Humanities in the Modern World

Humanities 304
Section 01 [HUM]
Spring 2014
MWF 1:10 – 2:00 pm.
SLN 03987 / 03988
Todd 303
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 13 — Introduction and Disorientation; L’Après-midi d’un faune.
                              Read the Course Description,
                              and my own Work Tips.
January 15 — Music: Late 19th Century to Debussy to Stravinsky.
January 17 — Art: Late 19th Century, Expressionism, Fauvism, Ashcan.

[January 20 — Martin Luther King Holiday.]
January 22 — Colette, Chéri.
January 24 — Art: Cubism, Orphism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada.

January 27 — Metropolis.
January 29 — Colette, The Last of Chéri.
January 31 — Metropolis.

February 3 — Metropolis.
February 5 — Art: Bauhaus, École de Paris, Art Deco.
February 7 — Music: Schoenberg, Bartok.

February 10 — Sartre, No Exit.
February 12 — Art: Concrete Art, Social Realism, Surrealism & Dali.
February 14 — Jazz.

[February 17 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 19 — Sartre, The Flies.
February 21 — Art: Art Brut, Existential, Organic Abstraction, Kinetic.

February 24 — Electronic Music.
February 26 — Beckett plays.
February 28 — Writing Advice.

March 3 — Fashion: Schiaparelli; Review.
March 5 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
March 7 — Art: Kitchen Sink School, Funk, Assemblage.

March 10 — Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 12 — Music: New Virtuosity, Cage.
March 14 — Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy; Larger Questions.

[March 17 – 21 — SPRING BREAK.]

March 24 — Minimalism in Music.
March 26 — Pop Art, Fluxus, Performance Art, Op Art.
March 28 — Popular Culture.

March 31 — Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Installation.
April 2 — Postmodernism; Laurie Anderson.
April 4 — Churchill, Top Girls, Act I.

April 7 — Earth Art, Super-realism, Video Art.
April 9 — Churchill, Top Girls, Acts II & III.
[April 11 — Conference.]

April 14 — Art Museum Field Trip.
April 16 — Glass, Koyaanisqatsi.
April 18 — Late-Century Music: Scott, Daugherty.

April 21 — High-Tech, Sound Art, Disposable Art, Digital Art, Internet Art.
April 23 — Churchill, This Is a Chair.
April 25 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay.

April 28 — Review.
April 30 — Make-Up Exam.
May 2 — 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 2014.