AMST154 - Arts in America

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Academic Year 2000/2001

Arts in America
AMST 154 SP

Crosslistings:
ARST 110
ENGL 180

This course is a study of selected works of architecture, fiction, film, music, painting, photography, poetry, and sculpture of the people of the United States. Three representative artists will be chosen for each area. The course is a survey, not a complete history. What makes a piece American? What can parallels and exchanges between one art and another tell us about the culture? How does the culture inform individual works and their artists? How has America's attitude toward arts and artists affected their development?

MAJOR READINGS

Major Readings:
Uncle Tom's Cabin (play), O'Neill, Faulkner, Twain, Dickinson, Whitman, Joplin, Ives, Jazz; films of Griffith, Ford, Eastwood.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm hour test, library exercise, listening assignments; final examination (take-home).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course fee: $40. Movie showing outside class time (M approx. 4:30-6:30, Cinema): Special arrangements for athletes announced at first class. Light reading, heavy contact time. Attendance is required: after two absences I send you a warning note, after three I drop you from the course. Movies (unless other arrangements has been made for athletes) are a required class. Two more special lectures will be held on Friday afternoons: attendance is required. The course is graded A-F; all written work must be typed (it will not be read if it is not) and must be submitted on time; there are no incompletes in this course. All grades (except for calculation error) are final.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Reed,Joseph W.

Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: CINE

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 184)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: 34 Jr. non-major: 50 SO: 50 FR: 50

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001