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Aug. 25th, 2004 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexeyei picked up my t.a. textbooks this afternoon. they're ungodly heavy, but otherwise look pretty cool. it's an "ancient to modern" survey course, and i like the first book in particular, because despite being a western-centric view, it spends a LOT of time on asia (though seemingly no time at all on africa or anywhere else).
the most interesting thing is that we get cds with the texts - i assumed that they were data cds, but they actually contain music! the first disk even has some buddhist chants and hindu ragas! the texts also contain exerpts from literary works, including plays and poetry. i think that's a great idea for a survery class, but it will remain to be seen how the professor chooses to use the materials.
the most interesting thing is that we get cds with the texts - i assumed that they were data cds, but they actually contain music! the first disk even has some buddhist chants and hindu ragas! the texts also contain exerpts from literary works, including plays and poetry. i think that's a great idea for a survery class, but it will remain to be seen how the professor chooses to use the materials.
