Humanities 302
Section 01 [H]
Fall 2013
SLN 06740
MWF 1:10 – 2:00 pm.
CUE 207
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
Hours: MWF 12:00-1:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
Medieval/Renaissance Syllabus
August 19 — Medieval-ism: why? Introduction and Disorientation.
August 21 — The Early Middle Ages; Anglo-Saxon Culture and Literature.
August 23 — Anglo-Saxon Literature; Medieval Architecture & Sacred Space.August 26 — Medieval Music: Chant, Polyphony, Motets.
August 28 — Medieval Music: Secular Music.
August 30 — Conference.[September 2 — Holy Day.]
September 4 — Medieval Art: Hildegard of Bingen.
September 6 — Medieval Romance: Culhwch and Olwen.September 9 — Andreas Capellanus and Fin Amor.
September 11 — Medieval Lyrics.
September 13 — Patristic Exegesis; The Unicorn Tapestries.September 16 — Medieval Domestic Arts: Le Menagier de Paris.
September 18 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos I-III.
September 20 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos IV-VI.September 23 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos VII-VIII.
September 25 — Writing Essays.
September 27 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos IX-X.September 30 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XI-XII.
October 2 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 4 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XIII-XIV.October 7 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XV-XVII.
October 9 — [Conference.]
October 11 — [Conference.]October 14 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XVIII-XX.
October 16 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXI-XXV;
October 18 — Herpephobia and Dinosaur Films.October 21 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXVI-XXX.
October 23 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXXI-XXXIV.
October 25 — Dante, Purgatorio and Paradiso excerpts.October 28 — The Renaissance: Petrarch and Sonnets.
October 30 — Renaissance Art: Le Concert, Da Vinci, & Michelangelo.
November 1 — Supplemental Materials.November 4 — Machiavelli & Castiglione.
November 6 — Renaissance Music; “Thule, The Period of Cosmography.”
November 8 — Boccaccio.[November 11 — Sacred War Day. No Learning.]
November 13 — Shake-speare.
November 15 — Shake-speare’s Lucrece and Giulio Romano in Mantua.November 18 — More Renaissancy-type Stuff.
November 20 — Last Exam & Essay.
November 22 — Supplemental Perspectives.[November 25 – 29 — Thanksgiving Holiday.]
December 2 — Post-Renaissance Considerations.
December 4 — Last Words.
December 6 — The rest is silence.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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