Humanities 302
Section 01 [H]
Fall 2014
SLN 01710
MWF 1:10 – 2:00 pm.
CUE 409
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
Medieval/Renaissance Syllabus
August 25 — Medieval-ism: why? Introduction and Disorientation.
August 27 — The Early Middle Ages; Anglo-Saxon Culture and Literature.
August 29 — Anglo-Saxon Literature; Medieval Architecture & Sacred Space.[September 1 — Labor Day Holiday.]
September 3 — Medieval Music: Chant, Polyphony, Motets.
September 5 — Medieval Music: Secular Music and Lyrics.September 8 — Medieval Art: Hildegard of Bingen.
September 10 — Medieval Romance: Culhwch and Olwen.
September 12 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos I-II.September 15 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos III-IV.
September 17 — Andreas Capellanus and Fin Amor.
September 19 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos V-VI.September 22 — Patristic Exegesis; The Unicorn Tapestries.
September 24 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos VII-VIII.
September 26 — Medieval Domestic Arts: Le Menagier de Paris.September 29 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos IX-X.
October 1 — Writing Essays.
October 3 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XI-XII.October 6 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XIII-XV.
October 8 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 10 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XVI-XVIII.October 13 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XIX-XXI.
October 15 — Integration.
October 17 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXII-XXV.October 20 — Herpetophobia and Dinosaur Films.
October 22 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXVI-XXIX. Alchemy.
October 24 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXX-XXXII.October 27 — Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXXIII-XXXIV.
October 29 — Dante, Purgatorio and Paradiso excerpts.
October 31 — The Renaissance: Petrarch and Sonnets.November 3 — Renaissance Art: Le Concert, Da Vinci, & Michelangelo.
November 5 — Renaissance Music.
November 7 — Perspective Art & Railing as a New Art Form.November 10 — Renaissance Music; “Thule, The Period of Cosmography.”
November 12 — Machiavelli & Castiglione.
November 14 — School of Night Substitute Swap.November 17 — Shake-speare.
November 19 — Shake-speare’s Lucrece and Giulio Romano in Mantua.
November 21 — Implications.[November 24 – 29 — Thanksgiving Holiday.]
December 1 — Last Works & Review.
December 3 — Last Exam & Essay.
December 5 — Supplemental Perspectives.December 8 — Post-Renaissance Considerations.
December 10 — Last Words.
December 12 — The rest is silence.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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