Humanities 302
Medieval & Renaissance: Arts and Humanities
Section 01
Fall 2004
SLN 39834
TTh 1:25-2:40
Avery 104
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
Hours: TTh 8:00-9:00, 10:30-11:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
Medieval & Renaissance
Syllabus
August 24 — Medieval-ism: why? Introduction and Disorientation.
August 26 — The Early Middle Ages; Anglo-Saxon Culture and Literature.August 31 — Warrior Societies: Beowulf.
September 2 — Beowulf. Medieval Architecture: Sacred Space.September 7 — Medieval Music: Origins, Chant, Early Polyphony, Motets, Ars Nova.
September 9 — Medievalism in Music; Medieval Art Introduction.September 14 — Medieval Art: Hildegard of Bingen.
September 16 — Medieval Domestic Arts: Le Menagier de Paris.September 21 — Andreas Capellanus and Fin Amor.
September 23 — Medieval Lyrics and Secular Music: Courtly Love.September 28 — Bestiaries; The Unicorn Tapestries.
September 30 — Conference.October 5 — Dante, Inferno, Canto I-III.
October 7 — Project #1 Due; Exam #1.October 12 — Inferno, Cantos IV-X.
October 14 — Inferno, Cantos XI-XVII.October 19 — [Reading Time].
October 21 — Inferno, Cantos XVIII-XXI.October 26 — Inferno, Cantos XXII-XXV; Herpephobia and Dinosaur Films.
October 28 — Inferno, Cantos XXVI-XXXIV; Purgatorio and Paradiso excerpts.November 2 — The Late Middle Ages: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
November 4 — Arthurian Romance: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.November 9 — The Renaissance: Petrarch and Sonnets; Boccaccio.
November 11 — War Celebration — No Class Whatsoever.November 16 — Renaissance Art: Da Vinci; Michelangelo.
November 18 — Shake-speare’s Lucrece and Giulio Romano in Mantua.November 22 – 26 — THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 30 — Renaissance Tapestry: Le Concert.
December 2 — Renaissance Music; Project #2 Due.December 7 — Machiavelli, Castiglione; Last Words.
December 9 — Final MedRenarama 2004.Whenever — Exam #2
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