Humanities 304
Section 01 [HUM]
Spring 2015
MWF 1:10 - 2:00 pm.
SLN 01712 / 01713
CUE 418
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 -- Washington State University
Hours: MWF 9:00 - 10:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu


HUMANITIES
IN THE MODERN WORLD


January 12 -- Introduction and Disorientation; L'Après-midi d'un faune.
                              Read the Course Description,
                              and my own Work Tips.
January 14 -- Music: Late 19th Century to Debussy to Stravinsky.
January 16 -- Art: Late 19th Century, Expressionism, Fauvism, Ashcan.

[January 19 -- Martin Luther King Holiday.]
January 21 -- Colette, Chéri.
January 23 -- Art: Cubism, Orphism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada.

January 26 -- Metropolis.
January 28 -- Colette, The Last of Chéri.
January 30 -- Metropolis.

February 2 -- Metropolis.
February 4 -- Art: Bauhaus, École de Paris, Art Deco.
February 6 -- Music: Schoenberg, Bartok.

February 9 -- Sartre, No Exit.
February 11 -- Art: Concrete Art, Social Realism, Surrealism & Dali.
February 13 -- Jazz.

[February 16 -- St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 18 -- Sartre, The Flies.
February 20 -- Art: Art Brut, Existential, Organic Abstraction, Kinetic.

February 23 -- Electronic Music.
February 25 -- Beckett plays.
February 27 -- Fashion: Schiaparelli; Review.

March 2 -- Writing Advice.
March 4 -- Midterm Exam & Essay.
March 6 -- Art: Kitchen Sink School, Funk, Assemblage.

March 9 -- Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 11 -- Art Museum Field Trip.
March 13 -- Intermission.

[March 16 - 20 -- SPRING BREAK.]

March 23 -- Music: New Virtuosity, Cage.
March 25 -- Pop Art, Fluxus, Performance Art, Op Art.
March 27 -- Complete Minimalism!

March 30 -- Minimalism in Music.
April 1 -- Churchill, Top Girls, Act I.
April 3 -- Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Installation.

April 6 -- Churchill, Top Girls, Acts II & III.
April 8 -- Postmodernism; Laurie Anderson.
April 10 -- Earth Art, Super-realism, Video Art.

April 13 -- Popular Culture.
April 15 -- Glass, Koyaanisqatsi.
April 17 -- [No formal class meeting.]

April 20 -- Late-Century Music: Scott, Daugherty.
April 22 -- High-Tech, Sound Art, Disposable Art, Digital Art, Internet Art.
April 24 -- No formal class meeting.

April 27 -- Churchill, This Is a Chair.
April 29 -- Make-Up Exam.
May 1 -- End Game.


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Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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