Humanities in the Modern World

Humanities 304
Section 01 [H]
Spring 2011
SLN 29850
MWF 1:10 – 2:00 pm.
Todd 434
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
Hours: MWF 8:30-9:45, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu


HUMANITIES
IN THE MODERN WORLD


January 10 — Introduction and Disorientation; L’Après-midi d’un faune.
                              Read the Course Description,
                              and my own Work Tips.
January 12 — Music: Late 19th Century to Debussy to Stravinsky.
January 14 — Art: Late 19th Century, Expressionism, Fauvism, Ashcan.

[January 17 — MLK Holiday.]
January 19 — Colette, Chéri.
January 21 — Art Dedication at the CUB.

January 24 — Art: Cubism, Orphism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada.
January 26 — Metropolis.
January 28 — Colette, The Last of Chéri.

January 31 — Metropolis.
Febuary 2 — Art: Bauhaus, Art Deco, École de Paris.
February 4 — Metropolis.

February 7 — Music: Schoenberg, Bartok.
February 9 — Writing Advice.
February 11 — Art: Concrete Art, Social Realism, Surrealism & Dali.

February 14 — Electronic Music.
February 16 — Sartre, No Exit.
February 18 — Project #1 Due; Jazz.

[February 21 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 23 — Sartre, The Flies.
February 25 — Art: Art Brut, Existential, Organic Abstraction, Kinetic.

February 28 — Fashion: Schiaparelli.
March 2 — Exam #1.
March 4 — Art: Kitchen Sink School, Funk, Assemblage.

March 7 — Beckett plays.
March 9 — Music: New Virtuosity, Cage.
March 11 — Larger Questions.

[March 14 – 18 — SPRING BREAK.]

March 21 — Pop Art, Fluxus, Performance Art, Op Art.
March 23 — Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 25 — Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Installation.

March 28 — Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy; Minimalism in Music.
March 30 — The Rise of Cultural Studies.
April 1 — Glass, Koyaanisqatsi.

April 4 — Churchill, Top Girls.
April 6 — Postmodernism; Laurie Anderson.
April 8 — Churchill, Top Girls.

April 11 — Earth Art, Super-realism, Video Art.
April 13 — Late-Century Music: Scott, Daugherty.
April 15 — Project #2 Due.

April 18 — Field Trip.
April 20 — High-Tech, Sound Art, Disposable Art, Digital Art, Internet Art.
April 22 — Exam #2.

April 25 — Churchill, Serious Money.
April 27 — [Make-Up Exam.]
April 29 — End Game.


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Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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This page last updated 18 April 2011.