tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/humanities?page=20Open Textbook Library - Humanities Textbooks2020-05-14T19:36:37Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png8342020-05-14T19:37:08Z2024-01-22T14:52:07ZGuide to Ancient Etruscan Art<img alt="Read more about Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art" title="Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art cover image" class="cover " width="1978" height="2560" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTcxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--927aab8959557d852adee902d14ebf2cfc4761c9/etruscan-scaled.jpg" />This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Etruscan art.8332020-05-14T17:56:35Z2024-01-22T14:52:07ZGuide to Ancient Aegean Art<img alt="Read more about Guide to Ancient Aegean Art" title="Guide to Ancient Aegean Art cover image" class="cover " width="2550" height="3300" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTcwLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--39b6edd6c535cec619ab2559ff803f74fad70350/aegean.jpg" />This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.8042020-05-01T00:00:00Z2024-01-22T14:52:10ZMoving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema<img alt="Read more about Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema" title="Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTk4LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e71baea70f4faa11f874b0cecbd06c2789ba4b42/cover-350x525.jpg" />Textbook for 1000- level Communication course: Introduction to Films Studies8312020-04-29T17:54:15Z2024-03-14T14:04:31ZGuide to Ancient Egyptian Art<img alt="Read more about Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art" title="Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art cover image" class="cover " width="2550" height="3300" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTQzLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--403febf3e281b0fd8722a95cf43558fb1e36873b/egyptian.jpg" />This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.8302020-04-29T17:29:29Z2024-01-22T14:52:07ZGuide to Ancient Near Eastern Art<img alt="Read more about Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art" title="Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art cover image" class="cover " width="2550" height="3300" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTQyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b6638122fe6dc2c90d746cdb320813cb5c18caf4/Smarthistory-guide-to-Ancient-Near-Eastern-Art.jpg" />This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.8292020-04-29T16:51:16Z2024-01-22T14:52:30ZInformed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition<img alt="Read more about Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition" title="Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research - Revised Second Edition cover image" class="cover " width="648" height="839" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzM2NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--888d5d4fc3ad0e9ac7064d3d83465ebbdc2d7c2f/ENGL104-Informed-Arguments-Pantusso_LeMire_Anders-3.png" />Welcome to composition and rhetoric! While most of you are taking this course because it is required, we hope that all of you will leave with more confidence in your reading, writing, researching, and speaking abilities as these are all elements of freshman composition. Many times, these elements are presented in excellent textbooks written by top scholars. While the collaborators of this particular textbook respect and value those textbooks available from publishers, we have been concerned about students who do not have the resources to purchase textbooks. Therefore, we decided to put together this Open Educational Resource (OER) explicitly for use in freshman composition courses at Texas A&M University. It is important to note that the focus for this text is on thesis-driven argumentation as that is the focus of the first year writing course at Texas A&M University at the time of development. However, other first year writing courses at different colleges and universities include a variety of types of writing such as personal essays, informative articles, and/or creative writing pieces. The collaborators for this project acknowledge each program is unique; therefore, the adaptability of an OER textbook for first year writing allows for academic freedom across campuses.8212020-04-16T18:28:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:22ZSight-Reading for Guitar<img alt="Read more about Sight-Reading for Guitar" title="Sight-Reading for Guitar cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODY3LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--014dcd57e06b97dd840202c5cc9bccbca9ce5013/978-1-989014-19-6.jpg" />Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand, read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, fun and encouragement. The skill of sight-reading is a difficult to develop, primarily because it is traditionally taught inefficiently. Further, students encounter high levels of emotional discomfort in the beginning stages of skill acquisition. The method in this book is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, clarity and encouragement. All types of guitars apply: electric, steel-string and nylon-string. Each unit contains brief descriptions of musical symbols, play-along duet exercises and compositions, encouragement and methods for self-assessment. The series contains 20 units that start at the beginner level and progress to the intermediate/advanced level. At the completion of the series guitarists will be able to sight-read most rhythms, pitches and other notations relevant to guitar notation. The series also features 30 original duet compositions, of varying styles, created exclusively for this series!8192020-03-22T20:38:29Z2024-01-22T14:52:18ZProse Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative<img alt="Read more about Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative" title="Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative cover image" class="cover " width="670" height="960" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODA5LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ef1b01821126bede0556b5d4d83b048a81f31abe/978-1-78374-811-2.jpg" />This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in developing their competence not only in analysing and interpreting short stories and novels, but also in writing them. This textbook prioritises clarity over intricacy of theory, equipping its readers with the necessary tools to embark on further study of literature, literary theory and creative writing. Building on a ‘semiotic model of narrative,’ it is structured around the key elements of narratological theory, with chapters on plot, setting, characterisation, and narration, as well as on language and theme – elements which are underrepresented in existing textbooks on narrative theory. The chapter on language constitutes essential reading for those students unfamiliar with rhetoric, while the chapter on theme draws together significant perspectives from contemporary critical theory (including feminism and postcolonialism). This textbook is engaging and easily navigable, with key concepts highlighted and clearly explained, both in the text and in a full glossary located at the end of the book. Throughout the textbook the reader is aided by diagrams, images, quotes from prominent theorists, and instructive examples from classical and popular short stories and novels (such as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis,’ J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, or Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, amongst many others). Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative can either be incorporated as the main textbook into a wider syllabus on narrative theory and creative writing, or it can be used as a supplementary reference book for readers interested in narrative fiction. The textbook is a must-read for beginning students of narratology, especially those with no or limited prior experience in this area. It is of especial relevance to English and Humanities major students in Asia, for whom it was conceived and written.8082020-02-21T03:51:28Z2024-01-22T14:52:11ZSpunti: Italiano intermedio<img alt="Read more about Spunti: Italiano intermedio" title="Spunti: Italiano intermedio cover image" class="cover " width="688" height="929" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTMxMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5ff607d27d426f03c0ecbc8d4440c18f2d70cd7a/ital3_COMP.png" />Welcome to Spunti: italiano intermedio – a unique program, authored by the Italian faculty of Muhlenberg College, that takes the place of a traditional language textbook. Spunti is a fully designed course that a college instructor of Italian can use and adapt.8072020-02-21T03:15:23Z2024-01-22T14:52:11ZSpunti: Italiano elementare 2<img alt="Read more about Spunti: Italiano elementare 2" title="Spunti: Italiano elementare 2 cover image" class="cover " width="1536" height="2048" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzY2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--fc80d260ac36cb0d9e8d3e4be02628362e1f57ab/0000ItaEleTwo.png" />Welcome to Spunti: Italiano elementare 2 – a new, unique program, authored by the Italian faculty of Muhlenberg College, that takes the place of a traditional language textbook. Spunti is a fully designed course that a college instructor of Italian can use and adapt.
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