally reverberated his chosen dedication to education, the ancient friendships and the unique purity of Oxford Movement, in which Newman and his colleagues and pupils tried to connect the University with its most profound roots. It can be seen in the aching article from 1838 Medieval Oxford up to what point a still young Newman carried in his heart the ideals of the University, at the same time that he recognized the danger of ruin that threatened him [2].
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A couple of years after his dismissal from Oxford, Newman was requested to take charge of the Catholic University of Dublin as a founder and first dean. He was in charge of the University for eight years, which was a constant sacrifice for the continuous coming and going between Birmingham and Dublin, but also of certain lack of understanding of what he considered the academic task, as well as that of a Catholic University.
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[1] Cf. Ian Ker, John Henry Newman, Oxfor, New York 2009, 694ss.
[2] En Historical Sketches III, London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta, 1909, como se encuentra, con la misma paginación, http://newmanreader.org/works/historical/volume3/universities/index.html
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The leading figure of John Henry Newman has that unquestionable attractivity of a man that gathers in himself virtues and commitments that seem to be incompatible. And thus, he was able to dedicate his life to different activities such as theology, cultural and social debates, poetry, novels, and in a special way, education. In his mature years, the education of children in the school he founded in Birmingham with the rest of the members of the Birmingham Chapel was his focus. However, at his core was university education, since his incorporation as a fellow to the Oriol College, in the University of Oxford. If his conversion to Catholicism moved him away from Oxford, that was in that moment an Anglican institution, that did not stop him from always carrying the ideal of the university tradition, especially the Oxonian, in his heart.
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After becoming an octogenarian, he was invited in 1880 again to visit Oxford, now as a very distinguished son of the University (the previous year, in 1879, he had received the naming of Cardinal of the Catholic Church 1879). Ian Ker, in his authorized biography of Newman, wonders which one of the two honors would have resonated more personally in the elderly man of God. [1] On the one hand, the Cardinal title implied a recognition from the Pope León XIII of the achievements of his work and the honor of seeing himself especially associated to the ministry of Peter's Successor. But of equal value, the recognition of Oxford internally reverberated his chosen dedication to education, the ancient friendships and the unique purity of Oxford Movement, in which Newman and his colleagues and pupils tried to connect the University with its most profound roots. It can be seen in the aching article from 1838 Medieval Oxford up to what point a still young Newman carried in his heart the ideals of the University, at the same time that he recognized the danger of ruin that threatened him [2].
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A couple of years after his dismissal from Oxford, Newman was requested to take charge of the Catholic University of Dublin as a founder and first dean. He was in charge of the University for eight years, which was a constant sacrifice for the continuous coming and going between Birmingham and Dublin, but also of certain lack of understanding of what he considered the academic task, as well as that of a Catholic University.
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[1] Cf. Ian Ker, John Henry Newman, Oxfor, New York 2009, 694ss.
[2] En Historical Sketches III, London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta, 1909, como se encuentra, con la misma paginación, http://newmanreader.org/works/historical/volume3/universities/index.html
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English Website
Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
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Professor: Kassandra Mariel Portillo Saltos.
Description: Discovering Great Books is a space where you can find the classics of universal literature.
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It is a course designed to delve into the reading habits, the reflection and critical thinking, through the discovering of Great Books and its authors, that become teachers of humanity.
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In this way, the writers through the examples of the characters, like the nobility of Don Quixote or the kindness of Mónica one of the protagonists of Crime and Punishment, help the student to acquire the capability of thinking by itself, of giving an answer to what occurs in life and the world surrounding it, choosing the common good. To that end, it is necessary to work to settle the basis of a realiable reading comprehension and a reading habit that allows the student to understand and build its own judgement based on the read.
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1. Starting date: November 1st, 2019
2. Ending date: December 1st 2019
3. Live session: November 22nd, 2019
4. Duration: 1 month.
5. Methodology: The program for this course consists in the reading of one book per month. At the beginning of the course, there will be an introductory session, to explain how the course is going to work and the guidelines that the student must take into account.
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For each book, there will be several virtual sessions with the teacher. The first sessions (recorded) will consist in the presentation and first approach to the book that will be read.
The last session will be seminar-like where the students that would have already previously read the entire book will have to make interventions about the development of the book and what they think about it. For this session the teacher will facilitate a a guide where the student will be able to orient itself at the moment of developing its interventions.
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1. Evaluation: The student will compare the book with the 2005 movie directed by Joe Wright and create a chart with the main characteristics of Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy and the setting of the book compared to the movie.
2. Cost: Free
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