Humanities 304
Section 01 [H]
Spring 2007
SLN 34785
MWF 1:10 - 2:00
Avery 102
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 -- Washington State University
Hours: MWF 8:30 - 10:30, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
HUMANITIES
IN THE MODERN WORLD
January 8 -- Introduction and Disorientation; L'Après-midi d'un faune.
January 10 -- Music: Late 19th Century to Debussy to Stravinsky.
January 12 -- Art: Late 19th Century, Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada.January 17 -- Colette, Chéri.
January 19 -- Metropolis.January 22 -- Colette, The Last of Chéri.
January 24 -- Metropolis.
January 26 -- Metropolis.January 29 -- Kafka, The Metamorphosis.
January 31 -- Freud and Psychoanalytic Criticism; Kafka essays.
February 2 -- Art: Bauhaus, Art Deco, École de Paris, Social Realism.February 5 -- Music: Schoenberg, Bartok.
February 7 -- Art: Surrealism & Dali.
February 9 -- Sartre, No Exit.February 12 -- Jazz. Project #1 Due.
February 14 -- Sartre, No Exit & The Flies.
February 16 -- Art: Art Brut, Existential, Organic Abstraction, Kinetic.February 21 -- Sartre, No Exit & The Flies.
February 23 -- Fashion: Schiaparelli.February 26 -- Exam #1.
February 28 -- Beckett Plays.
March 2 -- Art: Kitchen Sink School, Funk, Assemblage, Pop Art.March 5 -- Cancellation.
March 7 -- Music: Varèse, Cage.
March 9 -- Informal discussion: Borges.SPRING BREAK
March 19 -- Researching 20th-Century Humanities; Borges stories.
March 21 -- Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 23 -- Art: Performance Art, Fluxus, Op Art.March 26 -- Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 28 -- Art: Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Body Art.
March 30 -- Minimalism: Riley, Glass.April 2 -- Art: Super-realism, Video Art, Earth Art, Site Works, Postmodernism.
April 4 -- More Beckett Plays.
April 6 -- The Rise of Cultural Studies.April 9 -- Laurie Anderson.
April 11 -- Conference.
April 13 -- Conference.April 16 -- Glass, Koyaanisqatsi.
April 18 -- Project #2 Due; Late-Century Music, Daugherty.
April 20 -- High-Tech, Sound Art, Digital Art, Internet Art.April 23 -- Graphic Novel.
April 25 -- Last Stuff.
April 27 -- Final Modernworldarama 2007.Whenever -- Exam #2.