Humanities in the Modern World

Humanities 304
Section 01 [HUM]
Spring 2018
MWF 1:10 – 2:00
Humanities / Foreign Languages
SLN 03092
CUE 418
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 8 — Introduction and Disorientation; L’Après-midi d’un faune.
                              Read the Course Description,
                              and my own Work Tips.
January 10 — Music: Late 19th Century to Debussy to Stravinsky.
January 12 — Art: Late 19th Century, Expressionism, Fauvism, Ashcan.

[January 15 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day.]
January 17 — Colette, Chéri.
January 19 — Art: Cubism, Orphism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada.

January 22 — Metropolis.
January 24 — Colette, The Last of Chéri.
January 26 — Metropolis.

January 29 — Art: Bauhaus, École de Paris, Art Deco.
January 31 — Metropolis not: Tech crap.
February 2 — Music: Schoenberg, Bartok.

February 5 — Sartre, No Exit.
February 7 — Art: Concrete Art, Social Realism, Surrealism & Dali.
February 9 — Sartre, The Flies.

February 12 — Jazz and Electronic Music.
February 14 — Beckett plays.
February 16 — Fashion: Schiaparelli; Review.

[February 19 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 21 — Art: Art Brut, Existential, Organic Abstraction, Kinetic.
February 23 — Writing Advice.

February 26 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
February 28 — Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy.
March 2 — Art: Kitchen Sink School, Funk, Assemblage.

March 5 — Music: New Virtuosity, Cage.
March 7 — Pop Culture.
March 9 — Ultra-Minimalism.

[March 12 – 16 — SPRING BREAK.]

March 19 — [Intermission.]
March 21 — Pop Art, Fluxus, Op Art.
March 23 — Churchill, Top Girls, Act I.

March 26 — Churchill, Top Girls, Acts II & III.
March 28 — Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Installation.
March 30 — Scholarly Research Things: The Italian Show.

April 2 — Postmodernism; Performance Art, Laurie Anderson.
April 4 — Super-realism, Earth Art, Site Works, Video Art.
April 6 — Late-Century Music: Scott, Daugherty.

April 9 — Glass, Koyaanisqatsi.
April 11 — High-Tech, Sound Art, Disposable Art, Digital Art, Internet Art.
April 13 — Churchill, This Is a Chair.

April 16 — Most Recent Developments; Review.
April 18 — End-of-Semester Exam.
April 20 — Up-To-Date.

April 23 — End Game.
April 24 — The Future and Wrap-Up.
April 27 — Finale.


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Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Clinical Professor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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This page last updated 7 April 2018.